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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 5.0Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.36 GHz2.1 GHz2.15 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreQuad-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760Qualcomm Adreno 530
RAM memory3 GB3 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.65 in5.1 in5.1 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 2160 px2560 x 1440 px2560 x 1440 px
TechnologyIPS TFTSuper AMOLEDSuper AMOLED
Pixel density427.0 ppi576.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnoyes
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyesyes
N/A
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
HDR
N/A
no
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Video recordingyesyes
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps120.0 fps
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
N/A
Autofocusyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Touch focusyesyesyes
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
1.9 f1.7 f
Burst Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yesyes
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yesyes
Number of rear cameras
N/A
N/A
1

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Number of front cameras
N/A
N/A
1

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesnoyes
Maximum card storage256GB128GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slotmicroSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • White
Grey
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
Water resistantnonoyes
Shock resistantnonoyes
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height5.91 in5.65 in5.86 in
Width2.84 in2.78 in2.95 in
Depth0.29 in0.27 in0.39 in
Weight5.04 oz4.87 oz6.53 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Fingerprintyesyesyes
Digital compass
N/A
yesyes
Ambient light sensor
N/A
yesyes
Gyroscope
N/A
yesyes
Barometer
N/A
yesyes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yesyes
ANT+
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyes
N/A
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.14.2
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyes
N/A
Video outputNoMHL
N/A
Bluetooth codec
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
Micro-USB

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSPA+
Navigation systemGLONASSGLONASSGPS
2G GSMyesyesyes
3G UMTSyesyes
N/A
4G LTEyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yesyes

Battery

Replaceable batterynono
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh2550.0 mAh4000.0 mAh
Fast chargingyesyes
N/A
Fast charging standardHuawei SuperChargeSamsung Adaptive Fast Charge
N/A
Wireless charging noyesyes
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium ion
Talk time
N/A
17.0 h32.0 h
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A
Standby time
N/A
N/A
384.0 h

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