Huawei nova 16 series sales exceed 2 million units: Kirin 9 series + Red Maple Imaging

According to data released by blogger RD Observation on September 17, as of week 36 of 2026, Huawei nova 16 series sales reached approximately 2.2029 million units.

It is reported that the Huawei nova 16 series was released on June 1st, more than three months ago, and is endorsed by the popular boy group Teens in Times.

This device is equipped with the Kirin 9010S flagship chip and the Ark Engine. Combined with the HarmonyOS’s new fast-start mechanism, all commonly used applications can respond instantly, and the device can remain smooth and online even after long-term use.

In addition, both the front and rear cameras of the nova 16 series are equipped with a red maple primary color lens, the core highlight of which is the use of hardware-level multispectral sensing to replace traditional software algorithm color guessing. It is essentially an independent sensor with multispectral channels, specifically responsible for accurately capturing environmental spectral information.

Based on this high-precision spectral data, the system can perform pixel-level color calibration on images captured by the main camera, telephoto lens, and other lenses. This fundamentally solves the problem of color cast and grayish/yellowish skin tones that mobile phones are prone to under complex lighting conditions, and ensures color consistency between lenses of different focal lengths, achieving true color reproduction that is “what you see is what you get”.

More importantly, the Huawei nova 16 series features a dedicated 50MP red maple portrait lens on the front, which can accurately reproduce the true and natural skin tone of East Asians. Even in low-light conditions, the skin in the selfies looks natural and healthy, without the artificial look of excessive skin smoothing.

In terms of functionality, the nova 16 series also supports one-click activation of the 3D dynamic photo function. The animated GIFs taken have a built-in 3D three-dimensional vitality, and the beautiful memories recorded are no longer flat images, but seem to be about to jump out, and the vivid moments jump right before your eyes.