When it comes to smartphone design, the current trends are notches, punch holes or “full-screen”. For those who adopt the third type of design, they usually go with a slider design as is the case with the Mi MIX 3; pop-up selfie camera just like the OnePlus 7 Pro, or flip cameras like that of the ASUS Zenfone 6. Other than ASUS, another manufacturer that adopted the flip camera design this year is Samsung with its Galaxy A80, though the phone uses a combination of a slide mechanism and a flip mechanism. A recently published patent has revealed Huawei may also adopt the flip camera design for a future device.

According to a report by LetsGoDigital, Huawei filed a patent for a device with a flip camera design similar to that of the Zenfone 6 on January 9, 2019. The patent was then published by the World Intellectual Property Office on December 17, 2019.

While the design is similar to that of the Zenfone 6′, Huawei’s own has three cameras instead of two. The triple camera setup will be able to flip 180° to double as the front-facing cameras. If the setup includes an ultrawide angle camera, owners will be able to take wide-angle selfies.

Last month, it was reported that Huawei may adopt a flip camera design for the P Smart Z 2020. The P Smart Z that was announced this year has a pop-up selfie camera, so a switch to flip cameras for its successor makes sense.

If the P Smart Z 2020 launches next year with flip cameras, it won’t be Huawei’s first device to adopt the design. That record is held by the 2015 Huawei Shot X which is also known as the Honor 7i.

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Huawei recently launched its mid-range smartphone Huawei P Smart (2019). Now, the company has launched the same smartphone in the Japanese market, albeit with a different name — Huawei Nova Lite 3. The device is now available for purchase in Japan carrying a price tag of JPY 26,880, which roughly converts to $247.

The smartphone will be available in three color options — Coral Red, Aurora Blue, and Midnight Black color. In the U.K., the device is available in Aurora Blue, Midnight Black, and Sapphire Blue colors. Apart from the internal storage capacity and front-facing camera, most of the specifications in Nova Lite 3 remain the same as P Smart (2019).

The Huawei Nova Lite 3 comes with a 6.21-inch waterdrop notch screen. The handset supports full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, the device is powered by the company’s own Kirin 710 chipset, accompanied by 3GB of RAM. For storage, the handset comes equipped with 32GB of internal storage and comes with a microSD card slot for expanding the storage capacity.

As for the photography, the smartphone comes with vertically aligned dual camera sensors with a 13-megapixel primary sensor with f/2.2 aperture and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. On the front side, it comes with a 16-megapixel snapper for taking selfies and video calling.

The phone’s camera comes with artificial intelligence (AI) integration, which allows the smartphone to select the camera parameters based on the subjects in a scene that ensures you get the best shot. There’s also a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for added security. The device runs Android 9 Pie operating system with the company’s own EMUI 9.0.

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Connectivity options on the device include Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, and micro-USB 2.0. It will also be auVoLTE compatible when the device will receive the next software update. The device is powered by a 3,400mAh battery.

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Huawei is touted to have got the P Smart 2019 in the works and that the model will be launched sometime in January next year. The Huawei P Smart 2019 was recently certified by the US FCC. In addition, a couple of renders of the device have also been spotted online given us an idea of the design style that Huawei will be deploying on the model. The P Smart 2019 was listed briefly by popular French retailer Boulanger. The listing was quickly taken off but not before details have gotten into the public arena.

The listing reveals a whole lot of the P Smart 2019 specifications among which is a Kirin 710 chipset. The model comes with 3GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. It is said to have a €249 price tag for the model. The Huawei P Smart 2019 features a 6.21-inch LCD screen with Full HD+ resolution of 2,340 x 1,080 pixels and 19:9 aspect ratio. The phone may hit Europe in options like 3GB RAM + 32 GB storage and 4GB RAM + 64 GB storage.

Related: Geekbench listing reveals Huawei P Smart 2019 will run Android Pie

Other features revealed to be on the model include a dual rear camera setup consisting of a 13MP+2MP sensors as well as an 8MP selfie camera. The dual-SIM phone runs the latest Android Pie OS and is fueled by a 3,400mAh battery. It will be available in black and aurora blue.

