Huawei Nova8 and Nova8 Pro
In the afternoon of December 23, Huawei held a new conference, officially released the long-awaited Huawei nova8 series of new machines. The release of Huawei nova8 is divided into nova8 and nova8 Pro two versions. The newest nova8 Series is designed with a starburst ring lens set and is uniquely recognizable.
The front screen is the biggest difference between the standard version and the Pro version. The standard version of the nova8 has a 6.57-inch central perforated OLED curved screen with COP packaging technology, so the upper and lower bezels are well controlled, and the screen supports a maximum refresh rate of 90Hz and a touch sampling rate of 240Hz.
The high version of nova8 Pro is a 6.72-inch dual-hole ring screen, the screen bezel curvature reached 80°, but the physical volume buttons and the power button is still there, the screen refresh rate than the standard version of the nova8 is also higher, reaching a 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate and 1.07 billion colors, DCI-P3 wide color gamut.
The design of the rear shell and lens is basically the same for both phones, and the configuration of the lens is also basically the same: the standard version of nova8 carries four cameras with 64MP (f/1.9 aperture) + 8MP (super wide-angle, f/2.4 aperture) + 2MP (f/2.4 aperture) + 2MP (f/2.4 aperture), and the front lens pixels are 32 megapixels.
The nova8 Pro has a quad-camera lens of 64MP (f/1.8 aperture) + 8MP (ultra-wide-angle, f/2.4 aperture) + 2MP (f/2.4 aperture) + 2MP (f/2.4 aperture) and the front lens is a 32-megapixel ultra-wide-angle video lens (f/2.4 aperture) + 16-megapixel portrait lens (f/2.0 aperture), compared to the nova8 Pro’s aperture is slightly larger than the nova8, other than the main camera is basically the same.
In terms of the selfie, Huawei nova8 Pro is equipped with a dual front Vlog video lens, 32 million ultra-wide angle video lens + 16 million portrait lens, to solve the pain points of cell phones to shoot Vlog small, shaky screen, sound, etc., support AI face detection, AI motion detection, and selfie beauty effects, support ultra-wide-angle selfie.
Huawei nova8 Pro also supports 3Mic stereo sound, with clear sound pickup at 5m range and reduced bottom noise. The distant sound is gradually amplified as the lens advances during zooming. It also supports front and rear dual view video 2.0, with a larger front view and a more stable picture. In addition to the left and right dual window display, you can also picture-in-picture shooting. It provides multiple video story creation templates, supports microfilm creation with one click, and automatically generates.
The software, the Huawei nova8 series equipped with EMUI 11, supports intelligent multi-window, multi-screen collaboration, smooth connection large file flash transmission, intelligent translation, AI subtitles, and other functions.
The two versions of the nova8 series are equipped with a Kirin 985 processor, which is the same as the configuration of the previous generation of nova7, and the reason for this is well known to everyone.
The battery capacity of nova8 is 3800mAh, the size of the phone is 160.12mm (length) × 74.1mm (width) × 7.64mm (thickness), and the weight is 169g; the battery capacity of nova8 Pro is 4000mAh, the size of the phone is 163.32mm (length) × 74.08mm (width) × 7.85mm (thickness), and the weight is 184g. All of them support super-fast charging of up to 66W, officially claiming that they can be filled up in as little as 35 minutes. The nova8 Pro is also equipped with a VC liquid cooling cooler.
The color scheme is the same for both phones, with four colors to choose from: light Gradient, green, purple gradient, bright black. In terms of price, the Huawei nova8: 8GB+128G is priced at 3,299 yuan and 8GB+256G is priced at 2,699 yuan; the Huawei nova8 Pro: 8GB+128G is priced at 3,999 yuan and 8GB+256G is priced at 4,399 yuan.
Huawei Nova8 and Nova8 Pro Specifications Comparison
| Colors | Color 8, Provence, beautiful forest, bright black | Color 8, Provence, beautiful forest, bright black |
| Size | 160.12×74.1×7.64 mm | 163.32×74.08×7.85 mm |
| Weight | About 169 grams | About 184 grams |
| Display | 6.57 inches | 6.72 inches |
| 1.07 billion colors, DCI-P3 wide color gamut | 1.07 billion colors, DCI-P3 wide color gamut | |
| OLED 90 Hz refresh rate 240 Hz touch sampling rate | OLED 120 Hz refresh rate 300 Hz touch sampling rate | |
| FHD+ 2340×1080 pixels | FHD+ 2676×1236 pixels | |
| SoC | HUAWEI Kirin 985 | HUAWEI Kirin 985 |
| 1 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.58 GHz 3 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.40 GHz 4 x Cortex-A55 1.84 GHz | 1 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.58 GHz 3 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.40 GHz 4 x Cortex-A55 1.84 GHz | |
| GPU | Mali-G77 | Mali-G77 |
| NPU | Large-core NPU + micro-core NPU | Large-core NPU + micro-core NPU |
| OS | EMUI 11.0 (based on Android 10) | EMUI 11.0 (based on Android 10) |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM 128/256 GB ROM | 8 GB RAM 128/256 GB ROM |
| Rear Camera | 64MP HD camera (f/1.9) 8MP ultra-wide-angle (f/2.4) 2MP macro camera (f/2.4) 2MP depth camera (f/2.4) | 64MP HD camera (f/1.8) 8MP ultra-wide-angle (f/2.4) 2MP macro camera (f/2.4) 2MP depth camera (f/2.4) |
| 10x digital zoom | 10x digital zoom | |
| Front Camera | 32MP (f/2.0) | 32MP ultra-wide-angle (f/2.4) 16ML (f/2.0) |
| Battery | 3800mAh (Typical) 3700mAh (Rated) | 4000mAh (Typical) 3900mAh (Rated) |
| Charging | 66W | 66W |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| USB | Type-C | Type-C |
| Headphone Jack | Type-C | Type-C |
| NFC | YES | YES |
| Sensor | Gravity sensor Fingerprint sensor Proximity light sensor Ambient light sensor Accelerometer compass Gyro | Gravity sensor Fingerprint sensor Proximity light sensor Ambient light sensor Accelerometer compass Gyro |
