Despite its recent travails, Chinese manufacturer, Huawei, seem not to be giving up on its smartphone business. Just yesterday, the company released two new smartphones – Huawei nova 8 and nova 8 Pro. The starting price of these devices is 3299 yuan ($506). Now, there are reports that in addition to the two models, there will also be a Huawei nova 8 Pro special edition. This special edition is a customized version and there is no launch date for this device for now.
Unfortunately, there is no other information regarding this special edition. However, since its existence is already public, we can expect more leaks in the coming weeks. We know that Huawei is short of flagship chips (Kirin 9000 specifically). Nevertheless, the company has some stock of older chips that it can use to release some smartphones.
The Huawei nova 8 Pro is equipped with Kirin 985 5G SoC chip. It uses a 6.72-inch 120Hz screen that supports 10bit color depth and HDR10. This smartphone will collaborate with King of Glory (Honor of the King) to launch its 90FPS ultra-high frame rate version.
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HUAWEI Nova 8 specifications
- 6.57-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) FHD+ OLED 90Hz curved display
- Kirin 985 5G (2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.56 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.40 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.84 GHz) processor with ARM Mali-G77 GPU, Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs (Neural-network Processing Unit)
- 8GB RAM with 128GB / 256GB storage
- Android 10 with EMUI 11
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 64MP camera with f/1.9 aperture, 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP depth and 2MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture
- 32MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 160.12 x 74.01×7.64mm; Weight: 169g
- USB Type-C Audio
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, USB Type-C
- 3800mAh (typical) / 3700mAh (minimum) with 66W SuperCharge fast charging
HUAWEI Nova 8 Pro specifications
- 6.72-inch (2676 x 1236 pixels) FHD+ OLED 120 Hz curved display
- Kirin 985 5G (2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.56 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.40 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.84 GHz) processor with ARM Mali-G77 GPU, Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs (Neural-network Processing Unit)
- 8GB RAM with 128GB / 256GB storage
- Android 10 with EMUI 11
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 64MP camera with f/1.8 aperture, 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.4 aperture, 2MP depth and 2MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture
- 32MP ultra-wide front camera with f/2.4 aperture, 16MP portrait camera with f/2.2 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 163.32 x 74.08×7.85mm; Weight: 184g
- USB Type-C Audio
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ax, 2 x 2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual frequency), NFC, USB Type-C
- 4000mAh (typical) / 3900mAh (minimum) with 66W SuperCharge fast charging
