Upper mid-range · 2026

Huawei nova 16 Pro

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Google Pixel 7 Pro

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), 100W fast charging

Extras Reverse wireless charging, Cooling system

Watch out No Google Play, Plastic build

6.84″ AMOLED · 120Hz

9010S 12 / 256 GB

7000 mAh 100W charging

200 MP 3 rear · 50 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.84″ · Dynamic AMOLED · 1320 × 2856 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.84"

Panel type

Dynamic AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1320 × 2856 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Adaptive refresh

LTPO · varies 1–120 Hz

Battery-smart

Eye comfort

2160 Hz PWM

High-frequency PWM

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

6000 nits

HDR

HDR Vivid

HDR

Protection

Kunlun Glass

Performance

Kirin 9010S

Everyday capable

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

Chipset

Kirin 9010S

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

1,013,800

v11

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

CPU layout

2xC2T Taishan V121 2.50GHz+6xC6T Taishan V121 2.05GHz+4xC4T Cortex A510 1.50GHz

Software & updates

HarmonyOS 6.0 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

How long the maker keeps shipping HarmonyOS and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

HarmonyOS 6.0

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~2 years

Camera

200 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 50 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

200 MP f/1.8

OIS

Telephoto

50 MP f/2.6

Ultrawide

50 MP f/2.2

Front camera

50 MP f/2.4

Slow motion

Yes, 480 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW, laser AF

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

7000 mAh · 100 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

7000 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 · 12/1TB

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

6.0

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 — 5G on MTN & Airtel

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

M MTN

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

Works

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

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, n3, n5, n8, n28b, n28a, n38, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

218 g · 7.1 mm · IP65

Built to last

Height

163.0 mm

Width

78.0 mm

Thickness

7.1 mm

Weight

218 g

IP rating

IP65

Water resistant

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 17e

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

Dynamic AMOLED vs OLED panel · 120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1320 × 2856 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

Higher-res main camera

Telephoto · OIS vs — · 200 MP · f/1.8 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main · 50 MP vs 12 MP selfie

75% larger battery capacity

100 W vs 25 W charging · 7,000 mAh vs 4,005 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

1.0M vs 2.2M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs Flagship tier

Heavier in hand

218 g vs 169 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S26

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Sharper screen

1320 × 2856 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution · 6.84″ vs 6.3″ screen

63% larger battery capacity

100 W vs 25 W charging · 7,000 mAh vs 4,300 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

1.0M vs 3.1M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs Flagship tier

Heavier in hand

218 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

Where to buy

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How each one compares to the Huawei nova 16 Pro.

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Huawei nova 16 Pro

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.

Apple iPhone 17e

Samsung Galaxy S26

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