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Huawei releases so many midrange phones in a year that it is impossible to remember how much Huawei devices hit the market, especially when the company decides to change the names of its handsets depending on the country. And most of the times there are not even huge differences between each of them. That is why it is very hard to choose a phone among budget-friendly devices from Huawei. Today, we are here to compare the new Honor 10 Lite with the recent Huawei P Smart+, also known as Huawei Nova 3i in China, and Honor 8X (or Honor View 10 Lite in Europe).

Honor 10 Lite vs Huawei P Smart+ vs Honor 8X

Design

Huawei midrange phones always have an attractive design and each of these three devices is very beautiful. The main evolutions of this year in terms of design were gradient color variants and the dimensions of the notch, which made mid-rangers even more impressive when it comes to the aesthetics. I would personally pick Honor 10 Lite because it is available in two gradient colors (unlike Honor 8X) and it has a smaller notch than Huawei P Smart+.

Display

The quality of displays of each of these phones is very similar to each other. The only noticeable difference between them is the display size. Honor 8X is definitely more interesting because it has the bigger display and just a limited amount of devices reach its display diagonal. That is why I would choose its display.

Specs & Software

The hardware components of these devices, as well as the software, are exactly the same, except for three differences. The first two ones are the absence of the most powerful memory configuration (6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage) for the Huawei P Smart+ and the presence of a micro SD dedicated slot on the Honor 8X only. Regarding the software, Honor 10 Lite comes with EMUI 9 based on Android Pie out of the box and GPU Turbo 2.0 technology, while the other twos are still based on Android Oreo. So, Honor 10 Lite is the best alternative.

Camera

If you are looking for the best rear camera department, Honor 8X has the best one with a 20 MP primary wide angle lens, a 2 MP depth sensor and a bright f/1.8 aperture. Honor 10 Lite has a better front camera than Honor 8X, but the dual front camera of Huawei P Smart+ is the best one as it can capture depth info better.

Battery

Given that it is the biggest handset, inside the Honor 8X there is also more space for a big battery. Indeed it has a 3750 mAh unit that is able to last consistently more than Honor 10 Lite and Huawei P Smart+.

Price

Honor 10 Lite just hitten the Chinese market with a €210 price tag, but we still do not know how much it will cost in Europe. Honor 8X and Huawei P Smart+ can be found at about €250. Given the marginal differences between price and specs of these devices, I would choose Honor 8X because of its bigger display, bigger battery, and its micro SD dedicated slot.

• Read More: Honor 10 Lite to go on sale in China tomorrow for the first time, price starts at 1,399 Yuan ($202)

Honor 10 Lite vs Huawei P Smart+ vs Honor 8X: PROs and CONS

Honor 10 Lite

PROs

• Best design
• Good hardware
• Affordable price
• Android Pie

CONS

• Limited availability

Huawei P Smart Plus

PROs

• Wonderful design
• Four cameras
• Good performance
• Wide display

CONS

• Higher price

Huawei Honor 8X

PROs

• Bigger display
• High screen-to-body ratio
• Big battery
• Affordable price
• micro SD dedicated slot

CONS

• Dimensions

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Huawei P Smart will be nothing more than a re-branded Huawei Enjoy 7S for the global market. It has been revealed by one of the most famous leaksters online: Evan Blass, and just one day after this leak, a new report revealed the launch date of the handset in Europe, together with its price tag. According to the new report, the midrange will be officially available to purchase in Europe in late January.

The European price will be 249 euros (that is equivalent to about $300) for the base variant with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. Unfortunately, the report only mentions the 3/32 GB version of the phone, we still do not know if and when the most powerful version with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM will go on sale outside of China. In case you do not remember, Huawei P Smart has a full metal unibody design and it sports a bezel-less display just like every midrange phone launched by Huawei in the latest months.

The panel has a size of 5.65 inches and it can show images at a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels. On the hardware side, Huawei P Smart is equipped with an octa-core Kirin 659 SoC running at a max frequency of 2.36 GHz. On the rear side, there is a dual camera setup with resolutions of 13 + 2 MP, while the front camera has an 8 MP resolution. The battery has a capacity of 3000 mAh and Android Oreo is installed out of the box. Full specs here!

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