Huawei Nova 3 review

30 July 2018
The Nova 3 and the P20 Pro are incredibly close in terms of hardware save for the display, the battery and that amazing camera system on the P20 Pro. But the P20 Pro costs twice the money, which makes the Nova 3 look like a steal. But do specifications tell the complete story? And how does it compare against the OnePlus 6? Let’s find out.

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  • tug
  • 01 Aug 2018

If I’m not wrong, Nova 3 should only support fast charging but not Huawei supercharge.

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    • Anil
    • Eaa
    • 31 Jul 2018

    Guys don't miss out the audio review. There are people who actually care only about the audio quality tests of yours

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      • Andrei
      • LaL
      • 31 Jul 2018

      You forgot the stars on this one too.

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        • Gandalfdenvite
        • 38E
        • 31 Jul 2018

        Why no sound quality test?

          H-1, 31 Jul 2018I know, don't tell me, tell the staff :) I'm afraid to d... moreStaff is usually active in comment section they will read it

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            • Hans aus Deutschland
            • neK
            • 31 Jul 2018

            what about audio quality and accu endurance?
            please do a new review.

              Chitti- The Robot, 30 Jul 2018Thanks for the response. Hope you just add an note in the r... moreIt has now been added.

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                • aXL
                • 31 Jul 2018

                Jack Wolfskin, 31 Jul 2018"Why more consumers don't prioritise having a SD card slot?... moreInternal storage has some shortcomings:
                1- an upgrade is usually more costly
                2- some people like to store everything: 4k vids, high-res images, every whatsapp video received...etc this builds up quickly without any means to upgrade. (A huge SD has a limit as well, but still..)
                3- some leave the non-expandable internal memory with less than 1% free space which means it would wear out quickly, I've seen phones break after a year of such usage. While the SD can be easily replaced, and file recovery (partial or complete) in certain cases is possible.
                4- not all people can/want to use cloud storage.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • Feq
                  • 31 Jul 2018

                  Jack Wolfskin, 31 Jul 2018"Why more consumers don't prioritise having a SD card slot?... moreHow I choose to use my storage is really up to me right? With an SD card, I can have a bigger xxx collection on my phone, if I want to, than any internal storage a phone can come with. Happy with the answer?

                    Jack Wolfskin, 31 Jul 2018"Why more consumers don't prioritise having a SD card slot?... moreIt's just there for the safety of the most important files
                    What if the phone's motherboard get f*ck*d up? An ejector pin and everything is safe inside the SD Card
                    Not implying that such event will happen, but accidents still occur, and better be safe than sorry

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                      • Jack Wolfskin
                      • gJk
                      • 31 Jul 2018

                      Gee, 31 Jul 2018The review is fairly good, but overlooks a couple of things... more"Why more consumers don't prioritise having a SD card slot?" dude are you serious??? For real? It's 2018 bro not 2012. There are tons of storage inside our phones, way from 32 gig to 256 gig, even 512 gig. What are you gonna do with that much storage, archiving a xxx collection???

                        what kind of review is this?? seems rushed just to post a review?

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                          • aXL
                          • 31 Jul 2018

                          LG Superfan, 31 Jul 2018This review has almost nothing no endurance score, no bench... moreI know, don't tell me, tell the staff :)

                          I'm afraid to do so as I've mailed them a few times asking for phone reviews 😅

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                            • Gee
                            • ua5
                            • 31 Jul 2018

                            The review is fairly good, but overlooks a couple of things in its comparison in that consumers have different wants/situations.
                            I have just bought a Nova 3 and am very happy with it.
                            I looked hard at the OnePlus 6, but dismissed it immediately as it has no memory card slot. (I live in China and the OnePlus can't be bought on my high street. Online, the cheapest price is 700RMB more than I paid for the Nova 3, and with questionable warranty conditions, so more reasons to eliminate it ...).
                            Why more consumers don't prioritise having a memory card slot, I don't know, but it's high on my list and that took care of all the competition except the Nokia 7plus ... which is a little bit cheaper than my Nova 3, a whole lot uglier, a little bit bigger with a smaller screen and the main eliminators, inferior chip, 64/4 GB memory compared to my 128/6.
                            Trust me for my wants/situation, this really was the one ... and the battery's performance is truly special, which after a couple of days of ownership has only reinforced my choice as being the perfect one for me.

                              Could have thought of other competitors as well. I bet Nova 3 will cost in some countries up to 200 Euro cheaper than OnePlus 6.

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                                • Dave
                                • MDf
                                • 31 Jul 2018

                                This review is definitely lacking. Where are the audio impressions? How can we know if the audio in this device is good? How about battery performance?

                                  I don't get it, why GSMarena posted a half-baked review? No endurance rating? No audio quality test? I'll take this review if its a pre-production model they are using but there is no mention about that (correct me if i'm wrong)?

                                    3i please? With that Kirin 710?

                                      H-1, 30 Jul 2018This form was introduced a few months back, it's to save ti... moreThis review has almost nothing no endurance score, no benchmark scores, no low light shots, no selfie
                                      Benchmark score and low light shots are forgivable as they might be similar to Honor 10 which is exactly the same but endurance and selfie should in there

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                                        • Disappointed
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                                        • 31 Jul 2018

                                        prasad-gsma, 30 Jul 2018This review was done in a different location and not in our... moreThen if this was done on different location, don't tell me that the person who wrote this review doesn't know how to take pictures on the front camera? Your kidding me. Bring on the front camera so we would know if its commendable or not. Just saying.