We were pleasantly surprised to the see the HUAWEI nova 3e land in our offices a week before the official launch of the rumored P20 . The nova 3e features a notched screen design that is expected to be a highlight of the upcoming Huawei phones.

Notched design; Good performance; Good Pricing

Notched design; Camera struggles in low-light

Selfie focused mid-range smartphone

The Huawei Nova 3e has been launched targetting the camera lovers on top of all. It has a great design and build quality. The camera's good as well. However, you will have to compromise on the performance as it houses an older chipset.

Premium Design; Glass Back; Cameras

Average performance for the price; Hybrid SIM slot

I was pretty excited to review the Huawei Nova 3e, seeing that it looks really nice for a supposed midranger. The Klein Blue body bound to turn heads when you take it out. Had I not known better, I would've thought it is the top end Huawei P20 too.

Processor: Huawei Kirin 659 4 x Cortex-A53 2.36 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A53 1.7 GHz; Memory/Storage: 4GB RAM/128GB; Camera: 16 M + 2 MP F/2.2 rear camera; 16 M F/2.0 front camera; Display: 5.84" 2280x1080 19:9 FHD+ screen; Battery: 3,000mAh

3DMark Sling Shot: 127; 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme OpenGL: 215; 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme Vulkan: 330; Geekbench: 936 (Single-Core); 3705 (Multi-core; Antutu: 86395

It's the "notch" design which Huawei is looking to take advantage of across its 2018 range of devices including the higher end P20 series and the Nova 3e, which I have been using for the past 2 weeks.

When Huawei launched their latest P20 series in New Zealand it hit the streets with the Huawei P20 and Huawei P20 Pro. People asked "Where is the P20 Lite". We now know the Huawei P20 Lite hits the streets as Huawei nova 3e.

Huawei have packed a ton of value into the Nova 3e. However, they're not the only brand packing a lot of value into that $200-$400 space anymore - and that leaves the Nova 3e outgunned on a few choice fronts.

Great value; Surprisingly adept camera

Uneven performance; Weak speaker

While Huawei’s Mate and P-series smartphones tend to attract the most headlines within the tech world, the Chinese company have been making major headway in the mid-tier and budget-conscious spaces, primarily through their Nova sub-brand.

Huawei have packed a ton of value into the Nova 3e. However, they’re not the only brand packing a lot of value into that $200-$400 space anymore - and that leaves the Nova 3e outgunned on a few choice fronts.

Great value; Surprisingly adept camera;

Uneven performance; Weak speaker;

I bought this phone recently after having an iPhone 6, just because I wanted a bigger screen and I have been amazed at the quality and features it has for such a low price mobile phone, It even comes with a case and 2 year warranty., it shows that Huawei have faith in the product.

A phone can get by easily by having great features and performance, but an exceptional phone is also stylish on top of that. For us, it's great to see that manufacturers are building more sleek and compact phones for those who don't like phablets.

Slim; Design; Great display