The price of the top-tier flagships increased a lot during the last year. But at the same time, the number of flagship killers increased as well. The mainstream smartphone manufacturers are now releasing their main flagship lineups in more than one variant, and most of the time the base variant is a flagship killer with a very high value for money. In this comparison, we included the latest base variants from the latest flagship lineups released by Huawei and OnePlus. We are talking about the vanilla Honor 30, Huawei Nova 7, and OnePlus 8. Here you will learn the main differences between their specs sheets.

Huawei Honor 30 vs Huawei Nova 7 5G vs OnePlus 8

Design

Honor 30, Huawei Nova 7, and OnePlus 8 come with a premium design including a glass back and a punch-hole display with very narrow bezels. Given the bigger camera modules found on the Honor 30 and the Huawei Nova 7 and the curved screen of the OnePlus 8, I personally prefer the design of the OnePlus 8. Further, the Interstellar Glow color variant looks very gorgeous. But it is mainly a matter of taste. There are several people not liking curved displays, just to make an example.

Display

The most advanced display panel belongs to the OnePlus 8. It is a Fluid AMOLED screen with the support of HDR10+ and a high 90 Hz refresh rate. Both these features lack on the Honor 30 and the Huawei Nova 7. So the OnePlus 8 is essentially able to provide richer image quality and smoother viewing experience. The OnePlus 8 also boasts a slightly higher screen-to-body ratio, but it has curved edges, while Honor 30 and Huawei Nova 7 offers flat displays.

Hardware/Software

Again, OnePlus 8 is the winner. It has the strongest processor: the Snapdragon 865 by Qualcomm running at a max frequency of 2.84 GHz. And it even offers a higher amount of RAM in its more expensive version: up to 12 GB paired with 256 GB of UFS 3.0, 2-LANE internal storage. Honor 30 and Huawei Nova 7 are fueled by the Kirin 985 mobile platform: this chip is even weaker than the Kirin 990, and the Kirin 990 is inferior to the Snapdragon 865 in terms of performance. But the Honor 30 offers an external card slot to expand the internal storage which is not present on the OnePlus 8. Honor 30, Huawei Nova 7 and OnePlus 8 run Android 10 out of the box, but unfortunately, Honor 30 and Huawei Nova 7 do not have Google services out of the box due to the U.S. ban.

Camera

Despite it lacks an optical stabilization system (unlike the OnePlus 8), Honor 30 boasts the most advanced rear camera setup, at least on the paper. The handset is equipped with a main 40 MP sensor, a periscope lens with up to 5x optical zoom, an 8 MP ultrawide sensor and a 2 MP depth sensor. Right after (but it might be even better than Honor 30 in some scenarios such as video stabilization), we got the OnePlus 8 with its 48 MP triple camera including OIS and a 16 MP ultrawide sensor. Huawei Nova 7 is still a pretty nice camera phone, especially thanks to the presence of a nice telephoto sensor with up to 3x optical zoom, but it lags behind its competitors.

Battery

OnePlus 8 has a bigger 4300 mAh, so it will likely last more on a single charge in a lot of scenarios. But it has to manage a display with higher energy consumption, so do not underestimate its rivals. In each case you get 5G connectivity, so do not expect the typical battery life of a 4000 or 4300 mAh battery. Note that Honor 30 and Huawei Nova 7 offer a faster charging technology (40W vs 30W) and, unlike the OnePlus 8, they support reverse charging.

Price

Honor 30 is priced $425/€393 in its base variant in China, OnePlus 8 starts from $565/$523, and Huawei Nova 7 starts from $392/€363. Thanks to its more advanced display, better chipset, and a bigger battery, OnePlus 8 wins this specs comparison. But with its great charging capabilities and amazing cameras, Honor 30 is a very good alternative and offers a higher value for money.

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Huawei Honor 30 vs Huawei Nova 7 5G vs OnePlus 8: PRO and CONS

Huawei Honor 30

PROS

• Amazing cameras
• External card slot
• Very fast charging
• Reverse charging

CONS

• No Google services

OnePlus 8

PROS

• Best display
• Highest performance
• Bigger battery
• Global availability

CONS

• Price

Huawei Nova 7

PROS

• Good price
• Very fast charging
• Reverse charging

CONS

• No Google services

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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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Huawei’s Kirin 990 5G chipset is already powering some of the flagship and premium devices from the company. Now, it seems that the company is now also gearing up to launch Kirin 985 chipset for premium phones.

