It’s one of the most affordable 48-megapixel camera phones, and it’s already official in the Philippines.

(Update, February 17: Our review is up! Read Huawei Y7p review: Is this Huawei’s best budget phone yet?)

Huawei Philippines today launched the Huawei Y7p, which is priced at only P9,990 (around $198) locally. Those who preorder the device from offline stores from February 17 to 27 gets the following freebies:

• CM510 Bluetooth speaker worth P990 ($20);
• 50GB of cloud storage for two months; and
• 500 Huawei points via AppGallery.

On Lazada and Shopee, these are the listed freebies:

• power bank valued at P1,499 ($30);
• CM510 Bluetooth speaker worth P990 ($20);
• 50GB of cloud storage for three months;
• 500 Huawei points via AppGallery;
• P1,000 ($20) voucher for the Huawei FreeBuds 3 (claiming begins February 28 and ends March 9); and
• 50% cashback for the first 10 customers.

Availability is scheduled for February 28.

Two other cameras — an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle shooter and a 2-megapixel depth cam — are paired with the 48-megapixel main sensor. Together, they can recognize 21 category labels and over 500 scene types.

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The front of the Huawei Y7p is a FullView Display that measures 6.39 inches and boasts a high screen-to-body ratio of 90.15% for a better viewing experience. Inside the small punch hole on the upper-left side of the display is an 8-megapixel selfie camera.

Huawei Y7p official product video (in Thai. As far as we know, the smartphone was launched in Thailand first)

Powering the unit is a 4,000mAh battery that Huawei claims can last for 22 hours of video playback, 20 hours of web surfing, or 111 hours of music playing.

The Huawei Y7p relies on a Kirin 710F chipset paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of built-in storage, which you can extend using a memory card with up to 512GB of space. And it’s running EMUI 9.1 with Huawei Mobile Services installed.

Huawei Y7p specs

• 6.39-inch LCD display with punch-hole cutout, 1,560 x 720 resolution (19.9:9)
• Octa-core Kirin 710F processor
• 4GB RAM
• 64GB expandable storage
• Triple 48-megapixel, f/1.8 (main), 8-megapixel, f/.2.4 (ultra wide), 2-megapixel (depth) rear cameras
• 8-megapixel, f/2.0 front camera
• Fingerprint reader (rear-mounted)
• 4,000mAh battery with 10-watt charging via microUSB
• EMUI 9.1 based on Android 9 Pie, Huawei Mobile Services or HMS
• Colors: Aurora Blue, Midnight Black

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