Huawei Nova 3i Launched in Philippines with Kirin 710 in Tow

After launching the Nova 3, which is basically a P20 Lite, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has today launched the Nova 3i in Philippines. The Nova 3i is basically a lite version of the Nova 3, and comes with specs that are fit for a mid-range smartphone.

The Nova 3i touts Huawei’s in-houseKirin 710 SoC, paired along with 4GB of RAM and 128GBstorage. There’s a microSD card slot as well, which can let users expand the storage capacity of the smartphone to 256GB if needed. Other than that, the phone features a pretty simple camera set up with Huawei opting to go with a16MP + 2MP dual rear camera, and a 24MP + 2MP dual front cameraon the smartphone. With dual cameras on both sides, the phone will definitely come with portrait mode on both the rear camera as well as for selfies.Image Courtesy: GSMArena

The Nova 3i comes withEMUI 8.1 based on Android Oreo 8.1, and Huawei has said that it will be loaded with AI features in the interface, along with a GPU turbo mode right out-of-the-box. I suppose it’s safe to say that gaming performance of this phone should be pretty good.

Huawei has also opted to stick with802.11 b/g/n WiFi support, choosing not to add WiFi ‘ac’ support to the phone, and it comes withBluetooth 4.2which sounds outdated by today’s standards. As a mid-range phone however, Bluetooth 4.2 is pretty standard. There’s a headphone jack in the phone, and it comes with a microUSB port for charging (without any Super Charging support unfortunately) the3,340 mAh battery.

The Nova 3i is available in three colors —white, black, and Iris Purple, and is already available for pre-order online and at multiple offline stores in the country for aprice of PHP 15,990(~ $300/₹20,000). There is, however, no word on a global launch of the smartphone.

Akshay Gangwar

Greetings, tech titans and fellow literary time-travelers! I’m Akshay, your tech-whisperer and Harry Potter’s number one stalker – seriously, don’t ask me how many times I’ve read those books; it’s borderline unhealthy.

Working in the tech journalism industry since 2016, I have 7 years of experience covering everything from technology news, to well-researched resource articles. Now the Content Strategist at Beebom, I often pen down op-eds for our website, sharing expert commentary on the latest in technology, AI, and electric cars.

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