Huawei’s Next nova Flip Tipped to Go Wide: 6.3-Inch Foldable Screen and Kirin 9-Series Chip
Huawei may be about to change the shape of its cheapest flip phone. A new leak claims the next Huawei nova Flip will trade the tall, narrow clamshell design for a small, wide foldable — a 6.3-inch screen in a broader body, powered by a Kirin 9-series chip.
The rumoured specs at a glance: a 6.3-inch foldable inner display, an unspecified Kirin 9-series chipset, and a wide form factor inspired by the Huawei Pura X. Nothing is confirmed yet — Huawei has not announced the phone, its name, its price, or a launch date.
A wider flip, not a taller one
Every flip phone so far has unfolded into a tall, narrow slab. The rumour, first shared by Weibo tipster GuoJing and picked up by Huawei Central and GSMArena, says Huawei’s next nova Flip will unfold into something closer to a small tablet held sideways.
The 6.3-inch figure is the giveaway. It is almost identical to the 6.39-inch inner display of the Huawei Pura X, which uses a 16:10 aspect ratio. That phone showed Huawei is already comfortable building a wide foldable — and the new nova Flip may borrow the idea for a cheaper, younger audience.
It would be a sharp break from the current nova Flip S, which Huawei launched in China in October 2025. That phone has a tall 6.94-inch foldable display and a small 2.14-inch square cover screen, with dual cameras on the back. A wide successor would feel like a different device entirely.
A big step up in power
The leak also points to an unspecified Kirin 9-series chipset, which would be a major upgrade over the Kirin 8030 inside the nova Flip S. The exact chip is not named, so it is too early to say how fast the phone would be — but the move to the Kirin 9 family suggests Huawei wants the next nova Flip to feel like a proper flagship rather than a style-first mid-ranger.
Tipster Digital Chat Station said back in July that Huawei would release a new small wide foldable next year. At the time, most people assumed it would be a Pura X sequel. The new leak suggests it could be a nova Flip instead — or, as GSMArena notes, Huawei could be working on both.
When could it arrive?
Huawei Central reports the phone is expected next year, with a possible delay into early 2027 while Huawei adapts the new form factor. That timing is unconfirmed, and the launch date could still change depending on Huawei’s release plans for November and December.
For now, treat the whole story as a rumour: the screen size, the chip and the launch window all come from a single tipster, and Huawei has said nothing. But if the wide foldable is real, the nova Flip line is about to look very different.
What we know — and what we don’t
Tipped: 6.3-inch wide foldable display, Kirin 9-series chip, launch in 2027.
Unconfirmed: the exact chip, the cover screen design, cameras, battery, price, and whether the phone will leave China.
Huawei’s wider foldable push does not stop here — the company is also tipped to launch the Mate X8 book-style foldable on November 24, and it recently confirmed its new OSTA sub-brand. Read our coverage of the Huawei Mate X8 leak and the Huawei OSTA announcement.
