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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 2.1Android 5.1Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.36 GHz0.67 GHz2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-coreSingle-core8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung S5P6422Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2
N/A
ARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-T880 MP12
RAM memory3 GB56 MB4 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.65 in3.2 in5.7 in5.1 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Number of colors16.7M
N/A
16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 2160 px400 x 240 px2560 x 1440 px2560 x 1440 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
N/A
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density427.0 ppi146.0 ppi518.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Dual screen supportno
N/A
N/A
no
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Multi touch
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
HDR
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx3.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Video recordingyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px640 x 480 px4096 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
120.0 fps240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px
N/A
N/A
1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyes
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
N/A
yes
LED Flashyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Touch focusyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
1.9 f1.7 f
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
N/A
Automatic
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Face detection
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Panorama
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
N/A
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesyesnoyes
Maximum card storage256GB32GB
N/A
200GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSDNo memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

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

Dimensions

Height5.91 in4.47 in6.03 in5.61 in
Width2.84 in2.17 in3.0 in2.74 in
Depth0.29 in0.51 in0.3 in0.31 in
Weight5.04 oz3.84 oz6.03 oz5.36 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyes
N/A
yesyes
Sim card sizeNano-SIM
N/A
Nano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyes
N/A
yes
Bluetoothyesyes
N/A
yes
Bluetooth version4.23.0 HS4.14.2
Bluetooth profileA2DP
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
NFCyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
N/A
2.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
N/A
yes
Video outputNo
N/A
MHLNo
Type of USB connector
N/A
Micro-USB
N/A
Micro-USB
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC

Battery

Replaceable batteryno
N/A
N/A
no
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh1500.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Fast chargingyes
N/A
N/A
yes
Fast charging standardHuawei SuperCharge
N/A
N/A
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Wireless charging no
N/A
N/A
yes
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium PolymerLithium ion
Standby time
N/A
620.0 h336.0 h288.0 h
Talk time
N/A
15.0 h21.0 h27.0 h
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
  • WPC

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