Huawei Nova 8 SE refurbished version retaining the Kirin 710A launched starting at 1,099 yuan ($159)

Huawei has relaunched the Nova 8 SE smartphone in China. Recall that the Huawei Nova 8 SE was first launched in November 2021 powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 710A SoC. Launching a refurbished version of the smartphone is a testament of the model’s high resale value. The new Nova 8 SE is presently available on Huawei’s mall starting at 1,099 yuan ($159). For a devcie with a base memory option of 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, this is an incredible price tag.

The refurbished model retain the design and specs of the original model. To recall, the Huawei Nova 8 SE uses a 6.5-inch OLED water drop screen. The device packs a Quad camera setup at the rear comprising a 64MP main camera, an 8MP ultra-wide angle, 2MP depth of field, and a 2MP macro sensor. The device crams a decent 3,800mAh battery under the hood with support for 66W fast charging. The Huawei Nova 8 SE expectedly runs on HarmonyOS and the phone weighs about 180g. The phone is 7.5mm thick and the lowest memory/ storage configuration is 8GB/ 128GB.

Huawei Nova 8 SE refurbished version arrives with a cheaper price tag

As a result of the stringent chip embargo placed on Huawei by the United States government since 2020, Huawei has continued to evolve new options to remain afloat. The Kirin 710 was first released in 2018. The current Kirin 710A chipset is manufactured through SMIC’s 14nm process. It is equipped with a 4-core A73 clocked at 2.0GHz and a 4-core A53 clocked at 1.7GHz. This is atop a Mali G51-MP4 GPU.

The Huawei Nova 8 SE starts at 1,099 yuan (~$159) for the 8GB+128GB version. The original price of the particular model is 2,099 yuan (~$303). Huawei is yet to provide the optics of the global launch of the Nova 8 SE.

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