Huawei is preparing to launch nova Flip, and today, the specs of the clamshell appeared online. Tipster Digital Chat Station revealed the new phone will have a 6.94” foldable screen – the joint biggest panel in its class, also seen on the Huawei Pocket 2. The phone is also coming with a Kirin 9000 series chip — it could be the Kirin 9000S from the nova 12 Ultra or the Kirin 9010 from the Pura 70 series, or it could be a new SoC.
The phone was already handled by various
influencers in China, and the first hands-on photos were shared on Weibo. The
inner panel will be an LTPO OLED with a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz, while the
cover screen will be a regular OLED panel topping out at 60 Hz. Its diagonal
will be 2.14” and we have already seen in official teasers that it will be
square and positioned next to the cameras.
The main camera will have a 50 MP
1/1.56" RYYB sensor with a f/1.9 aperture in front. The other cam is an 8
MP ultra-wide snapper that will also act as a super macro cam for close-up
shots. A 32 MP camera will be sitting inside a punch hole of the main screen.
The phone will come with a 4,400 mAh battery that supports 66W wired charging.
Interestingly enough, it is actually downgraded compared with the Pocket 2,
Huawei's previous clamshell. We have to wait and see whether the nova Flip will
offer any other type of charging - wireless, reverse wireless, or reverse
wired.
Huawei will offer the phone with a skin or
glass panel on the back, which will affect the thickness and weight. The former
option will be 6.88 mm thin (15.08 mm folded) and will weigh 195 grams, while
the latter will be 6.9 mm (15.12 mm folded) with a 199-gram body. The Huawei
nova Flip is expected to arrive next week in Green, White, Pink, and Black
colors. The phone will have 12 GB RAM and at least three storage combinations:
256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB. We will have to wait and see how much each of them
would cost.
