Huawei Nova 4 vs Nova 3: What’s Changed?

Huawei took a lot of people by surprise by launching their latest Nova series smartphone just a few months after they released the Nova 3 series. Today, we’re looking at the Nova 4 which comes with interesting innovative design and camera feats. So what has changed compared to the last model? Check it out below.

Here are their detailed specs:

So what has changed?

• Punch-hole design
• Slightly larger screen size
• Slightly shorter screen aspect ratio
• Pre-installed GPU Turbo technology
• Larger RAM
• No expandable storage
• Triple rear camera setup
• Higher main rear camera resolution (48MP variant)
• Slightly higher front camera resolution
• Android 9 Pie out-of-the-box

The Nova 4 completely removed the notch design and replaced it with a punch-hole design that contains the front camera. The screen size was also increased but only by a mm so there’s not a lot of improvements here..

It still sports the same Kirin 970 chipset but already has the GPU Turbo feature out of the box. Another feat for the Nova 4 is the 8GB RAM to ensure smooth multitasking, especially for heavy users.

Huawei also used a different camera configuration and instead of dual front and rear cameras, the Nova 4 has triple cameras at the back and just one on the front. What’s interesting is that it has two configurations with different main sensor resolution for price flexibility — one has a 48MP sensor while the other has a 20MP sensor.

The Nova 4 runs on Android 9 Pie based on EMUI 9.0.1 out-of-the-box which is good, although I’m slightly disappointed since it lacks an expandable storage. I mean, the Nova 3 also has 128GB storage with a microSD card slot, so why not retain it?

Overall, the Nova 4 looks a promising premium mid-range smartphone, especially with its flagship chipset and new camera capabilities. It is priced at CNY 3,399PHP 27,399USD 467INR 39,574EUR 445 (~PHP 26,138) for the 48MP variant while the 20MP variant is priced at CNY 3,099PHP 24,981USD 426INR 36,081EUR 405 (~PHP 23,831).

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