Review of the smartphone Huawei nova 5T: a bright star

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The Huawei nova series has existed for three years, but during this time the fifth generation under this name is changing. Moreover, they regularly move in price and positioning. Huawei nova 5T is a mid-range smartphone with a focus on striking design

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In the era of sanctions, Huawei continues to release new smartphones. Huawei nova 5T appeared strictly on schedule, although it took quite a long time to get to the stores: it was announced back in August, and went on sale only towards the end of November.

In essence — and in terms of characteristics — Huawei nova 5T repeats the spring hit of Honor 20: a quadruple camera with three focal lengths, last year’s flagship Kirin 980 platform, a 6.26-inch screen with a hole for the front camera, a relatively compact body with a fingerprint scanner on the side edges. A beautiful and well-made gadget — is it able to impress this fall?

⇡#Specifications

	Huawei nova 5T	Honor 20	Xiaomi Mi 9	OnePlus 6T	realme XT
Display	6.26″ IPS 2340 × 1080 dots, 412 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	6.26″ IPS 2340 × 1080 dots, 412 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	6.39″ AMOLED 2340 × 1080 dots, 403 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	6.41″ AMOLED 2340 × 1080 dots, 402 ppi, capacitive multi-touch	6.4 inches, Super AMOLED, 1080 × 2340 (19.5:9), 402 ppi; capacitive multi-touch
Protective glass	No information	No information	Corning Gorilla Glass 6	Corning Gorilla Glass 6	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
CPU	HiSilicon Kirin 980: eight cores (2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 2.6GHz + 2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 1.92GHz + 4 x ARM Cortex A55 @ 1.8GHz); HiAI architecture	HiSilicon Kirin 980: eight cores (2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 2.6GHz + 2 x ARM Cortex A76 @ 1.92GHz + 4 x ARM Cortex A55 @ 1.8GHz); HiAI architecture	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855: One Kryo 485 Gold core 2.85GHz + three Kryo 485 Gold cores 2.42GHz + four Kryo 485 Silver cores 1.8GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845: Quad-core Kryo 385 Gold @ 2.8GHz + Quad-core Kryo 385 Silver @ 1.7GHz	Qualcomm Snapdragon 712: eight cores (2 × Kryo 360 Gold, 2.3 GHz and 6 × Kryo 360 Silver, 1.7 GHz)
Graphics controller	ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 720 MHz	ARM Mali-G76 MP10, 720 MHz	Adreno 640	Adreno 630, 710 MHz	Adreno 616
RAM	6/8 GB	6 GB	6/8/12 GB	6/8/10 GB	4/6/8 GB
Flash memory	128 GB	128 GB	128/256 GB	128/256 GB	64/128 GB
Memory card support	Not	Not	Not	Not	microSD
Connectors	USB Type-C	USB Type-C	USB Type-C	USB Type-C	USB Type-C, mini-jack 3.5 mm
SIM cards	Two nano-SIMs	Two nano-SIMs	Two nano-SIMs	Two nano-SIMs	Two nano-SIMs
Cellular 2G	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz CDMA 800	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz CDMA 800/1900	GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Cellular 3G	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 MHz	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
Cellular 4G	LTE: bands 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41	LTE Cat. 4 (up to 150 Mbps), bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	LTE: bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 28, 38, 39, 40	LTE Cat.16 (up to 1024 Mbps): bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32 , 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71	LTE Cat. 12 (600/50 Mbps), bands 1, 3, 5, 8, 38, 40, 41
WiFi	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2.4/5 GHz
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
NFC	There is	There is	There is	There is	There is
Navigation	GPS (dual band), A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS	GPS (dual band), A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo	GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Sensors	Light, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), IR sensor	Light, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass), IR sensor	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)	Illumination, proximity, accelerometer/gyroscope, magnetometer (digital compass)
The fingerprint scanner	Yes, on the side	Yes, on the side	Yes, on screen	Yes, on screen	Yes, built into the screen
Main camera	Quadruple module: 40 + 16 + 16 + 2 MP, ƒ / 1.8 + ƒ / 2.2 + ƒ / 2.4 + ƒ / 2.4, phase detection autofocus, LED flash	Quadruple module: 40 + 16 + 16 + 2 MP, ƒ / 1.8 + ƒ / 2.2 + ƒ / 2.4 + ƒ / 2.4, phase detection autofocus, LED flash	Triple module: 48 MP, ƒ / 1.8 + 16 MP, ƒ / 2.2 + 12 MP, ƒ / 2.2, hybrid autofocus, dual LED flash	Dual module: 16 + 20 MP, ƒ / 1.7 + ƒ / 1.7, hybrid autofocus, dual LED flash	Quad module: 64 MP, ƒ/1.8 + 8 MP, ƒ/2.3 + 2 MP, ƒ/2.4 + 2 MP, ƒ/2.4, phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Front-camera	32 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus, no flash	32 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus, no flash	20 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus	16 MP, ƒ/2.0, fixed focus	16 MP, ƒ/2.0, no autofocus, no flash
Nutrition	Non-removable battery: 14.25 Wh (3750 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery: 14.25 Wh (3750 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery: 12.54 Wh (3300 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery: 14.06 Wh (3700 mAh, 3.8 V)	Non-removable battery: 15.2 Wh (4000 mAh, 3.8 V)
The size	154.3×74×7.9mm	154.3×74×7.9mm	157.5×74.7×7.6mm	157.5×74.8×8.2mm	158.7×75.2×8.6mm
Weight	174 grams	174 grams	173 grams	185 grams	183 grams
Hull protection	Not	Not	Not	Not	Not
Operating system	Android 9.1 Pie, EMUI shell	Android 9.0 Pie, Magic UI skin	Android 9.0 Pie, MIUI shell	Android 9.0 Pie, OxygenOS shell	Android 9.0 Pie, ColorOS 6 shell
Current price	220$	220$	$220 for 6/64 GB version, $220 for 6/128 GB version	$220 for 6/128 GB version, $220 for 8/128 GB version, $220 for 8/256 GB version	120$


