Huawei has announced its latest Nova 11 series at an event in China. The lineup comprises the standard Nova 11, Nova 11 Pro, and Nova 11 Ultra, with the latter debuting the company’s variable-aperture camera system on a Nova phone.
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This is the same lens system that the Huawei Mate 50 Pro and Huawei P60 series offers, and the aperture values also go from f/1.4 to f/4.0. All three smartphones are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G chipset, same as last year’s generation, and run Huawei’s own HarmonyOS 3.0 operating system out of the box.
The new models bring back the curved 120Hz OLED screen and large pill-shaped camera island from last year but now flaunt a leather-like texture at the back, except for the vanilla Nova 11, which sports a flat display and a smooth matte-glass finish on the rear.
Official product video
They also pack a 50-megapixel main camera joined by an 8-megapixel secondary ultrawide option that doubles as a macro cam when needed. For selfies, the Nova 11 models are equipped with a 60-megapixel shooter. The Huawei Nova 11 Pro and Huawei Nova 11 Ultra add a dedicated 8-megapixel portrait-zoom sensor on the front as well, to help you zoom in on videos.
You may recall that the Nova 10 Pro boasts the same feature, which users will find useful when doing live selling on social platforms and shooting makeup tutorials. All three have a 4,500mAh battery, but only the Pro and Ultra variants support fast charging up to 100 watts, which can recharge the battery from zero to 50% in just 15 minutes — even with the display turned on.
The Huawei Nova 11 series models, ladies and gentlemen
In China, the regular Huawei Nova 11 starts at ¥2,499 (P20,353 or $364), while the Huawei Nova 11 Pro is priced from ¥3,499 (P28,498 or $509). The phones can also be upgraded with Kunlun Glass protection for a bit more money. The top-end Huawei Nova 11 Ultra, meanwhile, carries a domestic retail price of ¥4,499 (around P36,643 or $655) for the lone 512GB storage variant with Kunlun Glass.
Last year, the company launched the Nova 10 and Nova 10 Pro phones in the Philippines with a starting price of P26,999 ($483) for the 8GB/256GB config of the standard model. The Nova 10 Pro, on the other hand, sold for P32,999 ($590) at launch.
Huawei Nova 11 specs
- 6.7-inch OLED display, FHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, Kunlun Glass (optional)
- 6nm octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G processor
- Adreno 642L GPU
- 8GB RAM
- 128GB/256GB storage
- Dual 50-megapixel main, 8-megapixel ultrawide/macro rear cameras
- 60-megapixel main front camera
- Under-display fingerprint reader
- 4,500mAh battery with 66-watt USB-C charging
- HarmonyOS 3.0
- Color options: green, black, white, gold
Huawei Nova 11 Pro specs
- 6.78-inch OLED display, FHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, Kunlun Glass (optional)
- 6nm octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G processor
- Adreno 642L GPU
- 8GB RAM
- 256GB/512GB storage
- Dual 50-megapixel main, 8-megapixel ultrawide/macro rear cameras
- Dual 60-megapixel main, 8-megapixel portrait/zoom front cameras
- Under-display fingerprint reader
- 4,500mAh battery with 100-watt USB-C charging
- HarmonyOS 3.0
- Color options: green (leather), black (leather), white, gold
Huawei Nova 11 Ultra specs
- 6.78-inch OLED display, FHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, Kunlun Glass
- 6nm octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G processor
- Adreno 642L GPU
- 8GB RAM
- 512GB storage
- Dual 50-megapixel main with variable-aperture lens between f/1.4 to f/4.0, 8-megapixel ultrawide/macro rear cameras
- Dual 60-megapixel main, 8-megapixel portrait/zoom front cameras
- Under-display fingerprint reader
- 4,500mAh battery with 100-watt USB-C charging
- HarmonyOS 3.0
- Color options: green (leather), black (leather)
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