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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 4.4Android 4.4Android 5.1
CPU clock speed2.36 GHz1.2 GHz2.3 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 659
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2
N/A
Qualcomm Adreno 330ARM Mali-T760
RAM memory3 GB1 GB3 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.65 in4.7 in5.7 in5.7 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M
N/A
16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 2160 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px
TechnologyIPS TFTIPS LCD
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density427.0 ppi312.0 ppi386.0 ppi518.0 ppi
Dual screen supportno
N/A
yes
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
HDR
N/A
N/A
no
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Video recordingyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px
N/A
4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps
N/A
60.0 fps120.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
N/A
Autofocusyesyesyes
N/A
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
yes
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyes
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
2.4 f2.2 f1.9 f
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/3.2"
N/A
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
yes
N/A
Gesture Shot
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
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Storage

Internal storage32 GB8 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyesno
Maximum card storage256GB64GB64GB
N/A
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Yellow
Black
  • Lilac
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
  • Beige
  • Pink
  • Blue
  • Red
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantno
N/A
no
N/A
Shock resistantno
N/A
no
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyes
N/A
  • no
  • yes
yes
Sim card sizeNano-SIM
N/A
Micro-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedno
N/A
yes
N/A
Bluetoothyesyesyes
N/A
Bluetooth version4.24.04.04.1
Bluetooth profileA2DP
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
NFCyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Charging connectionUSB
N/A
  • HDMI
  • USB
  • USB
  • Wireless
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
N/A
3.0/3.1
2.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
yes
N/A
Video outputNo
N/A
MHLMHL
Type of USB connector
N/A
Micro-USB
N/A
N/A
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
  • AAC
  • SBC
  • aptX
SBC

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