Huawei nova 5T — information about the filling according to the CPU-Z application

⇡#Design, ergonomics and software

Huawei nova 5T picks up the general fashion for glass smartphones with an iridescent back. Today, you won’t surprise anyone with them, but it always looks impressive if the manufacturer does not hesitate to paint gadgets in bright colors. Huawei is not shy. Nova 5T also exists in black, but it is not sold in Russia. Our novas are only available in purple (summer purple) and light blue (deep blue), and, as usual, the words blue or purple do not fully describe the real impression of a gradient color. But they differ quite radically from each other — in the purple version, a pattern consisting of the letters n, o, v and a is placed on the case, while the blue one, which we got for the test, is devoid of it and looks more traditional.

Huawei nova 5T color options

The frame of Huawei nova 5T is made of metal, painted to match the back, with plastic veins of antennas and a flat power button, which is combined with a fingerprint scanner. The edges are rounded, but the back is not curved — the smartphone is comfortable to hold in your hand, and at the same time you are not particularly afraid to drop it, even though it has a slippery body. Relatively small dimensions also have an effect: 154.3 × 74 × 7.9 mm.

Huawei nova 5T, front panel: in the upper left corner — the front camera, in the center above the screen — a speaker with a status indicator

The combination of a moderate diagonal screen (6.26 inches) and the almost complete absence of frames made it possible to make the gadget compact. The nova 5T does not set records for the percentage of filling the front surface with a screen, as, for example, with the flagship Mate 30 Pro — at least there is a rather prominent “chin”, but this is enough to make the smartphone look like a “baby”, easily falling into a pocket and convenient to use.

Huawei nova 5T, rear panel: in the upper left corner — a block of three cameras and a single LED flash, a little to the right — an additional macro camera

The camera block, despite the large number of modules, fits neatly into the rear panel — it is a vertical plate protruding above the body, to which a miniature camera lens for macro photography is added. And the inscription AI Camera instead of Leica — it signals two things at once: artificial intelligence is used here and this is not a flagship. The license to mention the German brand applies only to the most expensive Huawei smartphones.

Huawei nova 5T, left side: slot for two nano-SIM cards

Huawei nova 5T, right side: lock key combined with a fingerprint scanner, as well as a volume key

The front camera is not hidden in the notch, but placed in the corner of the screen. This solution annoys me a little less than the cutout that is already familiar to many, but when watching full-screen videos, this hole will certainly interfere.

Huawei nova 5T, upper edge: microphone and IR sensor

Huawei nova 5T, bottom: microphone, USB Type-C port and main speaker

The set and location of functional elements are not surprising: the volume key on the right side, the SIM card slot on the left and the USB Type-C port on the bottom. There is not enough mini-jack — and this is a pure tribute to fashion: there is no moisture protection here either.

