Upper mid-range · 2024

Huawei nova 12 Pro

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A17 Camera shares the Honor Magic6 Pro's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 100W fast charging

Extras Reverse wireless charging, Cooling system

Watch out No Google Play, Plastic build

6.76″ AMOLED · 120Hz

9000S 12 / 256 GB

4600 mAh 100W charging

50 MP 2 rear · 8 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.76″ · Dynamic AMOLED · 1224 × 2776 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.76"

Panel type

Dynamic AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1224 × 2776 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Adaptive refresh

LTPO · varies 1–120 Hz

Battery-smart

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

HDR

Supported

Performance

Kirin 9000S (7 nm) · 8-core 2.62 GHz · Maleoon 910 MP4

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Kirin 9000S (7 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

AnTuTu

521,000

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.62 GHz

GPU

Maleoon 910 MP4

Process

7 nm

CPU layout

1x2.4 GHz + 3x 2.2GHz + 4x 1.8GHz

Software & updates

HarmonyOS 4.0 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new HarmonyOS versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

HarmonyOS 4.0

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.4 main · 8 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.4

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Front camera

8 MP f/2.2

Main sensor

Omnivision OV50H, 1/1.28", 1.2µm

Flagship-class sensor

Same sensor in

Honor Magic6 Pro , Xiaomi 15T Pro

Slow motion

Yes, 480 fps

Camera extras

RAW, laser AF

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

4600 mAh · 100 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4600 mAh

Wired charging

100 W

Fast

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Removable

Audio

Stereo

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

12/256GB · 12/512GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5), Galileo (E1+E5a+E5b)

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — no 5G

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G works · no 5G No B20 or B7 — weaker indoor signal, and slower speeds where the network is busy.

Works

A Airtel

4G full · no 5G

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B5, B8, B19

4G B1, B3, B5, B8, B18, B19, B26

5G n1

Build & Design

201 g · 7.7 mm

Height

163.1 mm

Width

75.0 mm

Thickness

7.7 mm

Weight

201 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · compass

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 16

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

Dynamic AMOLED vs OLED panel · 120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1224 × 2776 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution

29% larger battery capacity

100 W vs 25 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 3,561 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

521k vs 1.9M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Flagship tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 201 g vs 170 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S24

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Sharper screen

1224 × 2776 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution · 6.76″ vs 6.2″ screen

15% larger battery capacity

100 W vs 25 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

521k vs 1.9M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Flagship tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · — vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 201 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

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Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

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