Huawei Nova Smart quietly introduced in Europe for €200

The outpouring of Huawei smartphones is almost overwhelming, as the Chinese company launched at least a dozen of new handsets in the last couple of months. The latest addition to Huawei's portfolio is called Nova Smart, and it's now available for purchase in select European markets.

Since the handset is part of the Huawei Nova series, it's a pure mid-range smartphone rather than a high-end one. It sports a decent 5-inch HD (720p) display, as well as a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera.

At its core, the Huawei Nova Smart packs a 1.4GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor, 2GB RAM and 16GB of expandable storage (up to 128GB).

Although it's positioned at the lower end of the mid-range tier, the Nova Smart does come with a fingerprint sensor on the back side, along with a large 3,020 mAh battery. There's also a secondary 5-megapixel camera on the front for selfies and video calls.

The only downside might be the fact that it ships with Android 6.0 Marshmallow platform on board, which is rather old these days even for a mid-range phone such as the Huawei Nova Smart.

For the time being, the Nova Smart sells for €200 outright, but some carriers like Slovak network operators O2 and Orange offer the phone much cheaper with various contracts.