Huawei hasn’t launched new 5G smartphones since the US sanctions came into effect. But it turns out the company still has some old 5G inventory. As part of the ongoing 618 sales promotion in China, the once world’s largest smartphone brand is selling a couple of old 5G handsets.

A report by IThome reveals that Huawei has put some of its old 5G smartphones on sale on its official eCommerce platform Vmall. These devices belong to the Nova lineup.

The company had been selling the Huawei Nova 8 5G series every now and then. But now, for the first time, it has listed the Huawei Nova 7 5G and the Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G Lohas Edition for purchase after a long time.

For the unaware, the Huawei Nova 7 5G made its debut in April 2020. It comes powered by a Hisilicon Kirin 985 chipset. On the other hand, the Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G Lohas Edition was announced in January 2021 with a Hisilicon Kirin 820E chip underneath it.

Apart from these two 5G-enabled phones, Huawei is also selling 5G models from the Huawei Nova 8 series. These devices are Huawei Nova 8 5G, Huawei Nova 8 Pro 5G, and Huawei Nova 8 SE 5G.

Huawei is most likely clearing the old stock. Hence, if you are interested in buying a brand-new unused Huawei 5G smartphone, then this could be your last chance since the US sanctions don’t seem to go away in the near future.

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Counterpoint Research has released a report for the Top-selling 5G smartphones worldwide for the month of September 2020. And China’s Huawei has the same number of devices as Samsung in the top-10 despite facing pressure from all sides.

The report primarily talks about the Top-10 5G smartphones and their market share Globally in September. To begin with, the list has about seven devices from Chinese OEMs like Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, Honor. That’s a no-brainer considering the country’s 5G expansion is way ahead of the world. However, what is surprising is the presence of Huawei which has three devices in the list equalling rival Samsung.

Precisely, the Huawei P40 Pro, Nova 7, P40 occupy second, third, and fifth positions with 4.5%, 4.3%, and 3.8% market share respectively. This is a healthy trend for a company that is facing the heat elsewhere. In fact, the company recently led China where over 50% of 5G devices accounted for the total units sold in Q3. It’s ex-sister brand Honor also has an Honor 30S at the bottom with a 2.8% share.

Earlier this year, 5G was still available in only a few devices Globally and Hence, it didn’t penetrate deep into the markets. However, if you take China, it started the 5G rollout last October and is already pushing for 6G when other countries are struggling to adopt 5G better.

Besides, the report also shows budget smartphones like Oppo A72 5G, and Vivo Y70s 5G. This suggests that the 5G is entering into the affordable segment and breaking the notion of a “premium feature”. As the report says, this has become possible due to the mid-range 5G SoC of Qualcomm, MediaTek. That said, the report predicts that Apple will play a big role in commercializing 5G in North America, Europe after the iPhone 12 series.

Having said that, the list also has Samsung whose Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G sits at the top with a 5.0% market share. It has two more devices the Galaxy S20+ 5G, Note 20 5G with 4.0%, and 2.9% global share respectively.

In any case, this is a welcoming trend as there are more than 200 5G models currently compared to only 50 in Q1. Overall, the growth of the 5G models has increased by 300% in Q3 2020 compared to Q1. And as affordable 5G devices launch, and continue to grab attention, the contribution of top-10 devices in the total 5G sales has shrunk to 37% in September compared to 93% in Jan 2020.

UP NEXT: Redmi Note 9 5G series likely to debut on November 2

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Huawei has officially unveiled the new Nova 7 series in China. The Nova lineup is usually focused on dishing out phones with a unique aesthetic design, powerful selfies and impressive performance at affordable pricing. This year’s models include the Nova 7 5G, Nova 7 SE 5G and Nova 7 Pro 5G. One impressive aspect the series utilises an OLED display for the first time with a hole-punch selfie camera.

Huawei Nova 7 Pro

The Huawei Nova 7 Pro is definitely the high-end variant and is equipped with a 6.57-inch OLED curved display with a resolution of 2340×1080 pixels. The device has a 19.5: 9 aspect ratio and also supports DCI-P3 color gamut. The display is also certified by TUV Rheinland.

The Nova 7 Pro is powered by the Kirin 985 processor which is a 5G chipset. It is manufactured using TSMC’s 7nm process and integrates a single-chip 5G baseband solution without a plug-in. It supports 2G / 3G / 4G / 5G network standards and NSA / SA 5G dual-modes. The theoretical maximum downlink rate is 1277Mbps and the uplink rate is 173Mbps. In comparison with the Snapdragon 865 processor integrated with Snapdragon X55 modem, the downlink rate is said to be about 40% faster while the uplink rate is about 75% faster. Honor’s president earlier hinted that the Kirin 985 bridges the gap between the Kirin 990 and Kirin 820 processors.

The processor is paired with 8GB of RAM while there are 128GB and 256GB storage options available.

For photography, the Nova 7 Pro packs a quad-camera setup comprising a 64MP main sensor with f/1.7 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, an 8MP telephoto camera and a 2MP Macro lens. For selfies, the device packs a dual selfie camera setup – a 32MP auto-focus + 8MP wide-angle combo. The camera comes with features such as SLR level BM3D noise reduction, eye tracking AF, dazzling beauty, Super Night 3.0, wide-angle distortion correction and others. The camera can also focus quickly in low light, regardless of distance. The Nova7 Pro supports 5x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, and up to 50x digital zoom. It supports dual-structure OIS optical image stabilization and AIS telephoto super image stabilization.

In terms of video, the Nova 7 Pro also supports video tracking, high-definition image stabilization, 1080p high-definition output, and 15x zoom.

Keeping the lights on is a generous 4000mAh battery. The phone supports 40W super-fast charging and can fully charge the battery in one hour. The Nova 7 series runs on Android 10-based EMUI 10.1 OS and supports NFC.

Huawei Nova 7

The Nova 7 features a similar design and shares several features with the Nova 7 Pro. The Huawei Nova 7 packs a slightly smaller 6.53-inch FHD+ OLED display with a single punch-hole selfie camera located at the upper left corner.

The Nova 7 is also powered by a Kirin 985 processor paired with 8GB of RAM. It also comes in 128GB and 256GB internal storage options. The Nova 7 has the same Quad rear camera setup as the Nova 7 Pro.

Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G 

Huawei also announced the Nova 7 SE which is also a 5G phone but is powered by a Kirin 820 5G chipset. The phone features a 6.5-inch full-screen single punch-hole design just like the Nova 7. The Nova 7 SE comes in 6GB +128GB and 8GB+128GB options.

At the rear, there is also a 64MP main sensor paired with an 8MP ultra-wide-angle, a 2MP depth of field sensor and a 2MP macro lens. The Nova 7 SE crams a 4000mAh battery and has support for 40W super fast charge.

Pricing and Availability

Here are the prices of the Huawei Nova 7 Pro 5G, Nova 7 SE and Nova 7 5G.

• Huawei Nova 7 SE 6GB + 128GB – 2799 yuan (~$395)
• Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G 8GB+128 – 2399 yuan(~$339)
• Huawei Nova 7 8GB + 128GB – 2999 yuan (~$424)
• Huawei Nova 7 8GB + 256GB – 3399 yuan (~$480)
• Huawei Nova 7 Pro 8GB + 128GB – 3699 yuan (~$523)
• Huawei Nova 7 Pro 8GB + 256GB – 4099 yuan (~$579)

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