Today (March 24, 2018) is the official Philippine launch of Huawei Nova 2 Lite set in SM Mall Of Asia. We were not there but good thing we were still able to bring this hands-on article to you
For the specs, you may check out our previous blog post link here
Here is the front view of the phone which from afar, you may think that I held a Huawei Nova 2i but from a small factor and display. Yes, it only has HD+ display but the clarity is quite good. The 18:9 display is also an X factor to this under 10k phone
Will upload the back portion later but with a small factor and imagine put out the dual rear camera and you might think that it is the Huawei GR3 2017. Like in the front, the build quality is there. Just be sure to put in that protective casing as the back portion is prone to fingerprint smudges
The right portion has power/unlock button and volume rocker
The left has hybrid dual SIM and micro SD slot. At first there were some reports that it has true dual nano SIM and micro SD slot but based on the graphics that Huawei Mobile PH FB page posted, we will still be stuck with that hybrid solution. A downer for us as the two known global brands that we know can easily put in a 2 nano SIMs and 1 micro SD in one tray at the same or near it's price
Forget the top as the bottom has OTG-capable micro USB port, 3.5 mm audio jack, pin hole mic and speaker at the bottom.
For now, we will gonna give some time to Huawei Mobile Philippines for our camera samples as the one that we had for these pictures was a pre-prod phone so we might gonna have a bit less quality in produced pics compared to the official commercial release which started today. The camera UI was the same from the GR 2017 seriess. We waited for days for the answer for this and found out that the Nova 2 Lite does not have a pro mode. A mode which is present in the much affordable GR3 2017 with almost the same processing power. Another downer for us but hoping they will gonna bring that OTA update
We will try to score a review unit so that we can assess more of Huawei PH's first midrange phone of 2018. Huawei Nova 2 Lite is now available for Php 9,990