As per the latest information, the upcoming Honor 30 series of smartphones could come powered by the Kirin 985 SoC. It is also being said that the chipset will come with support for largest image sensor in the mobile industry.

It is also being reported that the Honor 30 will come with a custom 50-megapixel Sony IMX 700-series camera sensor with Full-Pixel Focus, along with a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom support.

The report further adds that the Kirin 985 chipset could go official on 15th April. However, it seems that the upcoming Huawei Nova 7 series smartphones will also come powered by this Kirin 985 processor.

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This upcoming chipset could be built using the 7nm+ EUV lithography process and could be paired with the Balong 5000 modem. The performance of the processor will definitely be better than the recently launched Kirin 820 5G chipset.

There’s a possibility that the Honor 30 and the Huawei Nova 7 come powered by this new Kirin 985 SoC while the Pro variants both the upcoming series come packed with the company’s flagship Kirin 990 5G SoC.

As Huawei is still banned from using Google services on its new devices, both the smartphone series will come with the company’s own Huawei Mobile Services with its AppGallery, which is meant to replace Google’s offerings.

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Huawei is getting ready to launch its upcoming P40 series of flagship smartphones on 26th March through an online event. Now, ahead of the P40 lineup going official, details about the Nova 7-series phones have started surfacing online.

In the latest development, two Huawei smartphones with model numbers JER-AN10 and JEF-AN00 have passed through 3C certification process, revealing their fast charging standard details. The device in questions are the upcoming Huawei Nova 7 and Nova 7 Pro.

As per the details revealed through this 3C certification, the Huawei Nova 7 with model number JER-AN10 and Nova 7 Pro with model number JEF-AN00, both will come equipped with 40W Super Fast Charging support.

Earlier, another Nova series smartphone, the Huawei Nova 7 SE with model number CDY-AN90 was passed through the same certification process, which is expected to come with 22.5W fast charging standard.

As per the reports, the Huawei Nova 7 lineup will come with an OLED display panel along with an in-display fingerprint scanner for added security. Under the hood, the top-end variant will be powered by the company’s own flagship Kirin 990 5G chipset.

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Since Huawei does not have a mid-range mobile chipset with 5G connectivity support, it remains to be seen if the company announced a new 5G chipset during or before the Nova 7 series launch to make the phone more affordable.

It is being reported that the Huawei Nova 7 SE could come powered by the yet unannounced Kirin 820 5G chipset, which will be successor of the Kirin 810 launched last year. Some of the key details of Kirin 820 5G had also appeared earlier this year.

There are reports indicated that the Nova 7 series smartphones will get launched in China in the month of April 2020. However, the company has not yet confirmed this but we expect to know more about this in the coming days or weeks.

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A few days ago, it was revealed that the Chinese smartphone giant Huawei will be launching its new Nova 7 series of smartphones in April, soon after the launch of its flagship Huawei P40 lineup later this month.

It was also revealed that there will be three models in the Nova 7 lineup — Huawei Nova 7 5G, Nova 7 SE 5G, and Nova 7 Pro 5G. Now it is believed that the smartphone could come with support for 40W fast charging technology.

A new Huawei smartphone with model number CDY-AN00 has passed through the 3C certification process which reveals that the device will come equipped with the same charger as the Huawei P40 Pro.

The charger model is HW 100 40 0C00 which has support for 40W fast charging. While the name of the smartphone with model number CDY-AN00 has not been disclosed yet, reports indicate that is a part of the upcoming Nova 7 series.

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As per the reports, the Huawei Nova 7 lineup will come with an OLED display panel along with an in-display fingerprint scanner for added security. Under the hood, the top-end variant will be powered by the company’s own flagship Kirin 990 5G chipset.

Since Huawei does not have a mid-range mobile chipset with 5G connectivity support, it remains to be seen if the company announced a new 5G chipset during or before the Nova 7 series launch to make the phone more affordable.

There’s still a lot of information regarding this upcoming lineup missing and we expect to know more about these devices ahead of their rumored launch in April, i.e. next month.

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