The most affordable 5G smartphone that’s available in the Philippines has become more budget-friendly.

Originally priced at P19,990 (around $411 converted), the Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G is now retailing at P17,999 ($370). That’s a markdown amounting to P1,991 ($41) — essentially already P2,000.

Huawei Philippines announces the price cut for the Nova 7 SE 5G

The price drop makes the Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G an even more compelling device to own, as it’s future-proof. With telecommunication companies Globe Telecom and Smart Communications currently rolling out their respective 5G networks, you won’t have to think of replacing your phone every now and then. That’s more savings for you during these trying times. You can find some of our speed tests in the following stories:

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This Nova model uses a 7nm Kirin 820 chip, which integrates eight CPU cores (four are Cortex-A76 cores, twice the number found in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G) and Mali-G57 graphics with six cores. Its Antutu benchmark score of more than 380,000, as we showed in our past articles, is higher than the Kirin 980-powered Huawei P30‘s. In fact, the Nova 7 SE is on the current top 10 list of best-performing midrange Android phones released in China.

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The handset features a 64-megapixel quad camera, a 16-megapixel selfie shooter, a 6.5-inch punch-hole screen with 60Hz refresh rate, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, EMUI 10.1 with Huawei Mobile Services, and a 4,000mAh battery that supports 40 watts of fast charging.

Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G specs

• 6.5-inch LCD with punch-hole display, 2,400 x 1,080 resolution (20:9), 60Hz
• Octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 820 processor with dual-mode (SA/NSA) 5G
• 8GB RAM
• 128GB storage
• Quad 64-megapixel, f/1.8 (main), 8-megapixel, f/2.4 (ultra wide), 2-megapixel, f/2.4 (macro), 2-megapixel, f/2.4 (depth) rear cameras
• 16-megapixel, f/2.0 front camera
• Fingerprint reader (side-mounted)
• 4,000mAh battery with 40-watt fast charging
• EMUI 10.1 based on Android 10, Huawei Mobile Services, AppGallery
• Colors: Space Silver, Crush Green, and Midsummer Purple

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