Huawei nova 16z overview

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

Communication

This model supporting networks 2G, 3G and LTE. Performance is HSPA, LTE, 5G, GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G.

Ports on nova 16z 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), GLONASS, NavIC, NFC, Infrared port.

Device is empowered

The version has chipset Kirin 8020.

Storage on this device is 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, no microSD supported, operating system is HarmonyOS 6.1.

About camera on Huawei nova 16z

two cameras insalled on this device 50 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/1.56", Dual Pixel PDAF 12 MP, f/2.4, 69mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom. Some another additional features are Color spectrum sensor, LED flash, panorama, HDR. Video on main camera of the nova 16z is available with 4K, 1080p, gyro-EIS, HDR Vivid modes. This is not bad for example one of available devices at the moment, Xiaomi Watch S5,

Video on selfie camera of this device is available with 4K, 1080p, gyro-EIS, HDR Vivid modes.

Miscellaneous

Few features on the nova 16z are Virtual proximity sensing BDS Satellite Calling and Messaging - China only.

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

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass sensors are supported on nova 16z.

Physical

Huawei made their nova 16z model rectangle 75.5mm on 161.8mm with thikness 7.2mm.

2 colors are available for this device, black, white and blue/pink.

Huawei nova 16z display is built using tehnology OLED, 1B colors, HDR Vivid, 120Hz, 2160Hz PWM, at a moment nova 16z had display larger size than only 38% of devices in mobile market, which is 6.7 inches, 108.3 cm2 (~88.6% screen-to-body ratio) screen supporting resolution 1084 x 2412 pixels h/w is 20:9, having density 395 pixels per inch, regarding display protection they can note that used aluminosilicate glass.