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Huawei P Smart 2018 Mobile Phone
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Notebookcheck.com reviews the Huawei P Smart Plus (2018), which is also known as the Huawei Nova 3i in some countries. Huawei has equipped the P Smart Plus with a faster SoC than the P Smart, but the device also faces internal competition from the P Smart (2019). Read on to find out how the P Smart Plus (2018) fares in our tests and which of Huawei’s P Smart devices is the best value for money.Read more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 8.0Android 5.1Android 6.0
N/A
CPU clock speed2.36 GHz2.1 GHz2.3 GHz2.8 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-T880 MP12
N/A
RAM memory3 GB4 GB4 GB6 GB

Display

Screen size5.65 in5.7 in5.1 in6.21 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
N/A
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLED
N/A
Resolution1080 x 2160 px2560 x 1440 px2560 x 1440 px2248 x 1080 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLED
Pixel density427.0 ppi518.0 ppi576.0 ppi402.0 ppi
Dual screen supportno
N/A
no
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
N/A
HDR
N/A
N/A
no
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Video recordingyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
N/A
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps120.0 fps240.0 fps
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px
N/A
Autofocusyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
yes
N/A
LED Flashyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
1.9 f1.7 f
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"
N/A
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
AutomaticAutomatic
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detection
N/A
N/A
yesFace recognition
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Resolution (second camera)
N/A
N/A
N/A
12.0 Mpx
Lens aperture (second camera)
N/A
N/A
N/A
F/2.4

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx20.0 Mpx
Lens aperture
N/A
N/A
F/1.7
N/A
Light source
N/A
N/A
LED flash
N/A
Face detection
N/A
N/A
yesFace recognition

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesnoyes
N/A
Maximum card storage256GB
N/A
200GB
N/A
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
N/A

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Yellow
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Pink
  • Pink/gold
  • Platinum gold
  • Silver
  • Titanium
  • White
  • White pearl
Blue
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantno
N/A
yes
N/A
Shock resistantno
N/A
no
N/A
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Fully waterproof
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Dimensions

Height5.91 in6.03 in5.61 in6.1 in
Width2.84 in3.0 in2.74 in2.94 in
Depth0.29 in0.3 in0.31 in0.3 in
Weight5.04 oz6.03 oz5.36 oz6.17 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesyesyes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedno
N/A
yes
N/A
Bluetoothyes
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.14.25.0
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
N/A
NFCyes
N/A
yesyes
Charging connectionUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
N/A
USB version2.02.02.0
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
yes
N/A
Video outputNoMHLNo
N/A
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
Micro-USBUSB Type-C

Battery

Replaceable batteryno
N/A
no
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3400.0 mAh
Fast chargingyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Fast charging standardHuawei SuperCharge
N/A
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
N/A
Wireless charging no
N/A
yes
N/A
Battery type
N/A
Lithium PolymerLithium ion
N/A
Standby time
N/A
336.0 h288.0 h
N/A
Talk time
N/A
21.0 h27.0 h
N/A
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • WPC
N/A

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