Last updated on December 8th, 2022 at 02:54 pm
Finally, Kirin 985 goes to rest
Huawei surprised many by equipping the nova 8 smartphones with the Kirin 985 single-chip system, which was used in the nova 7 line. Agree, getting a new smartphone on an old platform, albeit quite powerful, is not quite what you expect when buying a new product. But nova 9 will not disappoint in this regard: the platform will be new. Conditionally new.
Huawei nova 9 will receive Kirin 990E platform like Huawei Mate 40E
According to the source, the nova 9 will switch to the Kirin 990E 5G: this SoC is used in the budget flagship Mate 40E , as well as in the Mate 30E Pro 5G. And although there is no need to expect a dramatic improvement in performance when moving from Kirin 985 to Kirin 990, the “new” platform is faster in AnTuTu and Geekbench multi-threaded test by about 20%. The Kirin 990 also does better in terms of energy efficiency, although both platforms are 7nm.
Nothing is reported about the characteristics of the nova 9 itself, as well as there is no data on the possible date of the announcement of the smartphone or the entire line.