The fingerprint scanner is located, I repeat, on the side, in the power / lock button of the smartphone slightly recessed into the body. Such a performance is always fraught with problems due to the small coverage area, which was pierced several times by Sony, which used scanners of this type in Xperia smartphones. I did not notice any problems with the operation of the scanner for Huawei nova 5T — it recognizes prints quickly and stably, in two weeks of testing there was no need to rewrite fingerprinting. But there is a small snag with the sensitivity of the sensor. More precisely, hypersensitivity — several times, putting the smartphone in my pocket, I accidentally touched the sensor on the key with my hand and thereby unlocked the device — then in my pocket it began to live its own life: taking pictures, trying to get through somewhere, typing messages in the messenger. Nothing irreparable happened, but you have to be careful with him.

In addition to the fingerprint scanner, Huawei nova 5T also supports the user’s face identification system. Without frills, only due to the front camera — this method cannot boast of special reliability, but everything is stable and fast.

Huawei nova 5T is running full-fledged Andrid 9.1 Pie — with Google Services and all the familiar experience of interacting with a smartphone. Another thing is that the fresh EMUI 10 shell, which is friends with Android 10, did not get to it either. That is, for example, there is no dark theme here (in EMUI 9.1). Whether the nova 5T will be updated to a fresh Android with a fresh EMUI is not known.

⇡#Display and sound

The Huawei nova 5T has a 6.26-inch LCD display with an IPS matrix with a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels (19.5: 9 format). In times of active distribution of OLED panels, not only among flagships, but also in mid-range smartphones, it looks like one of the weak links of the model. The matrix itself is not bad, with a sufficient pixel density (412 ppi) and free viewing angles: neither the contrast nor the color reproduction is much distorted.

The touch coating responds to 10 simultaneous touches. The oleophobic coating is not bad, a protective film is glued to the screen by default, it is not necessary to remove it right away — it will gradually get scratched, but this will happen in a month or two.

The problem with any LCD display is the level of contrast, which does not produce perfect blacks when viewing videos and images. By IPS standards, the nova 5T’s screen is doing well — 1186: 1, but it’s not worth talking about really deep blacks.

Measured maximum brightness level is 434 cd/m² — for an LCD matrix, the indicator is low. Combined with the relatively low contrast ratio, this can create some discomfort when using the phone in bright sunlight. In fact, you can use the nova 5T in bright light conditions. Reading and writing is no problem at all, but the colors fade a little, the pictures do not look so impressive.

In the screen settings, you can either turn on eye protection (the mode with the warmest colors), adjust the resolution (HD or Full HD) or font size, or change the color rendering — choose between two profiles («normal» and «bright») or set the one you need you color temperature. I measured the color reproduction in exactly two preset profiles without individual temperature adjustment.

Huawei nova 5T, gamut in vivid color mode. Yellow line - nova 5T performance, dotted line - reference gamma

Huawei nova 5T, color temperature in vivid color mode. Blue line - nova 5T readings, dotted line - reference temperature

Huawei nova 5T, gamma curves and color temperature in vivid color mode. Blue line — nova 5T readings, dotted line — reference temperature

Huawei nova 5T, color gamut in vivid color mode. Gray triangle — sRGB coverage, white triangle — nova 5T coverage

By default, the Huawei nova 5T screen is in bright mode. The color range in it is expanded and very close to the DCI-P3 standard. The average gamma level is more or less within the normal range (2.10), but the curves deviate too much from the truth in bright colors and generally behave unstably. The color temperature is very high and jumps in the range from 8,000 to 10,700 K. The average deviation for the extended Color Checker palette (shades of gray + a wide range of color shades) is 6.78 with an upper limit of 3.00. The picture is bright, saturated and very cold.

Huawei nova 5T, gamut in normal color mode. Yellow line — nova 5T performance, dotted line — reference gamma

Huawei nova 5T, color temperature in normal color mode. Blue line — nova 5T readings, dotted line — reference temperature

Huawei nova 5T, color gamut in normal color mode. Gray triangle — sRGB coverage, white triangle — nova 5T coverage

For those who like high-quality color reproduction, there is a normal color mode. In it, however, the gamma is even worse — 1.94 with a similar behavior of the curves. But the color temperature curve is much more stable and keeps around 7,000 K, sometimes dropping to the reference 6,500 K. The average DeltaE deviation for the Color Checker palette is 3.76. It’s just a little out of the norm. In general, the quality of the display settings is at a slightly above average level.

The Huawei nova 5T lacks an analog audio jack, but it comes with a USB Type-C to 3.5mm adapter. The sound quality when transmitted over a wire is quite normal. With wireless signal transmission, all necessary Bluetooth profiles are supported — aptX, aptX HD, LDAC. The external speaker is monophonic, located on the lower edge — it is not very loud, the sound quality is average.

