What was
announced as the Huawei P8 lite (2017), and is also available in China as the Honor 8 Lite, has now been launched in Japan as
the Huawei nova lite.
The nova lite, being practically identical to the P8
lite (2017), is built around a 5.2-inch FullHD IPS display. The in-house Kirin
655 chipset is on the inside, with a octa-core CPU in charge of doing the
number crunching in a 4x2.1 GHz + 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 config. There is 3GB of
RAM on board and internal storage is a modest 16GB, thankfully expandable.
In the imaging category the Huawei nova lite lists a
12MP primary camera on its back and an 8MP selfie shooter. The phone can take 2
nanoSIMs and comes with support for Cat.4 LTE, Wi-Fi b/g/n (2.4GHz only),
Bluetooth 4.1. Battery capacity is listed at 3,000 mAh.
The Huawei nova lite will be available in Japan in
white, black or gold body colors with a launch date set for February 24.
