Huawei will launch a new 5G phone in the Philippines soon. Specifically, the Huawei Nova 7 5G will make its local debut July 30, which is just a couple of days away from today.

(Update, July 30: And it’s official! Read Huawei Nova 7 5G with Kirin 985 launched in the Philippines. And click here for our initial review!)

Recall that the smartphone made its first appearance in China last April alongside the Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G and Nova 7 Pro 5G.

The Nova 7 launched in China with a ¥2,999 starting price for the variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage. Directly converted, this translates to roughly P21,000 or $428. Previous reports indicated that the Nova 7 5G will be priced at P23,990 ($488) in the Philippines and the unit sold here will carry 256GB storage.

In the Philippines, the Huawei Nova 7 5G will be launched alongside the Huawei FreeBuds 3i

There’s no word yet on the local release of the Huawei Nova 7 Pro. In any case, the Nova 7 5G shares the stage with its Pro sibling as the first device from the company with the latest HiSilicon Kirin 985 chipset under the hood.

The Kirin 985 shares some similarities with the Kirin 820 in the Nova 7 SE, including a CPU architecture with one Cortex-A76 prime core and three big (also Cortex-A76) and four small (Cortex-A55) cores. It is integrated with Mali-G77 graphics with Kirin Gaming+ 2.0 technology for faster graphics performance.

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On the connectivity front, the SoC supports standard 2G, 3G, and 4G networks as well as dual-mode 5G (non-standalone/standalone). Huawei says the Kirin 985 can get a theoretical maximum download speed of 1.2Gbps and upload of 173Mbps. It also features 5G anti-jamming, 5G low-latency, 5G energy-efficient, and 5G high-speed performance features.

As for the other specs, the Huawei Nova 7 5G has a 6.53-inch AMOLED screen with a punch hole for the 32-megapixel selfie camera. It also features four cameras at the back with a 64-megapixel main sensor and a telephoto lens capable of up to 20x zoom. The battery is rated at 4,000mAh and supports 40-watt fast charging over a USB-C interface.

Huawei Nova 7 5G specs

• 6.53-inch OLED with punch-hole display, 2,400 x 1,080 resolution (20:9), 60Hz
• Octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 985 processor with dual-mode (SA/NSA) 5G
• 8GB RAM
• 128GB/256GB storage
• Quad 64-megapixel, f/1.8 (main), 8-megapixel, f/2.4 (ultra wide), 8-megapixel, f/2.4 (telephoto, up to 20x zoom), 2-megapixel (depth) rear cameras
• 32-megapixel, f/2.0 front camera
• Fingerprint reader (under-display)
• 4,000mAh battery with 40-watt fast charging
• EMUI 10.1 based on Android 10

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