The Huawei Nova 2 Plus comes with some of the very attractive hardware specifications seen in the mid-range smartphone devices. The Huawei Nova 2 Plus is made of metal, and it has a slim waistline of 6.9mm. The Nova 2 Plus looks very similar to the Apple iPhone 7 Plus as it features almost similar antenna bands and the symmetrical design. The Huawei Nova 2 Plus is the beefed up version of the Huawei Nova 2.

The Huawei Nova 2 Plus has the typical 5.5-inch Full HD display with the IPS LCD technology and 2.5D curved glass. The display comes with scratch-resistant protection over it. The imaging section on the Huawei Nova 2 Plus has some far-reaching hardware. The selfie camera on the device has a whopping resolution of 20-megapixels; the seriousness doesn't stop there as the device has dual-camera setup on the back. The dual-camera setup includes one 12-megapixel sensor with f/1.8 aperture and an 8-megapixel sensor for zoomed images. The setup is pretty similar to the one found in the iPhone 7 Plus with one exception that these cameras are not equipped with OIS.

Powering the Huawei Nova 2 Plus is the company s in-house mediocre performance chipset, the Kirin 659. The Kirin 659 has an octa-core 64-bit CPU and a Mali T830-MP2 GPU. The device has 4GB of RAM and an enormous 128GB of expandable internal storage. The Huawei Nova 2 Plus runs on the Android 7.0 Nougat OS that is wrapped under the EMUI 5.1.

The Huawei Nova 2 Plus is powered by a 3,340 mAh non-removable battery. The Huawei Nova 2 Plus comes with high-quality audio components like the AK4376A Hi-Fi audio chip. Also present in the connectivity department is USB Type-C, dual-SIM 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth v4.2.