Huawei nova Y72 packs huge 6,000mAh battery and RM899 price tag

A new midrange phone will be coming to the Malaysia market in the near future that’s priced under RM900. Dubbed the Huawei nova Y72, the new budget phone aims to offer exceptional bang for the buck for RM899 and ships with a free pair of wireless earbuds for a limited time.

Rather than simply pushing the hardware, Huawei this time around are offering a novel feature that improves the nova Y72’s user experience with the introduction of what they refer to as an X Button that works as a shortcut to up to two favourite apps. To take advantage of the X Button, users simply have to assign an app to either the ‘long press’ or ‘double press’ action when tapping the screen so you can immediately deploy these apps when needed such as for banking or ride-sharing.

Huawei nova Y72 specifications

In terms of hardware, the midrange Huawei nova Y72 comes with a very respectable array of hardware for what you pay for. You get a 6.75-inch 60Hz LCD with HD+ resolution (1,600 x 720 pixels), a midrange Kirin 710A processor running their own EMUI 12 operating system under the hood with apps sourced off the Huawei AppGallery. This is paired with 8GB RAM and 128GB of onboard storage.

On the rear, you get a 50MP F/1.8 primary camera with a 2MP F/2.4 macro camera while a single 8MP F/2.0 selfie camera up front allows for video calls and mugshots. Keeping the whole affair powered is a huge 6,000mAh battery with 22.5W fast wired charging. On paper, the nova Y72 is rated for up to 31 hours of video playback or up to 25 hours of web browsing which is more than sufficient to keep you entertained for a good couple of days.

In Malaysia, the Huawei nova Y72 can be acquired in your choice of either a black or green colourway for RM899 with a free Huawei FreeBuds SE 2 wireless earbuds worth RM199 while stocks last  at all Huawei experience stores or authorised retailers as well as the official Huawei website.