Huawei nova 16 SE
The Huawei Nova 16 SE is a recently released mid-range phone that focuses on long battery life and high aesthetics. Its core highlights are the 8500mAh Whale battery and Kirin 8020 chip.
Long battery life: Equipped with a built-in 8500mAh large battery, it can sustain continuous calls for 48 hours according to official testing, and can listen to music online for up to 65 hours. Coupled with 66W super fast charging, battery anxiety can be basically solved.
Features of photography: The rear 50 megapixel main camera uses an RYYB sensor for greater light input and is equipped with a red maple primary color lens, which produces colors closer to what the naked eye can see. The front 32 megapixel selfie camera is also clear enough.
It runs quite smoothly: equipped with Kirin 8020 processor and HarmonyOS 6.1 system, combined with Ark engine optimization, daily video flashing and multitasking switching are relatively smooth.
Its main parameters are as follows:
| 3.5mm jack | No |
| Announced | 2026, August 05 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0, A2DP, LE, L2HC (320-960 kbps HD audio) |
| Build | Glass front, plastic frame, aluminum back |
| Card slot | No |
| Charging | 66W wired |
| 5W reverse wired | |
| Chipset | Kirin 8020 |
| Colors | Black, White, Orange, Blue |
| CPU | Octa-core (1x2.29 GHz & 3x2.05 GHz & 4x1.3 GHz) |
| Dimensions | 163.3 x 78 x 8 mm (6.43 x 3.07 x 0.31 in) |
| Dual | 50 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.56", dual-pixel PDAF |
| Auxiliary lens | |
| Features | LED flash, panorama, HDR |
| GPU | Maleoon 920 2cu |
| Infrared port | Yes |
| Internal | 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
| Models | CAS-AL50 |
| NFC | Yes |
| OS | HarmonyOS 6.1 |
| Positioning | GPS (L1+L5), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC, GLONASS |
| Protection | Aluminosilicate glass |
| * Measured at an isolated spot during video playback only | |
| Radio | No |
| Resolution | 1272 x 2756 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~444 ppi density) |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass |
| Virtual proximity sensing | |
| SIM | Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM |
| IP65 dust tight and water resistant (low pressure water jets) | |
| Single | 32 MP, f/2.2, (wide) |
| Size | 6.84 inches, 114.8 cm2 (~90.2% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2026, August 13 |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| Type | OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, 2160Hz PWM, 8000 nits (peak)* |
| 8500 mAh | |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0, OTG |
| Video | 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS |
| 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS | |
| Weight | 229 g (8.08 oz) |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct |