Huawei Nova 3, Nova 3i launch in India highlights: Nova 3i priced at Rs 20,990; Nova 3 worth Rs 34,999

The company has announced the prices of the Nova 3  and the Nova 3i. The Nova 3 will be available in a 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant, which is priced at Rs 34,999. It will be available for sale from August 23. Meanwhile, Nova 3i will be found in a 4GB RAM and 128GB storage option, and is priced at Rs 20,990. This phone will retail from August 7. Both phones, of course, will be exclusively available on Amazon.

The company has now announced the launch of the Nova 3. Featuring the same design specifications, including a 3D curved glass back, Nova 3 runs the Kirin 970 SoC. It also differs from the Nova 3, courtesy its larger battery wioth 3750mAh of backup. On the camera end, the Nova 3 features 24MP Ai dual-rear cameras (with 16MP 24MP configuration), as well as the 24MP AI dual-front lenses (24MP 2MP configuration).Huawei Nove 3 gets the same AI offerings as the Nova 3i, but also includes IR Face recognition. Both devices already feature a fingerprint sensor at the back.

Yadav now talks about he Huawei Nova 3i. Featuring a 6.3-inch FullHD FullView display, Nova 3i comes with EMUI 8.2 over and above Android 8.1 Oreo. This comes with the Kirin 970 processor, that helps assist many AI features. These include AI image composition, AI photo gallery,  AI shopping and GPU Turbo. This phone comes with a fingerprint scanner, but does not offer Face Unlock

Anupam Yadav returns on stage, to explain Huawei's GPU Turbo technology. This is touted to improve performance by 60 per cent and power efficiency by 30 per cent. While this will allow games to run at optimal frame rates, GPU Turbo will also help provide AI real-time image and sound recognition, as well as intelligent game vibration. This has been termed as AI Game 4D Experience.

Huawei has introduced AI Shopping feature as well that lets people shop for products by image. One can long press on image with two fingers to shop on Amazon. One can scan objects to shop on the e-commerce site.

The dual rear cameras said to detect more than 500 scenes thanks to AI. Both the front can rear cameras support AI Portrait mode with Bokeh mode. Huawei's new phones come with Qmoji, a rip off of Apple's Animoji feature. One can choose from eight different Qmojis. 

Nova 3 and Nova 3i come with AI sorting and AI searching features that helps people find photos in phones' gallery easily.

Anupam Yadav, Product Expert, Huawei Business Group India, is now on stage. He announces the launch of the Nova 3 and Nova 3i as Amazon exclusives.  These phones come with dual-front and dual-rear cameras, which the company says are Artificial intelligence features.

Yadav now explains the front cameras of the Nova 3 series. The front cameras also come with AI-powered and it can detect different scenes to tweak settings automatically.

The biggest R&D center of Huawei outside China. In India, the company claims to have 21 exclusive service centers and more than 250 authorized service centers. Huawei phones will come with India specific features such as customised calendar, ride mode, quick payment via Paytm, and more. Nova series is targeted at young consumers. This is the first time Huawei is bringing Nova series to India.

Paras Sharma, Senior Director, Product Planning, Huawei Business Group India, now on stage. He is talking about the Huawei brand. Huawei has 180,000 employees worldwide, the company operate in more than 170 counties. Huawei has 15 R&D centers globally, says Paras.' Camera is one area we take significant pride in,' he says. Huawei was the first smartphone in the world to bring out triple camera phone - the P20 Pro.

Huawei claims it has now sold over 150 million phones globally in the last year. It further plans to expand to 200 million smartphones in 2018.

Both the Nova 3 and Nova 3i will be announced shortly. The event will begin in some time.  Stay tuned! 

The Nova 3i will be the first Huawei smartphone to be powered by a Kirin 710 processor. Evidently, the performance of a Kirin 710 chipset will be at par with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 710, which is found in the Mi 8 SE. 

Huawei Nova 3 could in the Rs 30,000 range, while the Nova 3i, which has the Kirin 701 processor could be priced around Rs 20,000 in the market. Huawei is yet to start the event. The company is not hosting a livestream for the same. 

Huawei Nova 3 comes with a 6.3-inch full HD+ display and is powered by the company's own flagship 970 processor. It also packs 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, coupled with a 3750 mAh battery. The camera on the Nova 3 is 16MP+24MP, while the front camera is 24MP+2MP. It also has a Face Unlock and Qmoji feature similar to the Apple Emoji. It remains to be seen if this feature will come to India as well. The phone is expected to cost Rs 30,000