Huawei Nova 16 SE - Reviews and Specs

Name: Huawei Nova 16 SE
Brand: Huawei

The Huawei Nova 16 SE pairs a 6.84-inch 120 Hz OLED display with a Kirin 8020 processor, 8 GB of memory and an 8,500 mAh battery. Reviews highlight its premium construction, extensive connectivity and competitive estimated price, while its graphics capabilities remain limited.

DeepL / Ninh Duy, Published 09/07/2026 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 ...

Pros

+ Bright 120 Hz OLED

+ Huge 8,500 mAh battery

+ Premium aluminum construction

+ Extensive wireless connectivity

+ Competitive estimated price

Cons

- Heavy 229-gram design

- No hardware ray tracing

- Older Vulkan 1.0 support

The Huawei Nova 16 SE is a large smartphone featuring a 6.84-inch OLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate. Its Kirin 8020 processor is paired with Maleoon 920c graphics and 8 GB of memory. Storage options include 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB. The device offers a 50 MP primary camera, a 32 MP secondary camera and an 8,500 mAh battery. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, infrared, USB-C, Dual SIM and LTE. Reviews praise its premium feel, smooth display and estimated $290 price, although the graphics hardware lacks ray tracing and supports only Vulkan 1.0.

Specifications

Huawei Nova 16 SE (Nova 16 Series)

Processor

HiSilicon Kirin 8020 12c/12t, 2 x 2.3 GHz, 6 x 2.1 GHz, 4 x 1.3 GHz

Graphics adapter

HiSilicon Maleoon 920c

Memory

8 GB

Display

6.84 inch 19.5:9, 2756 x 1272 pixel 444 PPI, Capacitive touchscreen, OLED, glossy: yes, 120 Hz

Storage

128GB / 256GB / 512GB

Connections

USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 Infrared, 1 Fingerprint Reader, NFC, Sensors: accelerometer, gyro, compass

Networking

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz be = Wi-Fi 7), Bluetooth 6.0, GSM, UMTS, LTE, Dual SIM, GPS

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 8 x 163.3 x 78 ( = 0.31 x 6.43 x 3.07 in)

Battery

8500 mAh

Operating System

Huawei HarmonyOS

Camera

Primary Camera: 50 MPix
Secondary Camera: 32 MPix

Additional features

Keyboard: Virtual keyboard

Weight

229 g ( = 8.08 oz / 0.5 pounds)

Links

Huawei homepage

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Reviews for the Huawei Nova 16 SE

Huawei nova 16 SE Overview, Pros and Cons
Source: OI Spice Tech News English

The Huawei nova 16 SE is a good-looking phone that feels solid in your hand. It has a big 6.84 inches screen that shows bright and clear colors, making videos and photos look really nice. The screen also runs at 120Hz, which means everything moves very smoothly like when you scroll through websites or play games. The back of the phone is made of aluminum, and the front is glass, so it feels premium. It also has NFC for tap to pay, an infrared port to control your TV, and a side fingerprint scanner to unlock your phone safely. At a price of about USD 290 (Rs 29,000) approx, the Huawei nova 16 SE offers a lot of useful features for a very fair cost.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/10/2026

Foreign Reviews

Đánh giá Huawei nova 16 SE: Pin 8.500 mAh, màn hình OLED 120 Hz và Kirin 8020
Source: FPT shop

VN→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/22/2026

Comment

Qualcomm Maleoon 920c: Graphics chip for smartphones and tablets, integrated in the HiSilicon Kirin T82. Unfortunately, Huawei has not provided any detailed information. What is certain is that it does not support hardware-based ray tracing and only the older Vulkan 1.0 standard.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Kirin 8000: ARM-based 12-core Soc with HiSilicon's own CPU cores in 3 clusters. 4 power cores (HiSi-Little-I) with up to 1.31 GHz, 6 medium HiSi-Middle-II with up to 2.05 GHz and 2 large HiSi-Main-II with up to 2.28 GHz. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.