Huawei is expected to debut Nova 5 and Nova 5i smartphones by the end of this month in China. The Huawei Nova 5 could be packed with flagship specs whereas the Nova 5i is rumored to arrive as a mid-range phone. The Huawei Nova 5i has appeared on the database of China’s TENAA authority with its full specifications. Also, it was recently spotted on Geekbench benchmarking platform with two different RAM variants.
Huawei Nova 5i TENAA Listing
Previous reports have revealed that GLK-TL00 and GLK-AL00 are the network variants of the upcoming Huawei Nova 5i smartphone for China. TENAA listings for GLK-TL00 / AL00 contains the entire specs of the Nova 5i. However, the listings lack the images of the phone.
The Nova 5i smartphone measures 159.1 x 75.9 x 8.3mm and it weighs 178 grams. It is fitted with a 6.4-inch IPS LCD panel that supports 1080 x 2310 pixels resolution. The handset houses a 3,900mAh minimum capacity. Its typical capacity will be 4,000mAh. The handset is fueled by 2.2 GHz octa-core processor.
The TENAA listing reveal that the 6 GB and 8 GB RAM editions of the phone will come with 128 GB of native storage. There is no microSD card slot for additional storage on the device. The rear side of the phone will be a featuring a quad camera setup and a fingerprint scanner. The quad camera unit includes a 24-megapixel main sensor, an 8-megapixel secondary lens, a 2-megapixel depth sensor and a TOF (Time of Flight) lens. For capturing selfies, it has a front-facing camera of 24-megapixel. The EMUI 9 based Android 9 Pie OS will come preloaded on the device.
Huawei Nova 5i Geekbench Listing
The Geekbench listing of the GLK-LX3 variant has already on Geekbench with 6 GB of RAM at the end of the last month. Now, the GLK-LX2 model with 4 GB of RAM has appeared on the benchmarking platform. The GLK-LX3 / LX2 models could be heading to Europe. The base frequency of the processor that powers LX2 model is 1.71 GHz which suggests it could b powered by the Kirin 710 SoC.
The AnTuTu listing of the phone that had surfaced at the end of the previous month had also revealed that it is powered by Kirin 710 chipset. The 4 GB RAM variant for Europe may come with 64 GB of storage whereas the 6 GB RAM edition may have 128 GB of native storage. In Europe, the phone may debut as Huawei P20 Lite (2019).
Some rumors have claimed that Nova 5 and Nova 5i may debut in China as Nova 5 Pro and Nova 5. It is advisable to wait for further reports to confirm on their exact monikers.
