The Huawei P60 Art is an absolute showstopper of a smartphone, breaking away from traditional device aesthetics to offer something truly unique for the South African market. Blending high-fashion design with Huawei’s legendary mobile photography prowess, it serves as a premium statement piece for power users and creatives alike.
Here is a closer look at its local pricing dynamics, broad retail availability, and the standout features that define this artistic flagship.
In the South African premium market, the Huawei P60 Art hits the shelves with an eye-catching entry price starting around ZAR 10,000.
When looking to pick up this ultra-stylish flagship, keep these pricing factors in mind:
Market Fluctuations: Because it features premium storage configurations (often starting at 512 GB) and an avant-garde design, exact pricing will shift across different provinces and major urban hubs based on immediate stock availability.
Contract vs. Cash upfront: Cash-conscious buyers can aim for the ZAR 10,000 baseline, but major networks also offer the device on structured 24-month or 36-month contracts, making it more digestible by spreading the cost alongside monthly data and minutes.
Promotional Bundles: Huawei frequently launches its flagship devices alongside high-value local ecosystem incentives—keep an eye out for deals that throw in Huawei FreeBuds, protective designer covers, or official screen protection warranties.
Huawei has extended its distribution network for the P60 Art right across the country, making it remarkably easy to track down whether you are shopping online, visiting a cellular specialist, or running errands at a retail hypermarket:
E-Commerce & Tech Hubs: Takealot, HiFi Corp, and Hi Online.
Mobile Network Providers & Specialists: Available on plans or contract upgrades through MTN, Chatz Connect, Cellucity, and 4U.
Retail Outlets & Department Stores: Makro, Game, Foschini, Mr Price, PEP, and Ackermans.
The P60 Art lives up to its name by emphasizing organic visuals and top-tier camera performance that rivals professional gear.
The “Island” Design & Quicksand Texture: Moving away from rigid geometric camera bumps, the P60 Art features an organic, asymmetrical camera module shaped like a natural island. The back panel mimics the shimmering texture of sea waves under sunlight, turning the phone into a wearable piece of art.
Ultra Lighting XMAGE Camera System: This device is a low-light champion. It leads with a 48 MP main camera featuring a physical, variable aperture that shifts automatically to let in maximum light. It is accompanied by an incredible 48 MP Ultra Lighting Telephoto lens that lets you shoot stunning macro close-ups and crisp zoom shots even in near-pitch darkness.
Quad-Curved Kunlun Glass Display: The phone boasts a gorgeous 6.67-inch LTPO OLED screen with a 1-120 Hz adaptive refresh rate for butter-smooth animations. The screen curves gently on all four edges for a seamless swipe feel and is shielded by ultra-tough Kunlun Glass for premium drop resistance.
Dual SuperCharge Power: A robust 5100 mAh silicon-carbon battery keeps you going all day. When it’s time to top up, 88W wired SuperCharge gets you back to full power in minutes, supported by 50W wireless charging for ultimate cable-free convenience.
Note: The Huawei P60 Art runs on EMUI, leveraging Huawei’s secure AppGallery alongside smart tools like GBox to ensure all your essential South African apps—including major banking platforms, food delivery services, and social media channels—run flawlessly.
| Brand | Huawei |
| Model | Huawei P60 Art |
| Announced | 23 March, 2023 |
| Released | 08 April, 2023 |
| Status | Available |
| Price | ZAR 10,000 |
| Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones. | Bar |
| Dimensions | 161 x 74.5 x 8.3 mm (6.34 x 2.93 x 0.33 in) |
| Weight | 206 g (7.27 oz) |
| Protection | IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min) |
| Colors | Azure Blue, Seashore Gold |
| 2G Network | |
| 3G Network | |
| 4G Network | |
| 5G Network | |
| SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages. | Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) | LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz |
| Size | 6.67 inches, 107.7 cm2 (~89.8% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1220 x 2700 pixels (~444 ppi density) |
| Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind. | Kunlun Glass |
| Audio Playback | |
| Video Playback | |
| FM Radio | No |
| Ring Tones | |
| Loudspeaker |
| Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality. |
48 MP, f/1.4-f/4.0, 25mm (wide), PDAF, Laser AF, OIS 48 MP, f/2.1, 90mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom 40 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide) |
| Camera Features | Panorama, HDR |
| Video | 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps |
| Selfie Camera | 13 MP, f/2.4, (ultrawide) |
| Camera Features | Panorama, HDR |
| Video | 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps |
| Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. | EMUI 13.1 |
| Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming. | Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G (4 nm) |
| CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone. | Octa-core (1x3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510) |
| GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. | Adreno 730 |
| RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. | 12GB |
| Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored. | 512GB/1TB |
| Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras. | NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot) |
| Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device. |
Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum BDS Satellite Message |
| Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. | 5.2, A2DP, LE |
| Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct |
| Wi-fi Hotspot | |
| USB | USB Type-C 3.1, OTG |
| Positioning GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. | GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (B1I+B1c+B2a), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC |
| NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches. |
| Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. | Si/C 5100 mAh, non-removable |
| Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. |
88W wired 50W wireless |
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