With most of the details leaked or known beforehand, as per usual, Huawei announced the new Nova 3 mid-range smartphone, as well as the Nova 3i, a cheaper, lower-end alternative.
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Last week, July 19th, Huawei officialised the Nova 3 and Nova 3i, as well the Kirin 710, the SoC replacing the current Kirin 659, found on most mid-range offerings from the company (such as the Mate 10 Lite, P Smart and P20 Lite). Without too many surprises, both new phones have a notched display and similar colours to the P20 series.
The Nova 3 specs are as follow:
- Kirin 970 with NPU for AI, GPU Turbo already installed
- 6GB of RAM
- 128GB of internal storage, expandable with microSD card, up to 256GB
- 6.3” screen, with 2340×1080 pixels resolution, notch
- Fingerprint sensor at the back, facial recognition
- Double front and double back cameras. Front cameras offer 3D facial recognition, back cameras offer AI options
- 3 750mAh battery, USB-C charger
- Headphone jack
- EMUI 8.2
- Usual connectivity options, Bluetooth 4.2
- Available in 4 colours: purple, black, aqua blue and gold
- The price is of around 400 euros (no VAT)
The Nova 3i specs are as follow:
- Kirin 710, GPU Turbo already installed
- 4/6GB of RAM
- 64/128GB of internal storage, expandable with microSD card, up to 256GB
- 6.3” screen, with 2340×1080 pixels resolution, notch
- Fingerprint sensor at the back, facial recognition
- Double front and double back cameras, has AI scenery recognition
- 3 340mAh battery, micro-USB charger
- Headphone jack
- EMUI 8.2
- Usual connectivity options, Bluetooth 4.2
- Available in 3 colours: Iris purple, pearl white and black
- The price starts at around 250 euros (no VAT)
There had been a number of rumours and leaks concerning the Kirin 710, but now most of the information has been made available by Huawei. This new SoC, finally replacing the ageing Kirin 659 (made in a 16nm process), is made in a more power efficient 12nm process. It uses 4 Cortex-A73 clocked at 2.2GHz and 4 Cortex-A53 clocked at 1.7GHz, coupled to a Mali-G51 MP4 GPU.
We’ll probably be seeing this Kirin 710 in the upcoming Mate 20 Lite and the next P Lite from beginning of 2019, if we follow Huawei’s past offerings.
It is still unknown whether these two devices will come to Europe.
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