Huawei P50E, Nova 9 SE launched: Check features and price
As the latest addition to its P-series and Nova-series of smartphones, Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched the P50E and Nova 9 SE in its home country. The handsets will be available for purchase in China from March 24 onward. The P50E starts at CNY 4,088 (roughly Rs. 49,000) while the Nova 9 SE costs CNY 2,199 (around Rs. 26,000) for its base variant.
- Huawei is slowly but gradually trying to regain its lost popularity in the smartphone space after the US administration put the company on a trade ban, disallowing it to use Google's services as well as chipsets and components from Qualcomm and Intel, among other US companies.
- The latest offerings, the P50E and Nova SE 9, will mostly be available in China.
The Huawei P50E has a 6.5-inch Full-HD+ (1224x2700 pixels) OLED display with a 300Hz touch sampling rate and 90Hz refresh rate. The Nova 9 SE has a 6.78-inch Full-HD+ (1080x2388 pixels) TFT LCD screen with a touch sampling rate of 270Hz and a 90Hz refresh rate. The former has an in-display fingerprint sensor, while the latter gets a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
The P50E flaunts a 50MP main camera, a 13MP ultra-wide snapper, and a 12MP periscope telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom. Up front, it has a 13MP shooter. The Nova 9 SE sports a 108MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide sensor, a 2MP depth sensor, and a 2MP macro snapper. For selfies, it features a 16MP camera on the front.
The P50E is fueled by an octa-core Snapdragon 778G processor and runs on HarmonyOS 2. The Nova 9 SE is powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 680 SoC and boots EMUI 12 baked on top of Android 11. They pack 4,100mAh and 4,000mAh batteries, respectively, with 66W fast-charging support. Both the handsets come with 8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of onboard storage.
The P50E costs CNY 4,088 (Rs. 49,000) for 8GB/128GB variant and CNY 4,488 (Rs. 54,000) for 8GB/256GB model. It comes in Obsidian Black, Cocoa Gold, Snow White, and Galaxy Blue colors. The Nova 9 SE costs CNY 2,199 (Rs. 26,400) for 8GB/128GB model and CNY 2,399 (Rs. 29,000) for 8GB/256GB variant. It is offered in shades of Crystal Blue, Pearl White, and Midnight Black.
