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Huawei Nova 7 review: Slim 5G mid-ranger with Kirin 985 and 64 MP cam.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2020·$450
Overall
76/100
Class rank
#2 of 4
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Slim 5G Nova.

Nova 7 brought Kirin 985 5G, an OLED screen and a quad camera with optical zoom to a slim mid-range body — capable hardware that the Google ban kept confined largely to the Chinese market.

01Display

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 6 points above the cohort average.

TypeOLED, punch hole
Size6.53 inches
Resolution1080 x 2400 px
FingerprintUnder-display

02Camera

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Main64 MP, f/1.8
Ultrawide8 MP
Telephoto8 MP 3x
Macro2 MP
Selfie32 MP

03Performance

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 9 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetKirin 985 5G (7nm)
GPUMali-G77 MP8

04Battery

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid-range phones of 2020 — 9 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4000 mAh
ChargingSuperCharge 40W

05Build

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 75-point average for mid-range phones of 2020.

What works
  • Kirin 985 5G + OLED + 40W charging
  • Quad cam with optical 3x tele
  • Slim 7.9 mm body
What doesn't
  • No Google services
  • Mono speaker
  • No 3.5 mm jack

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 4-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .