Huawei unveiled Nova 8 series with Kirin 985, 120Hz display and more

Huawei held a Huawei Nova 8 online press conference this afternoon, at which two new phones, Huawei Nova 8 and Nova 8 Pro, were officially released.

The Nova 8 series adopts the design of the starring lens group, which is uniquely recognizable. Huawei’s Nova 8 lineup provides the illusion of stars in No. 8 colors, Provence, Wonderland Forest, and bright black. The new Nova 8 “dual film and double plating” combined with AG anti-glare glass process to bring the illusion of stars to the phone Between square inches on the back.

Display:

In terms of screen, Huawei Nova 8 Pro uses a 6.72-inch FHD+ resolution display, an 80° super-curved screen design, supports 120Hz refresh rate and 300Hz touch sampling rate, global peak brightness reaches 800 nits and supports true + 1 billion Color, AI anti-inadvertent touch, color difference △E<1.

Huawei Nova 8 adopts a 6.57-inch FHD+ resolution hyperboloid display, supports 90Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate, global peak brightness reaches 700 nits, supports true+ 1 billion colors, AI anti-mistouch, color difference △E<1.

Hardware:

Huawei’s Nova 8 series is equipped with the Kirin 985 5G SoC chip, which supports Wi-Fi 6 + connection, four-network coordination, and NFC smart card selection. He Gang, president of Huawei’s terminal mobile phone product line, said that the current online rate of Nova 8 Pro is 2.2 times that of iPhone 12 Pro, and the downlink rate of high-speed rail scene is 4.8 times that of iPhone 12 Pro.

In addition, Huawei Nova 8 Pro will join hands with King Glory to jointly release its 90FPS ultra-high frame rate version.

Camera:

In terms of imaging, Huawei Nova Pro is equipped with a 64-megapixel main camera (f/1.8) + 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera + macro lens + depth-of-field lens. Huawei Nova 8 is equipped with a 64-megapixel main camera (f/1.9) + 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera + macro lens + depth-of-field lens.

In terms of selfies, Huawei Nova 8 Pro is equipped with dual front Vlog video cameras, 32 million ultra-wide-angle video lenses + 16 million image lenses, to solve the pain points of small Vlog frames, shaking images, and noise when shooting Vlog on mobile phones. It supports AI face detection and AI motion detection. There are also special effects for selfie beauty, and ultra-wide-angle selfies are supported. Huawei Nova 8 uses a 32-megapixel center-punched selfie camera.

Software:

In terms of software, Huawei’s Nova 8 series is equipped with EMUI 11, which supports functions such as smart multi-window, multi-screen collaboration, the smooth connection of large files flashing, smart translation, and AI subtitles.

Additional features:

Huawei Nova 8 Pro also supports 3Mic stereo radio, 5m range of clear sound pickup, reducing the noise floor. The distant sound gradually enlarges as the lens advances when zooming. It also supports front and rear dual scene video 2.0, the front viewing angle is larger, and the picture is more stable. In addition to the left and right dual-window display, it can also take pictures in pictures. Provides multiple video story creation templates, supports one-click creation of micro movies, and automatically generates them.

Huawei Nova 8 series supports 66W Huawei super fast charge, adopting the “single-core, dual-channel and three-electrode” fast charging solution, which can charge 100% in 35 minutes. Using super thermal graphene heat dissipation technology, it supports the intelligent heating area and quickly cools down. Nova 8 Pro is also equipped with VC liquid cooling radiator.

Price and Availability:

The price of Huawei Nova 8 8+128GB version is 3299 yuan (504 USD), the 8+256GB version is 3699 yuan (565 USD), Huawei Nova 8 Pro 8+128GB version is priced at 3,999 yuan (611 USD), 8+256GB version is priced 4,399 yuan (672 USD), both will be available for an appointment at 16:08 today, and will go on sale on December 30.