Huawei nova review: Life of a Star

3 October 2016
Look, it's the Nexus 6p! But smaller. Well, not really – it’s the Huawei nova, a newborn star in the mid-range cluster of the company's mobile universe. The nova takes after the flagship-grade Nexus 6p, which unsurprisingly, is also Huawei-made.

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  • Sean
  • 3Jn
  • 04 Oct 2016

GSM Arena,Huawei rarely mentions what glass it uses like with the P9 Lite. But Huawei told me they use Aminosilicate glass on their models that don't mention the glass. I was told this by Huawei UK in an email

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    • YO
    • YP6
    • 04 Oct 2016

    AnonD-510275, 04 Oct 2016When you know that Nova can record 4K but P9 only 1080p....4k is not a big deal.it only overheats and drains battery.beside more than 80% users record at full hd so unless the overheating and battery drain issues are not fixed,its kind of useless

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      • Leon de Vries
      • mGY
      • 04 Oct 2016

      Huawei, serious.... You can buy a nexus 6p if there is a deal for $400.... No nova for me.

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        • AnonD-576341
        • CCX
        • 04 Oct 2016

        I'd rather purchase the original Nexus 6P after the price-cuts following the Pixel XL release

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          • Anonymous
          • f{t
          • 04 Oct 2016

          funny GSMA forgot to even mention Mi5 / Mi5s gang. They are cheaper, similarly sized & plenty powerful too. Waiting for a full review of Mi5s :D

            « Xiaomi's Redmi 3 Pro is as beautiful and powerful as the Huawei nova. It even offers the same blazing-fast fingerprint scanner experience sans the cool gestures. And while the GPU is slight inferior, the superior battery would be a better choice for many. And it's at least €150 cheaper, so there is that. »
            150 EUR ? It's bigger than that, count 250 EUR of difference ... The Redmi 3 Pro is retailling at 150-160 EUR when this Nova is 400 EUR, that's ain't cheap !

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              • AnonD-510275
              • U}}
              • 04 Oct 2016

              When you know that Nova can record 4K but P9 only 1080p....

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                • Simon
                • KQH
                • 04 Oct 2016

                Great job for ignoring that bottom plastic strip on the back.

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                  • Dave Granger
                  • nxy
                  • 03 Oct 2016

                  So now even the Chinese companies are using those wretched on-screen keys? Looks like it'll be Apple or Samsung for me.

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                    • SDKforLumia
                    • KIB
                    • 03 Oct 2016

                    This could have been easily been the contender for smartphone of the year only if Huawei priced it 320$(maximum), but at this price, considering the already easy availability of P-9 and Honor 8 and other competition, buying this phone just doesn't make any sense.

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                      • AnonD-287672
                      • bE8
                      • 03 Oct 2016

                      It's a decent phone but too pricey

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                        • OmNom
                        • Q5T
                        • 03 Oct 2016

                        I can't even begin to fathom why they would launch this

                        it's a gorgeous little device, but to place it in the same Price tier as the Galaxy S6 an One Plue 3, without having the hardware to match seems foolish.

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