Huawei just lately shared the launch timeline for its premium mid-range Nova eight collection. It’s making its debut on December 23. Forward of the occasion, nonetheless, the Huawei Nova eight professional was leaked when a cellphone leaker revealed its alleged specs. And immediately, the Nova eight was seen within the flesh from a number of angles — leaving little to the creativeness for the upcoming launch.

Featured in a collection of hand-on pictures, the Huawei Nova eight has the oval digital camera bump that was additionally teased earlier. It holds 4 cameras and an LED flash. The again has a shiny, metallic end to it seen right here in sea inexperienced — additionally accessible in purple and black colours.

Out on the entrance, the show curves across the edges. It’s a 6.67” OLED panel with an intrusive, lifeless heart hole-punch cutout.

The pictures additionally present the spec sheet for the Huawei newest mannequin Nova eight pulled up on the display. And certain sufficient, it has the flagship Kirin 985 5G chipset, simply because the cellphone leaker DigitalChatStation reported. The chip, which got here out earlier in April this 12 months, is just outperformed by Huawei’s top-of-the-line Kirin 990. You’ll discover the identical processor contained in the Nova eight Professional.

It’s unclear whether or not the chipmaker is TSMC (which solely just lately reacquired the license to do enterprise with Huawei) or the Chinese language SMIC. A rather-underpowered 3700 mAh battery with 66W quick charging powers the cellphone — the blazing expertise ought to totally cost the Nova eight in beneath half an hour.

Nova eight lineup competes with Vivo’s V20 and Oppo’s Reno 5 collection, so its design is entrance and heart. The cellphone weighs solely 169g and has a slim 7.6mm profile. The reminiscence onboard is 8GB, and storage is available in 128GB/256GB choices. It’s anticipated to begin from CNY 3,000 (~ Rs. 73,500).