The Huawei Nova Lite 2 comes with dual rear camera, which is twice the camera on the Nova Lite. Launched on the 9th of February, the phone dishes out a full view display as well. Huawei smartphones are known for being powerful on the inside, as the Nova Lite 2 houses the HiSilicon Kirin 659 chip offering a smooth performance. The midrange smartphone is also expected to be much affordable, targeting those on a budget. Without further ado, this is a review of the Huawei Nova Lite 2.
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Design
There’s something about Huawei smartphones that’s attractive at first glance. The simple looking phone was made from Aluminium Alloy, sporting a smooth overall unibody. The fingerprint scanner is at the usual position at the back for fast access. It now sports dual rear camera at the top left, which is the highlight of the device.
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Beside the dual shooters to the right, is the LED flash, all of which are on top the antenna line. Its very slim and portable overall, measuring 7.45 mm in thickness and weighing 143g. The stunning device gives you variety of colors to choose from, like Blue, Black and Gold.
Display
Its a full view season quite alright, the Nova Lite 2 comes with major reduction in bezels obviously. With the Huawei inscription sitting pretty at the bottom bezel. The top bezel is occupied by the selfie camera with extremely narrow bezels in sight.
The 5.6-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen boasts of a resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels. The FHD+ screen offers amazing details and clarity, and with 427 pixel per inch density, see all your games and movies come alive. It’s JDI Full Active and supports multi-touch as well, while the 2.5D Curved Glass offers scratch resistant. Overall, Huawei got to a 76.40% screen to body ratio with the Nova Lite 2.
Hardware and Software
Under the hood is the HiSilicon Kirin 659 chip from Huawei, coupled with Octa-core processor. The processor on this device reaches a clock speed of 2.36 GHz for extremely fast overall experience. It has a 64-Bit CPU architecture and 16nm process technology, in terms of graphics, the ARM Mali-T830 MP2 graphics processor is in charge with 2-Cores.
Multitasking through apps shouldn’t be a problem, the 3GB RAM space has a memory speed of 933MHz. For storage, there’s a 32GB internal storage space waiting for you. Which is upgradeable up to 256GB using microSD in the sim slot 2. The Nova Lite 2 runs smoothly on Android 8.0 Oreo operating system with Emotion UI 8.0 skin on top.
Camera
Double the fun with the dual 13MP + 2MP rear shooters boasting of f/2.2 aperture. With the Huawei Nova Lite 2 you can capture 4K resolution images, with photographs boasting of 4608 x 3456 pixels in dimension. It has a LED flash beside it and has lots of features like autofocus, touch focus,
continuous shooting and the rest. Video recordings are pegged at 1080pixels @ 30 frames per second. While the front facing camera comes with 8MP with CMOS BSI Sensor for beautiful selfies.
Battery
Huawei Nova Lite 2 is powered by a 3000mAh Non-removable Li-Po battery, with fast battery charging feature. However, the fast charging technology on the smartphone isn’t impressive, with the charging duration being over 2.5 hours.
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Huawei Nova Lite 2 Full Technical Specifications
General
| Device Type | Smartphone |
| Model | Huawei Nova Lite 2 |
| Announced | February, 2018 |
| Released | February, 2018 |
| Status | Coming soon on Shopping stores |
Network
| 2G Network | Yes |
| 3G Network | Yes |
| 4G Network | Yes |
| SIM Type | Nano + Nano |
| SIM Count | Dual SIM |
Design
| Type | Aluminium Alloy |
| Dimensions | 150.1 x 72.05 x 7.45 mm |
| Weight | 143g |
| Protection | Yes |
| Colours | Blue, Black, Gold |
Display
| Display Type | FHD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
| Size | 5.65-inch |
| Resolution | 2160 x 1080 Pixels |
| Colors | 16M colors |
| Pixel Density | 427ppi |
| Screen-To-Body Ratio | 76.4% |
| Touch Screen | Yes |
| Protection | 2.5D Curved Glass Screen |
| Features | Multi-touch, Scratch Resistant, JDI Full Active |
| Secondary Display | No |
Camera
| 13MP + 2MP | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Autofocus Continuous shooting Digital zoom Exposure compensation Face detection Geotagging HDR ISO settings Panorama Scene mode Self-timer Touch focus White balance settings |
|
| Yes, LED flash | |
| 8MP |
Software
| Android 8.0 Oreo | |
| Emotion UI 8.0 | |
| Yes | |
| Skype | Yes |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Youtube | Yes |
Hardware
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 | |
| CPU | Octa-Core 2.36GHz |
| GPU | ARM Mali-T830 MP2 |
| 3GB | |
| Internal Storage | 32GB |
| Yes, up to 256GB | |
| Fingerprint (Rear) Proximity Accelerometer Ambient Light, Compass |
|
| Controls | Touchscreen, Lock Button, and Volume Key |
Connectivity
| Yes | |
| Infrared | No |
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Wi-fi Hotspot | Yes |
| USB Type | Yes, microUSB |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
| NFC | – |
| HDMI | – |
| No |
Battery
| Battery Type | Li-Po Battery |
| Capacity | 3000mAh |
| Placement | Non-removable |
| Fast Charging | Yes |
| Standby | – |
| Talk Time | – |
| Music Play | – |
Media
| Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC | |
| Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player | |
| – | |
| – | |
| Vibration, Ringtones | |
| MP3, WAV | |
| Yes | |
| Yes, 3.5mm Jack |
Other Features
| – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
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What is Huawei Nova Lite 2 Price and Availability Status?
Its not yet available at the moment. It should be available on Shopping stores from February 13th 2018.
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Does this phone have gyroscope sensor? Many reviews say it doesn’t have.
Hi Daniel, thanks for stopping by. The Huawei Nova Lite 2 doesn’t have a Gyroscope sensor.
Okay thanks boss
This is the most compact phone with a dual primary cam setup and still has a pretty good battery size.