⇡#Hardware and performance

Huawei nova 5T is made on the basis of last year’s main platform of the company, HiSilicon Kirin 980. It consists of eight cores: two ARM Cortex-A76 clocked at 2.6 GHz + two ARM Cortex-A76 clocked at 1.92 GHz + four ARM Cortex -A55 clocked at 1.8GHz. Graphics subsystem — ARM Mali-G76 MP10 clocked at 720 MHz. The manufacturing process is 7 nm.

In terms of performance, the Huawei nova 5T cannot compete with the flagships of 2019, but the available headroom is enough to not worry about running any games on the smartphone, albeit not always at the maximum frame rate. Yes, of course, a special game mode with a GPU Turbo 3.0 add-on helps — I would not call the nova 5T an ideal gaming smartphone, but in its price category it looks very worthy. RAM for a smartphone with a Full HD screen is also enough — 6 GB LPDDR4X.

The cooling system is the weak point of Huawei nova 5T. In the CPU Throttling Test, operating frequencies are reduced to 60% within 8-10 minutes after the start of testing, and the average performance level is 116 GIPS. That is why we can talk about possible frame rate drops in demanding games at a distance.

With applications that work with neural networks, Kirin traditionally does well, and the Ludashi AI Mark synthetic test demonstrates this. In fact, Huawei nova 5T is second only to Snapdragon 865 devices and keeps at the level of last year’s flagships. You can evaluate the speed of operations using machine learning and “by eye” – the smartphone processes photos with the participation of AI very quickly, the delay is almost imperceptible.

Huawei nova 5T comes with one storage option — 128 GB (UFS 2.1). Acceptable, but you will have to monitor the memory, there is no expansion slot using a microSD card in the smartphone. Installing all the games at once and not uploading photos and videos to the cloud at all will not work.

⇡#Communications and wireless communications

The Huawei nova 5T has a dual SIM slot — both work with nano-SIM and support LTE. At the same time, of course, there is only one radio module — simultaneous actions from two SIM cards are not available. The manufacturer does not indicate the speed of the LTE modem, but, most likely, we are talking about the 4th category with a maximum download speed of 150 Mbps — at least this was the case with the almost identical Honor 20. Subjective impressions indicate the same — The smartphone keeps the connection stable, but it really cannot boast of exorbitant speed.

Huawei nova 5T, slot for two nano-SIM cards

The rest of the wireless connections are in order: there is also dual-band Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac, works well), Bluetooth 5.0, NFC with Google Pay support, an IR sensor for working with household appliances, and dual-band GPS , which allows you to record a perfectly accurate track of your movements. The navigation module also works with GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS systems.

⇡#Camera

Huawei nova 5T received a module consisting of four cameras, but only two of them are responsible for the zoom (we are talking about the wide-angle and main module), the other two are used for macro photography and help in portrait mode (the so-called depth sensor, which helps to blur the background with software way, «draw bokeh»). So it’s not worth being fascinated by quantity ahead of time — but there are no questions about quality either.

The main camera has long been familiar — this is a 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 module of the Quad bayer system, this year we have already seen a lot of smartphones that received it, and these were devices of the most different levels (examples: 1, 2, 3). The sensor dimensions are 1/2», the size of an individual pixel is 0.8 microns. lens aperture — ƒ/1.8, equivalent focal length — 26 mm. There is no optical stabilizer, autofocus is phase. And this is the only camera of the four that received autofocus. By default, the picture is issued with a resolution of 12 megapixels, but you can also activate shooting using all 48 million subpixels.

The second camera is a 16-megapixel wide-angle module with a 1 / 3.1 » sensor and aperture optics ƒ/2,2. Focal length — 13 mm. In this mode, the smartphone demonstrates a very good viewing angle and is able to produce a picture of very decent quality — primarily in daylight. In the dark, the wide-angle module lacks aperture. Spatial distortions, inevitable for wide-angle optics, are compensated by software. In Huawei nova 5T, a double zoom is available — but exclusively «digital», due to a crop from a picture taken with a maximum (48 megapixel) resolution. It works well, but it’s not that hard to notice the reduction in detail, especially when looking at a picture on a computer monitor or on a TV. The quality drops even more noticeably when shooting in low light. And even the main camera does not show an outstanding result — the lack of an optical stabilizer affects, which would allow «pulling out» the details by lengthening the shutter speed, and not increasing the ISO. The detail will be at an average level, but you can take an unblurred picture.

Of course, the branded night mode comes to the rescue, in which the smartphone takes several pictures with different exposures, then combining them into one frame. In this case, the dynamic range is greatly expanded, details appear in both light and dark areas of the frame. Nevertheless, taking pictures at night, then posting them on social networks, is a scenario quite accessible for the owner of the nova 5T.


