Thursday, August 5, 2021

Huawei nova8, nova8i coming to the Philippines this August

Huawei has teased the launch of two new smartphones in the Philippine market, the nova8 and the nova 8i. The brand revealed to bring in both midrange smartphones this August.

In December 2020, the Huawei nova 8 was unveiled in China, sporting a 6.57-inch FHD+ OLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate, a Huawei Kirin 985 octa-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, 128GB or 256GB of storage, and a 3,800mAh battery.

On the other hand, last month, the nova 8i‘s specs have been revealed, including a 6.67 FHD+ Huawei Edgeless display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 octa-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a 4,300mAh battery.

Both smartphones come with quad rear cameras consisting of 64MP (main), 8MP (ultrawide), 2MP (macro), and 2MP depth sensors. Both also support a 66W fast charging rate. Check out their full specs below.

Huawei nova 8 specs:
6.57-inch FHD+ (2340 x 1080) OLED display
90Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate
Huawei Kirin 985 octa-core CPU
NPU
Mali-G77 GPU
8GB RAM
128GB, 256GB storage
Quad rear cameras:
• 64MP F1.9 main
• 8MP F2.4 ultrawide
• 2MP F2.4 macro
• 2MP F2.4 depth
32MP F2.0 front camera
Dual-SIM (nano)
5G, 4G LTE
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 5.1
USB-C
NFC
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, Galileo, QZSS
Fingerprint scanner (in-display)
EMUI 11 (Android 10)
3,800mAh battery w/ 66W fast charge
160.12 x 74.1 x 7.64 mm
169 g
Blush Gold

Huawei nova 8i specs:
6.67-inch FHD+ (2376 x 1080) Huawei Edgeless display
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 2.0GHz octa-core CPU
8GB RAM
128GB storage
Quad-rear cameras:
• 64MP F1.9 main
• 8MP F2.4 ultrawide
• 2MP F2.4 macro
• 2MP F2.4 depth
16MP front camera
Dual-SIM
4G LTE
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 5.0
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Fingerprint scanner (side)
EMUI 11
4,300mAh battery w/ 66W Huawei SuperCharge
161.85 x 74.7 x 8.58mm
190g
Moonlight Silver, Interstellar Blue, Starry Black