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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 5.1Android 5.0
CPU clock speed2.36 GHz2.7 GHz2.1 GHz2.5 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-coreQuad-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5433Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
N/A
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760 MP16ARM Mali-T760
N/A
RAM memory3 GB3 GB4 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size5.65 in5.7 in5.7 in5.7 in
Touchscreenyesyes
N/A
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
N/A
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLEDLCD
Resolution1080 x 2160 px2560 x 1440 px2560 x 1440 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
IPS LCD
Pixel density427.0 ppi515.0 ppi518.0 ppi386.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnoyes
N/A
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyesyes
N/A
N/A
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
HDR
N/A
no
N/A
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
yes
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx
Video recordingyesyes
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px3840 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps60.0 fps120.0 fps
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyesyes
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyesyes
N/A
yes
LED Flashyesyes
N/A
yes
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
yes
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"
N/A
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
2.2 f1.9 f
N/A
Burst Mode
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Face detection
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Panorama
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx3.7 Mpx5.0 Mpx4.0 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
N/A
Memory card readeryesyesno
N/A
Maximum card storage256GB128GB
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
  • Bronze
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Brown
  • White
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Carbon fiber
  • Kevlar
  • Plastic
  • Rubber
  • Steel
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
Water resistantnono
N/A
N/A
Shock resistantnono
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Height5.91 in6.04 in6.03 in6.11 in
Width2.84 in3.09 in3.0 in3.06 in
Depth0.29 in0.33 in0.3 in0.27 in
Weight5.04 oz6.21 oz6.03 oz5.68 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyes
  • no
  • yes
yes
N/A
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMicro-SIMNano-SIM
N/A
DLNA certifiednoyes
N/A
N/A
Bluetoothyesyes
N/A
yes
Bluetooth version4.24.04.14.1
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
NFCyesyes
N/A
yes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyes
N/A
N/A
Video outputNoMHLMHL
N/A
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBCSBC
N/A
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
N/A
Micro-USB

Battery

Replaceable batterynoyes
N/A
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3220.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Fast chargingyesyes
N/A
N/A
Fast charging standardHuawei SuperChargeQualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
N/A
N/A
Wireless charging noyes
N/A
N/A
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium PolymerLithium ion
Talk time
N/A
20.0 h21.0 h34.0 h
Standby time
N/A
N/A
336.0 h
N/A
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A

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