Huawei launches the Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i in India

At an event in Delhi today, Huawei launched the Huawei Nova 3 and the Huawei Nova 3i in India. The phones are the first in the Nova series to officially make their way to India. The Huawei Nova 3 has high-end specifications including the HiSilicon Kirin 970 system-on-chip (which is a first for the Nova series), while the Huawei Nova 3i is the first Huawei phone to feature the new HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC.

The specifications of the Huawei Nova 3 and the Huawei Nova 3i are noted below:

Huawei Nova 3 and Huawei Nova 3i – Specifications at a glance

Specifications	Huawei Nova 3	Huawei Nova 3i
Dimensions	157 x 73.7 x 7.3 mm, 166g	157.6 x 75.2 x 7.6mm, 169g
Software	Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.1	Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.1
SoC	Octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 970 (4x 2.36GHz Arm Cortex-A73 cores + 4x 1.8GHz Arm Cortex-A53 cores); Mali-G72MP12 GPU @ 700MHz; Neural Processing Unit; i7 coprocessor	Octa-core Kirin 710 (4x 2.2GHz Arm Cortex-A73  + 4x 1.7GHz Arm Cortex-A53 cores); Mali-G52 GPU
RAM and storage	6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage; microSD card slot	4GB of RAM with 128GB of storage; microSD card slot
Battery	3,750mAh; fast charging	3,340mAh; 10W charging
Display	6.3-inch Full HD+ (2280×1080) IPS LCD with 19:9 aspect ratio	6.3-inch Full HD+ (2280×1080) IPS LCD with 19:9 aspect ratio
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2	Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2
Ports	USB Type-C port, dual nano SIM slots (nano SIM + nano SIM/microSD), 3.5mm headphone jack	microUSB port, dual nano SIM slots (nano SIM + nano SIM/microSD), 3.5mm headphone jack
Bands	GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz WCDMA: 850/900/2100MHz FDD-LTE: Bands 1/3/5/8 TDD-LTE: Bands 38/39/40/41	GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz WCDMA: 850/900/2100MHz FDD-LTE: Bands 1/2/3/5/7/8 TDD-LTE: Bands 38/39/40/41
Rear camera	16MP RGB camera with f/1.8 aperture, phase detection autofocus (PDAF) 24MP monochrome camera with f/1.8 aperture, PDAF	16MP with f/2.2 aperture 2MP depth sensing camera
Front-facing camera	24MP + 2MP depth sensing camera	24MP + 2MP depth sensing camera

Pricing and availability

The Huawei Nova 3 and the Nova 3i will be available in Black and Iris Purple colors. The Nova 3 costs ₹34,999 ($510) in India for the single 6GB RAM/128GB storage variant. The Huawei Nova 3i, on the other hand, costs ₹20,990 ($305) for the single 4GB RAM/128GB storage variant.

The phones are now available for pre-booking on Amazon India. Launch offers include ₹2,000 “exchange discount,” ₹1,200 cashback from Jio, as well as 100GB “additional data.” The Huawei Nova 3 will be available from August 23—nearly a month from now. The Nova 3i, on the other hand, will go on sale starting August 7. Consumers pre-booking the devices will get ₹1,000 cashback.

Note: Huawei has stopped providing official bootloader unlock codes for its devices. Therefore, the bootloaders of the Huawei Nova 3 and the Nova 3i cannot be unlocked, which means that users cannot flash Magisk/TWRP/Project Treble Generic System Images/AOSP-based custom ROMs.

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