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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 5.1Android 5.1Android 4.2
CPU clock speed2.36 GHz2.1 GHz2.1 GHz1.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-coreDual-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420MediaTek MT6572
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-T760 MP8ARM Mali-400
RAM memory3 GB4 GB4 GB512 MB

Display

Screen size5.65 in5.7 in5.7 in4.5 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
N/A
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLEDLCD
Resolution1080 x 2160 px2560 x 1440 px1440 x 2560 px854 x 480 px
TechnologyIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLEDIPS LCD
Pixel density427.0 ppi518.0 ppi518.0 ppi218.0 ppi
Dual screen supportno
N/A
no
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
N/A
HDR
N/A
N/A
no
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Video recordingyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px1280 x 720 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps120.0 fps120.0 fps
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px
N/A
Autofocusyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
LED Flashyes
N/A
yesyes
Touch focusyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
1.9 f
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx1.2 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
32 GB
N/A
Memory card readeryesnonoyes
Maximum card storage256GB
N/A
N/A
32GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot
N/A
microSD

Dimensions

Height5.91 in6.03 in6.08 in5.35 in
Width2.84 in3.0 in2.98 in2.71 in
Depth0.29 in0.3 in0.27 in0.42 in
Weight5.04 oz6.03 oz5.4 oz
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyes
  • no
  • yes
N/A
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
N/A
DLNA certifiedno
N/A
no
N/A
Bluetoothyes
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.14.23.0 HS
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
NFCyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Charging connectionUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
yes
N/A
Video outputNoMHLNo
N/A
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBC
  • SBC
  • aptX
N/A
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
N/A
Micro-USB

Battery

Replaceable batteryno
N/A
no
N/A
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh1800.0 mAh
Fast chargingyes
N/A
no
N/A
Fast charging standardHuawei SuperCharge
N/A
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge
N/A
Wireless charging no
N/A
yes
N/A
Battery type
N/A
Lithium Polymer
N/A
Lithium ion
Standby time
N/A
336.0 h
N/A
N/A
Talk time
N/A
21.0 h20.0 h
N/A
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A

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