Huawei Philippines has announced a lower price for the Huawei Nova 5T amid the government-mandated quarantine period that has forced the shutdown of stores across Luzon and other areas in the country.

Locally, Huawei’s top midrange contender will now be priced at P15,990 (around $317) from its recent price of P16,990 ($336) and P18,990 ($376) at launch. This would make the Nova 5T a compelling offer in 2020, despite the release of newer models from Samsung, OPPO, and Xiaomi.

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The price drop also puts the Nova 5T much closer to the recently launched Huawei Nova 7i, although the former boasts a flagship-grade processor in the Kirin 980. It’s the same chip found inside the Huawei P30 and P30 Pro, among other high-end smartphones.

By contrast, the Nova 7i uses a Kirin 810. Still great, but it doesn’t offer the same performance as the Kirin 980 especially when it comes to gaming. The Nova 7i currently sells for P13,990 ($277) in the Philippines.

As for the other key specs, the Huawei Nova 5T is equipped with quad rear cameras; a 6.26-inch LCD screen that has a punch hole for the 32-megapixel selfie camera; and a 3,750mAh battery that supports fast charging over a USB-C port. It runs EMUI based on Android 9.0 Pie out of the box, but can be upgraded to Huawei’s latest Android skin based on Android 10.

Huawei Nova 5T specs

• 6.26-inch IPS LCD display, 2,340 x 1,080 resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio
• 7nm octa-core Kirin 980 processor
• 8GB RAM
• 128GB storage
• Quad: 48MP, f/1.8 main camera (Sony IMX586); 16MP, f/2.2 ultra-wide camera; 2MP, f/2.4 macro sensor; 2MP, f/2.4 depth sensor
• 32-megapixel, f/2.0 front camera
• Fingerprint reader (side-mounted)
• 3,750mAh battery with 22.5-watt fast wired charging
• EMUI 9.1 based on Android 9.0 Pie (upgradable to EMUI 10-based Android 10)

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