Huawei has officially taken the wrap off the new Nova 5T amidst all the leaks and teasers. This “lite-flagship” device from the company comes with most of the features of the flagship phone but for half the price.
One of the major highlights of the device is nonother than the camera, which Huawei is mostly known for in recent days. The phone’s back houses a quad-camera setup that screams ‘great images’. A 48MP primary camera with f/1.8 aperture is accompanied by 16MP ultra-wide sensor (1/3.1″) with f/2.2 aperture. The remaining two is a 2MP dedicated macro lens and a 2MP depth sensor for bokeh effects.
Measuring 6.26-inch in terms of display the Nova 5T has a punch hole at the top-left that also holds a 32MP selfie camera. It’s an LCD panel with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 and 84.2% screen-to-body ratio.
Another thing that it borrows from its flagship counterparts is the Kirin 980 SoC, seen on devices like the P30 Pro, which was lauded for its exceptional camera capabilities. The Huawei made silicon has an octa-core CPU with 2 high performing Cortex-A76 cores with a clock speed of 2.6GHz, another 2 Cortex-A76 at 1.92GHz; the remaining 4 are Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.8GHz. Likewise, the phone has 8GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage, unfortunately without an option for expansion.
- Display: 6.26-inch Full HD+ IPS LCD display
- Resolution: 2340×1080 pixel; 412ppi pixel density
- Chipset: HiSilicon Kirin 980 7nm chipset
- CPU: Octa-core(2 x 2.6GHz Cortex-A76 and 2 x 1.92GHz Cortex-A76 and 4 x 1.8GHz Cortex-A55)
- GPU: Mali-G76 MP10
- OS: Android 9.0 Pie, EMUI 9.0
- Memory: 8GB RAM, 128GB storage; No microSD card slot
- Primary Camera: Quad camera setup; 48MP, f/1.8, 28mm wide sensor, 1/2-inch, 0.8µm, PDAF + 16MP, f/2.2, 13mm ultrawide sensor, 1/3.1-inch + 2MP, f/2.4, dedicated macro lens + 2MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
- Secondary Camera: 32MP, f/2.0, 0.8µm
- Battery: Non-removable Li-Po 3,750 mAh battery; Fast charging with 22.5W power adapter
Taking a second look at the back, barring those quad-cameras the Nova 5T boasts a clean and glaring look, thanks to its color schemes and also the removal of the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. Instead, Huawei has shifted the fingerprint scanner to the side which also doubles as a power button. The side-mounted fingerprint scanner not only preserves the device’s aesthetics but also has a practical use case.
Powering the phone is a 3,750mAh battery that supports 22.5W fast charging (50% in 24 min) through a Type-C port. The Huawei Nova 5T boots on EMUI 9.1 on top of Android 9 Pie out of the box.
Huawei Nova 5T Price in Nepal and Availability
With all the specs listed above, one might think that the phone could rack up some premium cost. But that’s not the case here; the Huawei Nova 5T is available for NPR 53,900 in Nepal through online stores as well as offline retailers located across the country.
