Huawei Nova
smartphone developed by Huawei
The Huawei Nova and Huawei Nova Plus are mid-range smartphones manufactured by Huawei. They were announced and released at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) on Sept. 1, 2016.
Specifications
Hardware
The Nova and Nova Plus feature sand-blasted aluminum and slightly rounded backs, allowing them to rest neatly in a user's palm. Both models use "new generation" 2.5D glass and 1080p IPS displays. The Nova features a five-inch display, whereas the Nova Plus display is 5.5 inches. Both phones support a native fingerprint sensor that Huawei lauds as the fastest in the world, requiring only 0.3 seconds to identify a user's fingerprint.
Both models have high-capacity batteries, with final specifications coming to 3,020 mAh for the Nova and 3,340 mAh for the Nova Plus. The Smart Power 4.0 software comes pre-installed on both phones and controls and optimizes battery performance and app power consumption.
Both models are equipped with an octa-core 14 nm Snapdragon 625 processor that computes at speeds of 2 GHz.
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