Huawei has unveiled a new phone in the upper mid-range market, called the Nova 2s. The new phone comes with a large display, 4 cameras (dual cameras) and Android Oreo out of the box.
The design is based on metal and glass, weighing in at just around 169 grams. Nova 2S looks like a cross between the Mate 10 from the front and the P10 from the back.
It’ll be available in Black, Blue, Gray, Red and Rose Gold.
The display here is a 6-inch 18:9 FHD+ (2160 x 1080) FullView panel, with minimal bezels with a pixel density of 402ppi.
Under the hood, you get the Huawei Kirin 960 with eight Cortex-A53 cores. You also get either 4 or 6 GB RAM, as well as 64 or 128 GB of storage, which is expandable by 256 GB.
Dual-SIM support is available. The OS running on it is the new Android Oreo, which is still a surprise, along with EMUI 8.0.
On the back is the dual-camera setup of a 16 MP color lens with a 20 MP monochrome wide-angle lens, both with f/1.8 apertures and a LED flash.
The front camera comes with a 20 MP wide-angle shooter plus a 2 MP sensor. Nova 2S also brings support for face unlock, following the iPhone X’s trend.
The battery here is a 3340 mAh cell with Huawei’s SuperCharge tech, which charges the phone up to 50% in 30 minutes.
Pricing is set at around $400 for the starting version, which is dangerously close to OnePlus territory. This is the second $400 phone from Huawei with flagship specs (the first one being Huawei V10).