Huawei has thrilled fans again after teasing the global debut of its Huawei Nova 13 and Huawei Nova 13 Pro models. Based on the clues provided by the company, it seems the two phones will accompany the unnamed foldable flagship the brand earlier teased launching on December 12 at a Dubain event.
The Chinese giant teased earlier this week an upcoming flagship product launch featuring a foldable model. No other details about the event or the device are available, but the post says that the company will “unfold the classic as a new era of flagship foldable excellence begins.” This suggests that the company will announce its latest foldable creation. This could be the recently launched Huawei Mate X6. However, with the giant promising a “new era” of flagship foldable, it could also be the Mate XT Ultimate, which was earlier reported to be coming to global markets.
Now, Huawei has another surprise this time: the global debut of the Huawei Nova 13 and Huawei Nova 13 Pro. The company did not directly confirm this, but given that it tweeted the teaser using its international X account, it just basically announced the global debut of the new Nova phones. The post also includes the same taglines used for the teaser of the foldable phone the brand is preparing for the international debut, suggesting that the two Nova phones will accompany it.
With all that in mind, here are the details to expect from the Huawei Nova 13 and Nova 13 Pro and the soon-to-be-named foldable device (either Huawei Mate X6 or Mate XT Ultimate).
Huawei Nova 13
- 256GB (CN¥2699), 512GB (CN¥2999), and 1TB (CN¥3499) storage options
- 6.7″ FHD+ OLED with up to 120Hz refresh rate and in-screen fingerprint scanner
- Rear Camera: 50MP main (f1.9) + 8MP ultrawide/macro (f2.2)
- Selfie: 60MP (f2.4)
- 5000mAh battery
- 100W charging
- HarmonyOS 4.2
- Feather Sand Purple, Feather Sand White, Loddon Green, and Star Black (machine translated)
- NFC and two-way satellite communication support
Huawei Nova 13 Pro
- 256GB (CN¥3699), 512GB (CN¥3999), and 1TB (CN¥4499) storage options
- 100W charging
- 6.76″ FHD+ OLED with up to 120Hz refresh rate and in-screen fingerprint scanner
- Rear Camera: 50MP ultrawide (f1.4~f4.0) with OIS + 12MP 3x telephoto (f2.4) with OIS + 8MP ultrawide/macro (f2.2)
- Selfie: 60MP ultrawide (f2.4) with AF + 8MP with 5x zoom (f2.2) with AF
- 5000mAh battery
- 100W charging
- HarmonyOS 4.2
- Feather Sand Purple, Feather Sand White, Loddon Green, and Star Black (machine translated)
- NFC and two-way satellite communication support
Huawei Mate X6
- Unfolded: 4.6mm / Folded: 9.85mm (nylon fiber version), 9.9mm (leather version)
- Kirin 9020 (unconfirmed)
- 12GB/256GB (CN¥12999), 12GB/512GB (CN¥13999), 16GB/512GB (CN¥14999), and 16GB/1TB (CN¥15999)
- 7.93″ foldable main OLED with 1-120 Hz LTPO adaptive refresh rate and 2440 × 2240px resolution
- 6.45″ external 3D quad-curved OLED with 1-120 Hz LTPO adaptive refresh rate and 2440 × 1080px resolution
- Rear Camera: 50MP main (f/1.4-f/4.0 variable aperture and OIS) + 40MP ultrawide (F2.2) + 48MP telephoto (F3.0, OIS, and up to 4x optical zoom) + 1.5 million multi-spectral Red Maple camera
- Selfie Camera: 8MP with F2.2 aperture (both for internal and external selfie units)
- 5110mAh battery (5200mAh for the 16GB variants AKA Mate X6 Collector’s Edition)
- 66W wired, 50W wireless, and 7.5W reverse wireless charging
- HarmonyOS 4.3 / HarmonyOS 5.0
- IPX8 rating
- Beidou satellite support for standard variants / Tiantong satellite communication and Beidou satellite messaging for the Mate X6 Collector’s Edition (China only)
Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design
- 298g weight
- 16GB/256GB, 16GB/512GB, and 16GB/1TB configurations
- 10.2″ LTPO OLED trifold main screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 3,184 x 2,232px resolution
- 6.4” LTPO OLED cover screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 1008 x 2232px resolution
- Rear Camera: 50MP main camera with PDAF, OIS, and f/1.4-f/4.0 variable aperture + 12MP telephoto with 5.5x optical zoom + 12MP ultrawide with laser AF
- Selfie: 8MP
- 5600mAh battery
- 66W wired, 50W wireless, 7.5W reverse wireless, and 5W reverse wired charging
- Android Open Source Project-based HarmonyOS 4.2
- Black and Red color options
- Other features: improved Celia voice assistant, AI capabilities (voice-to-text, document translation, photo edits, and more), and two-way satellite communication
