Huawei Nova 10 SE Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Huawei Nova 10 SE - flagship on the outside, inexpensive on the inside

How important is smartphone design for the modern user? In many cases, it is the acquaintance with the exterior of the device that becomes the first step towards its acquisition. However, the initial joy of the purchase can be replaced by disappointment if the phone has nothing more to offer than its beauty. A similar case occurs with the hero of today's review.

As mentioned earlier, it is not difficult to fall in love with the appearance of the device. Minimal bezels of the AMOLED display, a thin ergonomic body with rounded corners and edges, a convenient side fingerprint sensor and attractive colors of monoblocks can only be positively evaluated. The 6.67-inch AMOLED screen is also beautiful, combining high FullHD + resolution, 90Hz refresh rate and excellent brightness and contrast values. Finding fault with this aspect of the Android smartphone is also difficult.

But the technical characteristics are seriously upsetting. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor and the Adreno 610 video adapter, even together with 8GB of RAM, are unlikely to please gamers, because even not the most resource-intensive Call Of Duty or World Of Tanks Blitz will require lower graphic settings, and you can’t even dream of smooth gameplay in Genshin Impact. The chipset copes with the Android 12 interface, but sometimes lags and long application launches are still visible. Fortunately, the CPU has a number of competitive advantages. These include low heat and increased energy efficiency. It is easy to get up to 9-10 hours of active screen time from a 4500mAh battery, it is characterized by a battery and fast charging with a power of 66W. It will take about 25-30 minutes to fill the full capacity. The internal storage allocated as much as 256GB.

The 108, 8 and 2 megapixel cameras are not only stylish, but also provide decent daytime photography. Preservation of an abundance of small details, realistic color reproduction and a minimum of noise will be companions of photographs taken in good light. Unfortunately, in the evening the situation is gradually reversed due to the lack of optical stabilization. There is also no headphone jack or stereo sound in the gadget, which will upset music lovers. The pluses include the presence of NFC contactless payments and a high-quality 16-megapixel selfie camera. Thus, the device, for all its attractiveness, has obvious performance problems that are unlikely to be forgiven.