Examples of shooting on a macro camera

The third camera is responsible exclusively for macro photography. This is a two-megapixel module with aperture ƒ/2.4, which allows you to shoot from a distance of 4 cm from the subject. But no further — the focus is fixed just at this distance, it is impossible to change. It is not so easy to catch the right distance, macro photography on Huawei nova 5T requires a fair amount of patience. The resolution of pictures taken with the macro module is 1600 × 1200 pixels.

The fourth camera is another two-megapixel module. This is not a TOF camera, and there is no dot projector. It is difficult to say how it affects the result when shooting portraits or other scenes with software background blur (this option is available), but the result is not bad — the object and background are separated correctly, there are artifacts, but not very significant. In portrait mode, you can adjust the beautification and choose one of the three available focal lengths — the latter seems to be very useful.

We have talked about the work of «artificial intelligence» in the cameras of Huawei smartphones many times. And a lot has been said about the constant progress of the Chinese in this area. After the first experiments, which rather caused bewilderment and a desire to immediately turn off the add-on, we came to a point where AI works relatively accurately — not so much as not to notice the difference between frames using neural networks and without machine learning, but already putting before a difficult choice: naturalness with faded colors or selectively increased saturation and sharpness. I did not encounter AI artifacts in the case of nova 5T — in all situations the system works quite correctly.

The camera application is common for smartphones with EMUI version 9. There is an augmented reality mode with the ability to both display animoji on the screen instead of yourself, and apply various masks to your face. A «professional» mode is available with manual settings, but without the ability to shoot in RAW. There is HDR (you need to enable it separately, it is disabled in the basic format; instead, an AI assistant works, which includes shooting with multiple exposures in its arsenal of tricks) and panorama stitching.

Huawei nova 5T can shoot 4K video at up to 30 fps and Full HD at up to 60 fps, digital stabilization is available even when shooting at maximum resolution. You can also zoom in on the image while shooting. There are recording modes with intelligent color extraction and background blur, slow motion is available at up to 960 frames per second at 720p resolution and 120 frames per second at Full HD resolution.

Full HD video example (concert)

4K video example


On the left — shooting in portrait mode with beautification turned off, on the right — with it turned on to the maximum

The front camera received a 32-megapixel sensor with an aperture lens ƒ/2.0, no autofocus or flash. The image quality is very good in normal lighting and satisfactory in dim artificial light. Fixed focus is set correctly, spatial distortion from wide-angle optics is at an acceptable level.

⇡#Offline work

Huawei nova 5T received a battery with a capacity of 14.25 Wh (3750 mAh, 3.8 V). It seems to be not bad — given the relatively small screen by modern standards, but the device does not shine with autonomy. Under the condition of active use, the charge is hardly enough for daylight hours — you will have to charge the nova 5T every 9-10 hours. In case of extreme load in non-stop mode, the battery will run out in 6-7 hours — keep an external battery ready.

In our traditional test with HD video playback, at maximum brightness, with Wi-Fi enabled and auto-update, the smartphone lasted just over 10 hours — normal for a device with an LCD display.

For charging, the current USB Type-C port (USB 2.0 standard) is used and the proprietary Huawei Super Charge (4.5V / 4A) fast charging system works, which allows you to fill the battery by 50% in half an hour. It takes about an hour and a half to fully charge the device. Wireless charging is not supported.

⇡#Conclusion

Huawei nova 5T is a competitive smartphone, one of the best options in the sub-$300 price segment. But the competition in this category is gigantic: there are offerings with a more powerful hardware platform, an OLED display, a mini-jack, an under-screen scanner, or a faster LTE connection. Fortunately for Huawei — rarely all at once.

The advantages of the nova 5T can be considered a bright design (for some, the camera in the hole in the corner of the screen will become an additional trump card over typical “monobrows”), combined with relative compactness. This is a truly user-friendly device — it can be advised to those for whom convenience is more important than a large screen diagonal.

Advantages:

compactness (with a small screen diagonal);
bright design;
hardware platform typical of last year’s flagships;
good camera;
sensitive fingerprint scanner.

Disadvantages:

no slot for a memory card;
issues with throttling/switching to lower cores;
no moisture and dust protection;
no mini-jack;
too sensitive fingerprint scanner.

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Review of the smartphone Huawei nova 5T: a bright star

⇡#Specifications

⇡#Design, ergonomics and software

⇡#Display and sound

⇡#Hardware and performance

⇡#Communications and wireless communications

⇡#Camera

⇡#Offline work

⇡#Conclusion

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