Huawei finally launched the nova 11 SE today. The phone appeared on the company website with a 108 MP main camera and a thin profile. The official specs sheet revealed there is no 5G connectivity, and Huawei decided to omit the chipset details entirely. The phone was later listed by Vmall, a Huawei-owned online store in China. From there we found the phone is powered by the Snapdragon 680 - an LTE-only chipset built on the 6 nm process with a 2.4 GHz CPU. RAM remains a mystery, however.
The smartphone has a 10-bit 6.67” flat
OLED panel with Full HD+ resolution. It has 90 Hz refresh rate and 100% DCI-P3
color gamut coverage. There is a single punch hole in the center for a 32 MP
selfie camera that records video at up to 1080p resolution. The nova 11 SE
features a very thin profile at only 7.39 mm. It weighs 186 grams and packs a
4,500 mAh battery. It supports 66W charging, and Huawei said it can go from 0
to 100% in 32 minutes. The charger and the appropriate cable are in the retail
box.
The phone boots HarmonyOS 4, joining a
family of over 100 million devices with the new OS. It comes with a revamped
notification center, better permission management for risky applications and a
Live Window to expand current activities, sitting in the notification bar. Other
highlights include NFC with the option to store card info for offline payments,
a dual nano SIM slot, and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
Huawei nova 11 SE comes in Green, White,
and Black. Prices are CNY 1,999 (US$ 273/€ 257) for the 256 GB variant and CNY
2,199 (US$ 300/€ 285) for 512 GB storage. Pre-orders are live in China, and the
first sale is scheduled for November 3.
