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Huawei Nova 4 now rumored to come in two different camera SKUs

A rear-panel image linked to the Nova 4 on TENAA's website. (Source: TENAA)
A rear-panel image linked to the Nova 4 on TENAA's website. (Source: TENAA)
Gizchina claims to have unearthed a slide showing details on the specs of the upcoming Huawei 'punch-hole' camera pioneer device, the Nova 4. This slide appears to clearly indicate that this phone will have two separate variants, one of which will have a novel 48MP sensor in its triple-rear-camera setup and one that will not. This slide also suggests that the Nova 4 will ship with the Kirin 970, not the 980.

The Nova 4 is widely tipped as Huawei's first device to use a punch-hole-style front-facing camera. This technology mimics Samsung's Infinity-O display technology considerably. Considering the Nova line's typical price-point, its latest generation is likely to compete directly with the Samsung Galaxy A8s, another phone with this next-gen form of screen that has just been released in China.

The Huawei Nova 4 may have two SKUs that differ only in the nature of their rear-facing cameras. This possibility has been raised by a slide leaked by the media outlet GizChina. It appears to show that the Nova 4 will have these possible variants: one with a triple camera that incorporates a 48MP sensor. This new CMOS is also reportedly destined for the upcoming Honor V20, although it may be a single module in the case of this device. In the Nova 4, however, it will be accompanied by a 20+16MP dual-camera module. The other version of the Nova 4 will also have a triple camera, but will substitute the ultra-high-res component for a more conventional 20MP shooter.

The rest of the Nova 4's specs will apparently stay constant across the two variants. They include a 6.4-inch full-HD screen with a 19.25:9 display, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage and a 3750mAh battery. Interestingly, next to a chip-like graphic, the English-language characters '970+' are found. This suggests that the Nova 4 will not get the Kirin 980 processor as previously thought, and may have to do with a Kirin 970 that may or may not be optimized in some way instead. Then again, with a reported release date of December 17, it will not be so long now until these rumors can be verified. 

The slide purportedly containing all the information on the Nova 4. (Source: GizChina)
The slide purportedly containing all the information on the Nova 4. (Source: GizChina)

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Deirdre O Donnell, 2018-12-12 (Update: 2018-12-12)