Huawei was expected to launch a new budget smartphone in Malaysia under the Nova branding. Today, the Chinese smartphone giant has unveiled the Huawei nova 8i smartphone in the country with specs like 66W fast charging, 64MP Quad Cameras, and an Edgeless display.
The smartphone is priced at RM1299(~$312) for the sole 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant. It comes in Interstellar Blue, Moonlight Silver, and Starry Black color variants.
The phone will go on pre-orders starting from today till July 21st. Those who will pre-book the phone will get benefits worth RM260 (~$63).
Huawei nova 8i Specifications
The Huawei nova 8i has an alluring chassis with a 6.67-inch Edgeless LCD display. It is a punch-hole screen with an FHD+(2376 x 1080 pixels) resolution. The “Edgeless design” does stand out, thanks to its super-thin bezels. It has a 180Hz touch sampling rate for a smoother touch response while gaming.
It has a circular camera ring at the rear holding a quad-camera system. It starts with a 64MP primary lens with an f/1.9 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, a 2MP depth sensor, and lastly a 2MP macro unit. At the front, it boasts a 16MP selfie camera with an f/2.0 aperture.
Under the hood, it is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 chipset coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB on onboard storage. It houses a 4,300mAh battery with a whopping 66W fast charging support. Huawei claims that the phone can go from 0% to 100% in 38 minutes. The phone runs on EMUI 11 out of the box and has Android 11 on top of it.
The smartphone also comes with Huawei-only features like Huawei MeeTime, which is basically a video chatting application from Huawei. The phone also has Photo Safe Sharing and Huawei AppGallery support.
As for connectivity, it has Bluetooth v5.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4 GHz/ 5GHZ support. It comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack for music needs and a Type-C port for charging and data transfer.
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