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all of Pocket now's Aoife 2016 coverage is brought to you by XCOM global well what do we have here huawei another mid-range er option to play with fresh from the press event at FIFA we have our hands on the Huawei Nova plus a quick first impressions from the hotel room inside the box we of course get a phone got to get this wrapper off under the shelf there's a box which would normally hold the papers I wouldn't read anyway a European plug charger which will actually come in handy on this Berlin trip a nice looking pair of ear pods and a USB cable for charging in file transfers Huawei employs a couple different design tricks for their various phone lines instead of following closely behind the p9 or Nexus 6p the style of this phone more closely resembles phones like the GX 8 it's a softer look rounded sides with these cutouts that likely improve radio reception this being the larger of the two nova phones announced we've got a 5.5 inch 1080p LCD powered by a Qualcomm 6 to 5 chipset and three gigabytes of RAM with 32 gigabytes of storage space the unlocked international version will have this handy double sim and micro SD card tray a 16 megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization and the Nova reports a three thousand three hundred and forty milliamp hour battery we've got the rear mounted fingerprint sensor the bottom speaker though there are a pair of vents only one broadcast audio USB type-c and of course these pretty chamfered edges after getting the phone set up you will be greeted by emui Huawei's custom skin which eliminates the app drawer and changes home screens and notification shade to more resemble iOS in a happy bit of kismet I'll likely be installing Nova Launcher on this Nova plus it's an attractive device which certainly looks the part of a premium handset but style doesn't necessarily always come cheap in Huawei is positioning this handset above options like the oneplus three acts on 7 on or 8 and Alcatel idol 4s pricing it at 420 999 euro this is hyper competitive territory will certainly be digging into this phone to see if it can live up to that price tag at least we can show immediately that for folks worried about performance this Qualcomm 65 does support UHD video capture how does a fun perform how does it stack up against other mid-range er solutions is this camera legit all questions which will be answered in future reviews and comparisons instead of paying terrible roaming fees when travelling abroad or the hassle of buying another SIM card why not try a smarter solution XCOM global gives you unlimited internet connectivity through a Wi-Fi hotspot rental for just seven dollars and 77 cents a day simply follow the link in the description below this video and order your hotspot before you depart XCOM global sends of the device and includes a return envelope with shipping fees included and if you use promo code pocket now you can cut $10 off your first XCOM global order as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for our full Aoife 2016 coverage and help us out with some sharing on your favorite social networks for pocket now I'm Juan Carlos bag now some gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next video