Yesterday, Huawei held a launch event in China. The star of the conference was the Huawei Nova 12 series, the company’s latest upper mid-range smartphone lineup.
All four devices in the series went up for pre-order post their announcement. Within a day, three of these phones are already sold out.
The only model that’s currently available is the most affordable one — Nova 12 Lite.
The handsets that are sold out are Nova 12, Nova 12 Pro, and Nova 12 Ultra. The latter two support 5G connectivity, while the vanilla variant is limited to 4G just like the lite version.
Huawei’s share in the Chinese smartphone market has been increasing ever since it quietly released the Mate 60 series. The newly unveiled Nova 12 series seems to be receiving a similar response from consumers like the Mate 60 lineup.
As Huawei is not known for disclosing units sold like other Chinese brands, we will have to wait for data from research firms. Anyways, the company should restock the phones soon.
The primary highlight of the Huawei Nova 12 series is that it debuts two new HiSilicon chipsets, namely Kirin 9000SL and Kirin 8000. The former is present inside ‘Ultra’, whereas the latter runs the standard and ‘Pro’ models.
As of now, we don’t have details on these chips. Reports say the Kirin 9000SL is a downgraded Kiriin 9000S that powers the Mate 60 series and Mate X5. On the other hand, the Kirin 8000 is paired with a 5G modem inside the Nova 12 Pro but lacks the same for the vanilla Nova 12.
The odd one out is the Nova 12 Lite which houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SoC with a 4G modem.
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