As promised, Huawei today unveiled the Nova 12 series during an event in China. The range includes four smartphones: nova 12, nova 12 Lite, nova 12 Pro and nova 12 Ultra. Let’s see what the Pro and Ultra models have to offer.

The Huawei nova 12 Ultra is built around a 6.76″ LTPO OLED with a screen refresh rate of 1-120Hz and a resolution of 2,776×1,224 pixels. It supports 1B colors and has a P3 wide color gamut The display is protected by Kunlun Glass and features a center-aligned pill-shaped notch for two cameras: 60MP ultrawide (100˚ FOV and autofocus) coupled with an 8MP (2x optical zoom) unit for portraits .

Huawei nova 12 Ultra and nova 12 Pro arrive with variable aperture and satellite connectivity

The back panel of the nova 12 Ultra is covered in faux leather and features 3D embossing of the Huawei and Nova branding. The back cover also sports an elliptical camera island that houses an LED flash, a laser focus sensor, a 50MP primary camera, and an 8MP ultrawide camera. The main camera has a physically variable aperture of F/1.4~4.0 with RYYB color filter array, while the ultrawide unit has a FOV of 112˚.

Huawei nova 12 Ultra and nova 12 Pro arrive with variable aperture and satellite connectivity

The Nova 12 Ultra runs HarmonyOS 4 and has up to 1TB of built-in storage. Huawei has not mentioned the processor on its official website, but it is believed to be the Kirin 9000S.

The smartphone also features satellite calling and messaging supported by a two-way Beidou satellite messaging system, and powering the whole package is a 4,600mAh battery that draws power through a USB-C port at up to 100W.

Huawei nova 12 Ultra and nova 12 Pro arrive with variable aperture and satellite connectivity

The rest of the Huawei nova 12 Ultra highlights include an in-display fingerprint scanner, dual-band GPS, NFC, and stereo speakers.

The Huawei nova 12 Pro is the nova 12 Ultra with an extra color option, more weight (198g vs 201g), and no faux leather back. The Pro model also has less base storage and doesn’t have a 1TB option.

Huawei nova 12 Ultra and nova 12 Pro arrive with variable aperture and satellite connectivity

The Huawei nova 12 Ultra is available with 512GB and 1TB storage options, priced at CNY 4,699 ($660/€600/INR 54,700) and CNY 5,499 ($770/€700/INR 64,020), respectively. The nova 12 Pro is offered with 256GB and 512GB of storage and costs CNY 3,999 ($560/€510/INR 46,560) and CNY 4,399 ($615/€560/INR 51,200), respectively.

Huawei Nova 12 Ultra
Huawei Nova 12 Ultra
Huawei Nova 12 Ultra

Huawei Nova 12 Ultra

Both phones are available for pre-order in China via VMall, but the Pro will go on sale starting January 5, 2024, while the Ultra will be available starting January 12, 2024.

Huawei Nova 12 Pro
Huawei Nova 12 Pro
Huawei Nova 12 Pro
Huawei Nova 12 Pro

Huawei Nova 12 Pro

Source 1, Source 2 ( both in Chinese)

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