Huawei surprised many users by equipping the nova 8 smartphones with the Kirin 985 SoC, which was used in the nova 7 line. Agree, getting a new smartphone on an old SoC, albeit quite powerful, is not quite what you expect when buying a new product. But Huawei nova 9 will not disappoint in this regard: the SoC will be new.
According to the source, the nova 9 will
switch to the Kirin 990E 5G. This SoC is used in the budget flagship Mate 40E,
as well as in the Mate 30E Pro 5G. And although there is no need to expect a
dramatic improvement in performance when moving from Kirin 985 to Kirin 990,
the new SoC is faster in AnTuTu and Geekbench multi-threaded test by about 20%.
The Kirin 990E also does better in terms of energy efficiency, although both
platforms are 7nm.
Nothing is reported about the
characteristics of the nova 9 itself, as well as there is no data on the
possible date of the announcement of the smartphone or the entire line.
