Huawei Nova 4 launches in the UAE

Huawei has officially announced the Nova 4 for the Middle East, a mid-ranged phone with a a 25MP selfie camera poking through the ‘hole punch’/pinhole. Compared to the notched Nova 3, that’s a significant increase in display real-estate which Huawei now claims at 91.8%

Huawei has priced the Nova 4 at AED 1,799 and it will be available in the UAE in two colours- Black and Crush Blue. Pre-orders start on the 8th of Feb with the phone hitting retail shelves on the 14th of Feb.

Huawei has partnered with Etisalat to offer pre-paid customers 6 months of STARZ Play and up to 1GB free data for three months.

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The Nova 4 packs a list of powerful yet definitely mid-range specs: 6.4-inch 1080p (2310 x 1080, 398 ppi) LCD screen and a Kirin 970 chip. Its other specs are near top-tier, with 8GB of RAM, 128GB storage and a 3,750mAh battery.

It has three cameras on the back which include a 20MP primary camera, a 2MP secondary camera and a 16MP Ultra-wide camera lens that supports a 117-degree field of view.

The phone will pack Android 9 Pie (plus Huawei’s EMUI interface) out of the box, and come with the GPU Turbo software upgrade to streamline gaming sessions.

Abbas Jaffar Ali
Managing Editor - Middle East

Abbas has been living and breathing tech before phones became smart or clouds started storing data. It all started when he got his very first computer- the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. From computers to mobile phones and watches, Abbas is always interested in tech that is smarter and smaller because he believes that tech shouldn’t be something that gets added to your life- it should be a part of your life.