Huawei Nova 7 5G with Kirin 985 launched in the Philippines

On the day Smart Communications’ 5G network has gone live as a commercial service, Huawei Philippines has launched another 5G-ready “Nova Star.”

(Update, August 8: Our full review is up! Read Huawei Nova 7 5G review: Premium midrange done right.)

The Huawei Nova 7 5G, the more powerful sibling of the Nova 7 SE 5G, is official in the country. And it’s priced at P23,990 (roughly 488 converted) — or P4,000 ($81) more than the SE model.

Buy the smartphone at any time between July 31 and August 2 from Huawei Experience Stores and partner shops, and you’ll get these freebies worth a total of P9,000 ($183):

P6,990 ($142) Huawei Watch GT2e
Additional 15GB of Huawei Cloud Storage for a year
5 customized dynamic Huawei themes
Booky prime membership for 3 months
Viu premium subscription for 3 months
P150 ($3) Pesoloan cashback
P70 ($1.4) GCash voucher
P50 ($1) PayMaya voucher

Go online shopping and be one of the first 100 customers to purchase the Huawei Nova 7 5G from the brand’s official stores on Lazada and Shopee during the promo period, and you have a chance to get more freebies, valued at up to P18,390 ($374):

P6,990 ($142) Huawei Watch GT2e
P8,990 ($183) Huawei FreeBuds 3: Only 5 units per day, for those who’ll order at 12 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m.
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Additional 15GB of Huawei Cloud Storage for a year
5 customized dynamic Huawei themes
P597 ($12) Booky voucher
Viu premium subscription for 3 months
P150 ($3) Pesoloan cashback
P70 ($1.4) GCash voucher
P50 ($1) PayMaya voucher

The Huawei Nova 7 5G, along with the Pro version, is the first smartphone to use the new HiSilicon Kirin 985 5G chip.

The SoC features one Cortex-A76 prime core and three big (also Cortex-A76) and four small (Cortex-A55) cores and is integrated with Mali-G77 graphics with Kirin Gaming+ 2.0 technology for a blazing-fast graphics performance.

With Kirin 985, it’s possible to get theoretical maximum download and upload speeds of 1.2Gbps and 173Mbps, respectively. It likewise has 5G anti-jamming, 5G low-latency, 5G energy-efficient, and 5G high-speed performance functions.

Other features of the Huawei Nova 7 5G include a 64-megapixel quad camera, a 32-megapixel selfie shooter housed in a punch hole at the upper-left part of the 6.53-inch OLED display, a 4,000mAh battery with support for 40-watt fast charging, Android 10-based EMUI 10.1, and an under-screen fingerprint sensor.

Launched alongside the Huawei Nova 7 5G is the P5,990 ($122) Huawei FreeBuds 3i and the Midsummer Purple color variant of the P19,990 ($407) Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G. You can read more about them in the press release below.

Huawei Nova 7 5G specs

6.53-inch OLED with punch-hole display, 2,400 x 1,080 resolution (20:9), 60Hz refresh rate
Octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 985 processor with dual-mode (SA/NSA) 5G
8GB RAM
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, AppGallery

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