Huawei Nova 8

Huawei has always been a brand belonging to the young people and the smartphone company has always tried to stick to the youthfulness and fashion. Apart from that, the high appearance has been a deep-rooted legacy of the Nova series from Huawei. Maintaining this legacy, Huawei launched a new smartphone in December last year, Huawei Nova 8. The smartphone belongs to the premium-range category and comes with multiple features for catering to a huge section of users. Let us dive deep into this smartphone before making any decision about its overall performance.

Huawei Nova 8 Price in India

Huawei Nova 8 comes in two variants, one 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage and another with 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. Huawei Nova 8 price for the 128GB internal storage variant is 3299 Yuan, which translates to 37270 Indian rupees and for the 256GB internal storage variant, the price is 3699 Yuan, which converts to 41788 Indian rupees. Huawei Nova 8 5G is not launched in India yet but the expected price in India is Rs.36,990.

On the front, there is an OLED panel with curved edges for edge-to-edge experience and a punch-hole at the top centre position for housing the selfie camera. There is an in-display fingerprint sensor for biometric authentication and the overall look on the front looks aesthetic.

The rear side also features curved edges for making this smartphone comfortable to hold. There is a stylish quad-camera set up at the top left corner. The gradient finish on the rear adds more to its beauty.

There is a power button along with a volume rocker on the right side, while the bottom side features a Type-C charging port. With just 7.64mm of thickness and 169 grams of weight, Huawei Nova 8 is the thinnest smartphone in the premium range category.

Huawei Nova 8 display features some of the interesting features. There is an OLED panel with curved edges for enhancing the overall view. The screen size is 6.57-inches and there is a resolution of 1080 pixels. The FHD+ display also comes with 90Hz of refresh rate along with 240Hz touch sampling rate. The display of this smartphone supports 1.07 billion colours and DCI-P3 wide colour gamut. The visual experience gets further enhanced by the addition of HDR 10.

Huawei Nova 8 5G is loaded with Kirin 985 chipset, which is an octa-core processor and for handling the graphics, there is a Mali-G77 GPU. Along with these, the Huawei Nova 8 features 8GB RAM and 128GB/256GB of internal storage. As for the connectivity, the chipset comes with the core capacity to support 5G networks and apart from this, there is compatibility for WLAN, Bluetooth 5.1 and NFC etc. Huawei Nova 8 runs on EMUI 11.0 based on Android 10.

This is the highlighting department of Huawei Nova 8 5G. There is an AI Quad-camera setup on the rear side featuring a 64MP High-resolution lens with an aperture of f/1.9, an 8MP 120 Ultra-wide Angle lens with an aperture of f/2.4, a 2MP Depth lens with an aperture of f/2.4 and another 2MP Macro lens with an aperture of f/2.4. On the front, there is a 32MP selfie camera with an aperture of f/2.0 under the punch-hole for capturing the best moments of your life.

All the features are provided at the premium quality in this device, but the battery could be the downfall for this smartphone, which comes with just 3800 mAh capacity. Although there is support for 66W fast charging, there are smartphones available in the market with 5000 to 6000 mAh batteries at the given price.

Huawei Nova 8 5G is the best smartphone with an excellent display, stunning processor, best camera setup, 5G connectivity, and creative design. However, the battery department is lagging. Overall, the smartphone is a good option to go with as its battery capacity does not bother you much.