Huawei nova 12 review: Slim nova with 60 MP front camera and OLED display.
A slim nova selfie flagship.
Huawei nova 12 is exceptionally slim at 7 mm with a 60 MP selfie and curved OLED. No Google services and a legacy chip limit its appeal outside China.
01Display
78/10078/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2023.
02Camera
64/10064/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for mid phones of 2023.
03Performance
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid phones of 2023 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
72/10072/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid phones of 2023 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
76/10076/100 — right at the average for mid phones of 2023.
06Value
62/10062/100 is one of the weaker value results among mid phones of 2023 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Slim 7.0 mm / 168 g.
- 60 MP selfie + curved OLED.
- 66 W charging.
- Premium design.
- No Google services.
- Legacy 4G chip.
- AppGallery app gap.
- Pricey for specs.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 71-phone cohort of mid devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .