In a move that we did not expect, Huawei has made the Huawei P40 Lite official , and although its older brothers – The P40 and P40 Pro – will be presented on March 26 in China , the new P40 Lite will be available for purchase from March 2 in Europe. On the other hand, what does not surprise us are the characteristics of the terminal, since after examining them, it is clear that it is a Huawei Nova 6 SE with a change of brand, so that it is more marketable on this side of the world.

Huawei P40 Lite: A Nova 6 in disguise: The Huawei P40 Lite is now official, a Nova 6 SE with a brand change

Regarding its design, this is identical on the outside to the Nova 6 SE and Nova 7 , which means that it presents us with a 6.4-inch IPS LCD screen with embedded camera in the left corner, this together with a rear cover of glass housing a quad camera setup arranged on a slightly protruding square surface. Honestly, the simplicity of this design has nothing to envy to terminals with 5 cameras placed on conspicuous rectangular modules.

In case you’re wondering, the fingerprint reader isn’t on the screen and it’s not on the back either; it has been moved to the right side of the device.

Returning to the main topic, the Huawei P40 Lite is equipped with a 6.4-inch screen that exhibits a resolution of 2310 x 1080 pixels . The terminal will be available in 3 color presentations: Midnight Black, Sakura Pink (gradient effect to blue) and Green.

Hardware and Features

The 7nm Kirin 810 chipset powers the Huawei P40 Lite with 6GB of RAM . The device is equipped with a 128GB internal storage and there is a micro-SD slot available to expand the storage of the device. Likewise, the SOC has an NPU for tasks involving artificial intelligence and is powered by a 4,200mAh battery with 40-watt fast charge , which promises to recover 70% of capacity in just 30 minutes.

The Huawei P40 Lite comes with Android 10 alongside the EMUI 10 user interface , but sadly it lacks Google’s services and apps , which could put off many potential buyers. To mitigate this important deficiency, the Huawei App Gallery is included and it is sold to the terminal for 50 euros less than the Huawei P30 Lite.

In the connectivity department, the P40 Lite offers the user support for dual SIM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, USB-C, and 3.5mm audio jack.

Cameras: The Huawei P40 Lite is now official, a Nova 6 SE with a brand change

In the photographic section we have a quad camera on the back, this is made up of a 48 megapixel main sensor with f / 1.8 aperture , a 120 degree wide angle lens and 8 megapixels with f / 2.4 aperture, a macro lens of 2 megapixels with a focal length of 4 cm and aperture f / 2.4 and a depth sensor of 2 megapixels with aperture f / 2.4.

For taking selfies, the P40 Lite offers users a 16-megapixel front sensor with f / 2.0 aperture . Some of the photography features of the Huawei P40 Lite that are worth mentioning are the Super Night mode and the AI-controlled video editor that allows users to add background music and cropping sequences.

The rear camera can shoot video in 2K at 30 FPS, while the front camera can only record in Full HD.

P40 Lite availability and price

The Huawei P40 Lite is already available in China under another name, but will be priced at 299 euros in Europe , where it will carry out its pre-sale on March 2 until March 16.