nova 3 - Huawei Mobile Phones: Technical Specifications, Features and Reviews
Submitted By Asha Manoj on 27 July 2018
- Manufacturer : Huawei
- Model : nova 3
- OS : Android 8.1 (Oreo)
- Network : GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
- Dimensions : 157 x 73.7 x 7.3 mm
- Weight : 166 g
- SIM Type : Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- Dual SIM : Yes
- Headphones : Yes
- Available Colors : Black, Blue, Purple, Gold
The Huawei Nova 3 is a mid-range smartphones produced by Huawei. The phone has dual cameras on both the front and the back with AI integration, and the display notch that house the sensors and the front camera module. It runs EMUI 8.2 atop Android 8.1 Oreo, and sports a 6.3-inch full-HD+ (1080x2340 pixels) with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and an 85 percent NTSC colour gamut. The handset is powered by an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC, coupled with a Mali-G72 GPU, 6GB of RAM, and 64GB/ 128GB of inbuilt storage. In terms of optics, the Huawei Nova 3 bears a vertically aligned dual rear camera setup with a 16-megapixel primary sensor and a secondary 24-megapixel sensor with PDAF and f/1.8 aperture. Front of the smartphone also has a dual camera setup with a 24-megapixel primary sensor, with f/2.0 aperture, and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor. The front camera comes with 3D Qmoji, Huawei's take on AR-based emojis that iPhone X popularised with the Animoji. Connectivity options on Nova 3 include, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual-band, Bluetooth 4.2 Low Energy, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, 4G VoLTE, and a USB Type-C port.
Hardware Specification
- Processor : Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
- RAM Size : 6 GB
- Internal Storage : 128 GB, 64 GB
- Expandable Storage : microSD, up to 256 GB
Display Specification
- Display Type : IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Display Size : 6.3 inches
- Touchscreen : Yes
- Display Resolution : 1080 x 2340 pixels
- Display Multitouch : Yes
- Main Camera : Dual, 16 MP, f/1.8, PDAF, 24 MP B/W, f/1.8, PDAF
- Main Camera Flash : Yes
- Main Camera Auto Focus : Yes
- Main Camera Video Recording Resolution : 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps (gyro-EIS)
- Front Camera : Dual, 24 MP, 2 MP, depth sensor
Battery Specification
- Battery Capacity : Non-removable Li-Po 3750 mAh battery
Connectivity
- Operating Frequency : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHZ, 800 MHZ, 850 / 900 / 2100 MHZ, LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 2(1900), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
- Connectivity Internet : Yes
- Connectivity 3G : Yes
- Connectivity 4G : Yes
- Connectivity WiFi : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
- Connectivity WiFi Direct : Yes
- Connectivity Bluetooth : 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD
- Connectivity USB : 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- Connectivity FM : Yes
Location Technology
- Location GPS : Yes
- Location Glonass : Yes
- Location Beidou : Yes
Sound
- Alert Types : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- Loudspeaker : Yes
- Mobile Earjack : 3.5 mm
Audio and Video
- Video Playing Format : MP4/H.264 player
- Audio Playing Format : MP3/eAAC+/WAV/Flac player
Sensors
- Fingerprint Sensor : Yes
- Gyro Sensor : Yes
- Accelerometer Sensor : Yes
- Proximity Sensor : Yes