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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 7.0Android 6.0Android 5.1
CPU clock speed2.36 GHz2.35 GHz2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2Qualcomm Adreno 530Qualcomm Adreno 420ARM Mali-T760
RAM memory3 GB4 GB3 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.65 in5.7 in5.96 in5.7 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 2160 px1440 x 2880 px2560 x 1440 px2560 x 1440 px
TechnologyIPS TFTIPS TFTAMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density427.0 ppi564.0 ppi493.0 ppi518.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonoyes
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
N/A
HDR
N/A
yesno
N/A
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Multi touch
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Video recordingyesyesyes
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px3840 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps60.0 fps30.0 fps120.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyesyesyes
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyes
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/3,06"1/3"
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
2.0 f1.9 f
Burst Mode
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
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesyesnono
Maximum card storage256GB2GB
N/A
N/A
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slotNo memory slot

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Silver
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Grey
  • White
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantnoyesyes
N/A
Shock resistantnonono
N/A

Dimensions

Height5.91 in5.86 in6.27 in6.03 in
Width2.84 in2.83 in3.27 in3.0 in
Depth0.29 in0.31 in0.4 in0.3 in
Weight5.04 oz5.75 oz6.49 oz6.03 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesnoyes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyesyes
N/A
Bluetoothyesyesyes
N/A
Bluetooth version4.24.24.04.1
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
NFCyesyesyes
N/A
Charging connectionUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
  • USB
  • Wireless
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.0/3.1
2.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
N/A
Video outputNoNoSlimPortMHL
Bluetooth codec
N/A
  • aptX HD
  • SBC
SBCSBC

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
N/A
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
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSPA+
N/A
Navigation systemGLONASSGLONASS
  • GLONASS
  • S-GPS
N/A
2G GSMyesyesyes
N/A
3G UMTSyesyesyes
N/A
4G LTEyesyesyes
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
MiracastMiracastMiracast
GSM frequencies
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
N/A
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
CDMA frequences
N/A
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 900 MHz
N/A
LTE frequencies
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspot
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Battery

Replaceable batterynonono
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3300.0 mAh3220.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Fast chargingyesyesyes
N/A
Fast charging standardHuawei SuperChargeQualcomm Quick Charge 3.0Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
N/A
Wireless charging nonoyes
N/A
Standby time
N/A
140.0 h300.0 h336.0 h
Battery type
N/A
N/A
Lithium PolymerLithium Polymer
Talk time
N/A
N/A
24.0 h21.0 h
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
QI
  • PMA
  • QI

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