Currently, the Kirin 990 chipset by Huawei is the only 5G flagship chipset in the market. The Exynos 990 that went official earlier today is Samsung’s 5G flagship SoC that will be possibly seen first on the Galaxy S11 series next year. The Kirin 990’s 5G major rival is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865. It is expected to go official by December. With few months of time in hand, Huawei is reportedly aiming to launch couple of 5G flagship phones before its competitors. The Honor V30 5G is expected to go official in the coming month. Fresh information reveals that the Huawei Nova 6 5G phone is also in works.
A new 5G phone from Huawei with model number WLZ-AN00 has been spotted on the database of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (CMIIT). It appears that the smartphone could be codenamed as Waltz. The listing has no information on the specs of the phone, but it does confirm that the Nova 6 is a 5G smartphone. Probably, it will be also powered by the Kirin 990 5G chipset.
Huawei is expected to announce the Honor V30 5G smartphone. Since the Nova 4 had gone official in December last year, the Nova 6 may arrive by the end of this year. Plenty of variants of the smartphone such as WLZ-TL10, WLZ-TL00, WLZ-AL10, WLZ-AL00, WLZ-L29, WLZ-LX2 and many more have already appeared on the database of Bluetooth SIG body. Again, no details on the specs of the phone have appeared through its Bluetooth certification. However, it appears that the Nova 6 will be also available in non-5G edition.
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In related news, Honor President George Zhao has revealed that the upcoming Honor V30 will be equipped with support for Non-Stand Alone (NSA) and Stand Alone (SA) modes. Plenty of leaks have revealed many details of the phone. It is speculated that there will be two models such as Honor V30 and Honor V30 Pro.
Rumors have it that the Honor V30 Pro will have an OLED 90Hz display with an elliptical punch-hole for dual selfie snappers. It could be featuring a 60-megapixel quad camera. It may house a 4,200mAh battery that will carry support for 40W SuperCharge technology and it may also support 15W wireless charging. The Honor V30 may come with an IPS LCD display with a punch-hole for single selfie camera. The non-5G edition of Kirin 990 may power the device. It may house a60-megapixel triple camera system. The handset may come with a 4,000mAh battery with 22.5W SuperCharge technology. It may not feature wireless charging support. The Honor V30 and V30 Pro may not cost more than 3,000 Yuan (~$424) in China.
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