Huawei nova 12s vs Nothing Phone (4a)
Huawei
nova 12s
Nothing
Phone (4a)
At a glance
- Brand
- Huawei
- Nothing
- Release date
- March 2024, 2 years 3 months ago
- March 2026, 3 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 587.561 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 76% of devices
- 1.015.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 85% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- € 349.00 ($ 408.60)
Display
- Size
- 6.7"
- 6.78"
- Resolution
- 1084 x 2412 px FHD+
- 1224 x 2720 px QHD
- Type
- Oled
- AMOLED
- Density
- 395 ppi High Density
- 440 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 300 Hz, HDR10+, DCI-P3, sRGB standard, 10 Bits panel, Scratch resistant, 3D curved glass screen, AGC glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4500 cd/m², HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Color LED Notifications, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (SM7325)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen4
- CPU
- 1×Cortex A78 2.4GHz + 3×Cortex A78 2.2GHz+ 4xCortex A55 1.9 GHz
- 1x2.7 GHz Kryo + 3x2.4 GHz P Cores +4x1.6 GHz E Cores
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 6 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 2.4 GHz
- 2.7 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 642L
- Qualcomm Adreno
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 8 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.9
- ƒ/ 1.9
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 960 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW
- Night Mode 2.0, Noise reduction, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
- Sensor
- —
- Samsung GN9
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.56"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 60 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.4
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Omnivision OV60A
- Sony IMX355
- Pixel size
- 0.61 µm
- 0.70 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4500 mAh
- 5080 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 66.0W
- Yes , 50.0W
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Charge cycles
- —
- 1400 cycles
- Runtime
- —
- ~ 51h
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- SD slot
- No
- No
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 3.1
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.0 mm 161.0 mm 6.9 mm Print 3D Model
- 77.6 mm 164.0 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 168 g
- 204 g
- Materials
- Plastic , Glass
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black White Blue
- Black White Blue Pink
- Usable surface
- 89 %
- 88 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP64
- Drop resistance
- —
- Class A B C D E 100 drops without defects
- Repairability
- —
- Class A B C D E
Software
- Operating system
- HarmonyOS 4 HarmonyOS 4.0
- Android 16 Android 16
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 3 years, Security updates: 6 years
- Google services
- —
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 6E
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, in screen
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers
- Stereo Speakers
