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Huawei nova 9 SE announced with first launch in Malaysia and early bird deals worth RM3,442

Huawei has revealed the launch of their next smartphone, dubbed the Huawei nova 9 SE and rather than their traditional debut in China, they’re opting to launch it first in Malaysia with the first hints of its design and specifications revealed in an image along with mention of a nova 9 SE Early Bird promotion.

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The new Huawei nova 9 SE smartphone will first launch in Malaysia this coming March 2022 and a media statement has released a few specifications about the phone

What is the Huawei nova 9 SE

Prior to this, Huawei has revealed some teaser images which are mostly side shots of an as yet unreleased phone. In a media statement, the brand revealed the name of the device along with full-on shots of two colourways for the phone which seem to be a light sky blue finish along with a pearlescent white paint job with what they designated as a 3D Glass Rear Cover.

Huawei has yet to reveal much about the specifications of the device but there’s quite a bit that can be surmised from the revealed teaser image and conjecture indicates they’re using glass for the backplate.

For starters, the phone will have a punch hole in the top for a selfie camera versus a notch and the rear seems to have a camera array that resembles that deployed on the flagship P50 series though seeing as this is a midrange nova series, it’s likely they’ve changed the camera, lens and sensor configuration somewhat. 

huawei nova 9 SE benefits

According to Huawei, the nova 9 SE will emphasise three core criteria which is having a powerful display, good cameras and long battery life.

Huawei nova 9 SE battery and Super Charge charging details

The media statement also states that the Huawei nova 9 SE will have a 4,000mAh battery enhanced with their fast 66W Super Charge tech. According to Huawei, the 66W Super Charge tech will be able to fully charge the phone in 40 minutes and 60% in just 15 minutes.

Huawei nova 9 SE camera details

There’s no concrete details thus far on the camera array integrated into the Huawei nova 9 SE save for the mention that it has “108MP high-res photography” which means that it’ll likely have a 108MP camera to handle most of the grunt work

Huawei nova 9 SE processor details

Further hints gleaned from the media statement state that the Huawei nova 9 SE will have a 6nm Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with Graphene heat dissipation tech which, in plain English means that it’ll have sheets of graphene sandwiching critical components to effectively vent heat.

While the 6nm process size does narrow down what chip it could be using, there’s still quite a few too many midrange SoC from Qualcomm that are built on this process but odds are it’ll likely be a 600 series chip with a 4G modem. Another detail mentioned on their website also mentions that the phone will run EMUI 12

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Huawei nova 9 SE display details

The phone will also feature a 6.78-inch Huawei FullView display with narrow 1.05mm bezels on each side. If prior releases of the nova 9 are any indication, it’ll likely have an LCD display with a high refresh rate. 

In short, the revealed details thus far are  –

6.78-inch Huawei FullView display 

4,000mAh battery with 66W SuperCharge tech

A 6nm Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running EMUI 12

Graphene heat dissipation tech

3D Glass rear cover

Huawei nova 9 SE preorder details in Malaysia

At this time, the Huawei nova 9 SE is only available for preorder in Malaysia and they’re offering an early bird special where aspiring owners can plunk down a non-refundable  RM20 deposit for one new Huawei nova 9 SE from now till 11th March 2022 3.59PM Malaysia time (+8 GMT) on the Huawei Malaysia official website

Once the balance of the payment for the phone is paid off on 11th March 2022 till 18th March 2022 by 11.59PM , you will be entitled to priority shipping for the new nova 9 SE along with a lucky draw with vouchers worth RM3,442 up for grabs.

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What this means is that there are 3 potential winners of the lucky draw with the grand prize winner getting RM1,888 in Huawei vouchers, the 2nd winner RM888 in Huawei vouchers and the 3rd prize winner RM666 in Huawei vouchers. To be clear, this is early bird special is different from their upcoming preorder and they haven’t stated any freebies that will come with the phone just yet.You can check out the Huawei nova 9 SE early bird promotion here