Huawei nova 16 - now you know

In summer 2026, at June Huawei announced their new model nova 16

nova 16 features

Specific features on the model are Virtual proximity sensing BDS Satellite Calling and Messaging - China only.

Charging options are 100W wired, SCP, UFCS, PD, PPS, QC 5W reverse wired.

Another important things on device are sensors, on this model there are Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass.

About camera on Huawei nova 16

2 cameras set on nova 16 50 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/1.56", Dual Pixel PDAF 50 MP, f/2.6, 88mm (periscope telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3.7x optical zoom. Some another additional information are Color spectrum sensor, LED flash, panorama, HDR. Video camera on main camera of this device is available with 4K, 1080p, gyro-EIS, HDR Vivid options. This is not bad for example one of available devices at the moment, Realme Watch S5,

Video on selfie camera of Huawei nova 16 is available with 4K, 1080p, gyro-EIS, HDR Vivid options.

Dimensions and screen

Huawei nova 16 got it's sizes 75.5X159.67.3 millimeters.

3 colors are available for this device, black, white, blue/pink finally blue.

On nova 16 is built as OLED, 1B colors, HDR Vivid, 120Hz, 2160Hz PWM, on that point nova 16 was winning only 37% existing mobile phones by diplay size, 6.68 inches, 108.9 cm2 (~90.3% screen-to-body ratio) screen having resolution 1280 x 2800 pixels having ratio 19.5:9 and having density 461 pixels per inch, about screen protection we can note that it is aluminosilicate glass.

Faster and smarter?

Model powered with chipset Kirin 9010S.

Storage on this device is 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, no microSD supported, under the hood is HarmonyOS 6.1.

Connections, connections,

nova 16 supporting networks 2G, 3G and LTE. Speed is HSPA, LTE, 5G, GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G.

Ports on this model are USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6/7, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 6.0, A2DP, LE, L2HC (320-960 kbps HD audio), Positioning GPS (L1+L5), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC, GLONASS, NFC, Infrared port.