Huawei nova 5i Full Specifications: With KIRIN 710, 8 GB RAM, Quad Rear Camera and 18W Fast Charging

The Huawei nova 5i is equipped with a Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 710 chipset with 12 nm process technology, 4x Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.2 GHz and 4x Cortex-A53 clocked at 1.7 GHz CPU and ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU. The Huawei nova 5i comes in two versions, 6 GB RAM with 128 GB storage for 291 $, 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage for 320 $.
The internal memory can be expanded via a microSD. The smartphone runs on EMUI 9.1 based Android 9.0 Pie. The phone powered by a non-removable Li-Polymer 4000 mAh battery with 18W fast charging.

The Huawei nova 5i boasts of quad rear cameras, 24-megapixels Sony IMX576 main rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, 4-in-1 pixel binning and contrast autofocus, 8-megapixels (ultra-wide angle) superwide second rear camera, 2-megapixels third rear camera with f/2.4 aperture and 2-megapixels depth sensor fourth rear camera. The front camera is 24-megapixels with f/2 aperture, 4-in-1 pixel binning and face unlock.

The phone is available in three colors (Black, Blue and Red). The smartphone comes with a 6.4-inch IPS display with screen resolution 1080 x 2340 and 2.5D curved glass screen. The connectivity options are Wi-Fi Direct, USB Type-C and Bluetooth 4.2. The dimensions of the phone are 75.9 x 159.1 x 8.3 mm and weight are 178 g.

Full Specifications

Brand and Model

Brand

Huawei

Model

nova 5i

Model Alias

GLK-LX1

GLK-LX2

GLK-LX3

Operating System

Android 9.0 Pie

User Interface (UI)

EMUI 9.1

System on  Chip (SOC)

SOC

Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 710

Process Technology

12 nm

CPU

4x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A73

4x 1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

CPU Bits

64 bits

Instruction Set

ARMv8-A

CPU Frequency

2200 MHz

CPU Cores

8

GPU

ARM Mali-G51 MP4

GPU Cores

4

GPU Frequency

1000 MHz

RAM Capacity

6 GB

8 GB

Other Features

i7 coprocessor

GPU Turbo 3.0

Storage

128 GB

eMMC 5.1

Memory Cards

microSD

microSDHC

microSDXC

Display

Type / Technology

IPS

Diagonal Size

6.4 in

162.56 mm

16.26 cm

Width

2.71 in

68.85 mm

6.88 cm

Height

5.8 in

147.26 mm

14.73 cm

Aspect Ratio

2.139:1

Resolution

1080 x 2310 pixels

Pixel Density

398 ppi

156 ppcm

Color Depth

24 bits

16777216 colors

Display Area

84.23 %

Other Features

Capacitive

Multi-touch

2.5D curved glass screen

LTPS

Sensors

Proximity

Light

Accelerometer

Compass

Fingerprint

Hall

Primary Camera

Sensor Model

Sony IMX576 Exmor RS

ISO

50-3200

Aperture

f/1.8

Flash Type

LED

Image Resolution

5632 x 4224 pixels

23.79 MP

Video resolution

1920 x 1080 pixels

2.07 MP

Video FPS

60 fps

Features

Autofocus

Continuous shooting

Digital zoom

Digital image stabilization

Geotagging

Panorama

HDR

Touch focus

Face detection

White balance setting

ISO setting

Exposure compensation

Self-timer

Scene mode

Phase detection

Sensor size -1/2.8”

Pixel size – 1.8 um (4-in-1 pixel binning)

Contrast autofocus

720p @ 480 fps

Secondary rear camera - 8 MP (ultra wide-angle )

Third rear camera - 2 MP

Aperture size - f/2.4 (#3)

Fourth rear camera- 2 MP

Front Camera

Sensor Type

CMOS BSI

Aperture

f/2

Image Resolution

5632 x 4224 pixels

23.79 MP

Video Resolution

1920 x 1080

2.07 MP

Video FPS

30 fps

Features

Face unlock

Sensor size-1/2.8”

Pixel size- 1.8 um (4-in-1 pixel binning)

Audio

Loudspeaker

Earpiece

Radio

Yes

Tracking /  Positioning

GPS

A-GPS

GLONASS

BeiDou

Wi-Fi

802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999)

802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999)

802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003)

802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009)

802.11n 5GHz

Dual band

Wi-Fi Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct

Bluetooth

Version

4.2

Features

A2DP

EDR

LE

USB

Connector Type

USB Type-C

Version

2.0

Features

Charging

Mass Storage

On-The-Go

Headphone Jack

Yes

Connectivity

Computer sync

OTA sync

Tethering

VoLTE

Browser

HTML

HTML5

CSS 3

Audio File Formats /  Codecs

AAC

AAC+ / aacPlus / HE-AAC v1

AMR / AMR-NB / GSM-AMR

AMR-WB

aptX / apt-X

aptX HD / apt-X HD / aptX Lossless

eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2

FLAC

MIDI

MP3

OGG

WMA

WAV

HWA

Video File Formats /  Codecs

3GPP

AVI

DivX

H.263

H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video

H.265 / MPEG-H Part 2 / HEVC

MP4

VP8

VP9

WebM

WMV

Xvid

Battery

Capacity

4000 mAh

Type

Li-Polymer

Features

Non-removable

Fast charging

Charger Output Power

5 V / 2 A

Launch

Announced

2019, June

Status

Release June 2019

Price

6GB/128GB for 291 $

8GB/128GB for 320 $

Design

Colors

Black

Blue

Red

Width

75.9 mm

7.59 cm

0.25 ft

2.99 in

Height

159.1 mm

15.91 cm

0.52 ft

6.26 in

Thickness

8.3 mm

0.83 cm

0.03 ft

0.33 in

Weight

178 g

0.39 lbs

6.28 oz

Volume

100.23 cm3

6.09 in3

Body Materials

Plastic

SIM Card

SIM Card Type

Nano-SIM (4FF-fourth form factor, since 2012, 12.30 x 8.80 x 0.67 mm)

Nano-SIM / microSD

Number of SIM Cards

2

Networks

GSM / LTE / UMTS / CDMA / TD-SCDMA

Mobile Network Technology and Bandwidth

UMTS (384 kbit/s)

EDGE

GPRS

HSPA

LTE Cat 12 (102.0 Mbit/s, 603.0 Mbit/s)

EV-DO Rev. A (1.8 Mbit/s, 3.1 Mbit/s)

TD-SCDMA

TD-HSDPA