Huawei, the Chinese smartphone maker has officially launched the new Nova 5i Pro handset in China. To be offered in 3 variants, the handset will go on sale from August 2 onwards. The main underlines of the new Huawei Nova 5i are quad rear cameras, hole-punch display, GPU Turbo support, Kirin 810 SoC & more. The phone maker also announced the launch of Mate 20 X 5G alongside Nova 5i Pro in China. Vivo V17 Likely To Sport Dual Pop-up Selfie Cameras; India Launch Speculated Around Diwali.

The company is taking pre-orders initially for the new Nova 5i Pro via VMall.com website. However, the phone will be available for sale starting August 2. Moreover, the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G handset will go on sale from August 16 at a price of CNY 6,199 for 8GB + 256GB configuration.

Coming to the specifications, the newly launched Nova 5i Pro handset sports a 6.26-inch FHD+ IPS display with resolution of1080x2340 pixels &19.5:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, the company has incorporated an octa-core Kirin 810 chipset which is clubbed with up to 8GB of RAM. The phone runs on Android 9 Pie with EMUI 9.1.1 on the top.

In terms of optics, the Huawei Nova 5i Pro is equipped with a quad camera module at the rear featuring a 48MP primary sensor. It also gets an 8MP secondary sensor with super wide angle lens and 2MP tertiary sensor and a 2MP depth sensor. At the front, the phone gets a 32MP selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture supporting AI beauty mode and HDR mode. Backed by a 4000mAh battery, the phone also gets a fingerprint sensor at the rear.

As far as the prices are concerned, the base variant of the Huawei Nova 5i Pro - 6GB + 128GB is priced at CNY 2,199 (around Rs. 22,000). The price for the bigger 8GB +128GB variant is set at CNY 2,499 (around Rs. 25,000). The top-of-the-line variant with 8GB RAM + 256GB storage will retail at CNY 2,799 (approximately Rs. 28,000).

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