Abig battery is easy to appreciate when you stop thinking about the charger. That is the whole promise of the AI+ Nova 2 Power, which starts at Rs 16,999 and puts a 7,000mAh battery in a phone with a 120Hz display, a MediaTek Dimensity 7100 chipset and Android 16 without a bunch of pre-installed apps.
On paper, that is a tidy list. After using it as my main phone, I found a phone that does a few things very well and a few things only fine. The battery is excellent, the software is clean, and the rest asks you for some forgiveness. I tested the Nova 2 Power across design, display, software, battery and cameras. Here is what I found.
AI+ Nova 2 Power: Design
The Nova 2 Power looks better from a distance than it does in your hand. I had the glossy Midnight Black version. It has a starry effect that catches the light, and the back changes colour as you move it, which makes it stand out more. However, photos don’t do it justice.
But once you pick it up, things feel different. The back is polycarbonate, and it feels like the price it sits at, not like glass or anything more expensive. It also collects fingerprints very quickly. Wipe it clean, and it looks sharp again for a few minutes, so you have to keep rubbing the back to keep it looking fresh.
The phone is on the heavier side. At 222 grams, this is a heavy phone, and the 7,000mAh battery inside is the reason. I felt it in my pocket, and I felt it after longer stretches of one-handed use. Some people will accept that trade without a second thought, and I understand why. I would want everything else on the phone to be tighter before I made it.
AI+ Nova 2 Power: Display
The Nova 2 Power has a 6.75-inch LCD with a 120Hz refresh rate. It is a big screen, and I felt it. Reaching the top corners with my thumb took effort, and using it one-handed while walking was tough.
The Nova 2 Power has a 120Hz display, and the high refresh rate does its job when you scroll. The weak spot is the resolution. The panel is HD+, and text and icons look soft, especially if your eyes are used to a sharper screen. It is fine for a quick message or a video, and it is not a screen you would pick for reading long articles.
Touch response was my other complaint. It was inconsistent, and simple tasks like typing a message or opening an app sometimes felt harder than they should. It is the kind of problem that does not show up on a spec sheet and gets on your nerves within a day.
While watching video, you start noticing the compromises. The bezels are thick, and the chin at the bottom is thicker, so you do not get a clean edge-to-edge picture. One nice surprise was YouTube playing back in HDR.
Outdoors, the display did better than I expected. AI+ claims up to 1,800 nits of peak brightness, and in our testing at Digit Test Labs it came at 1100 nits on our Lux meter, and I could take calls and read messages in harsh sunlight without shading the screen or squinting.
AI+ Nova 2 Power: Performance
The Nova 2 Power 5G runs on the MediaTek Dimensity 7100 chipset. Chip prices have been climbing, so finding this processor here was a pleasant surprise.
In our testing at Digit Test Labs, Antutu returned 914,182. Geekbench 7 gave 851 in single-core and 2,879 in multi-core. In the 3DMark Wild Life test, the phone posted an overall score of 2471. In the CPU throttling test, the CPU throttled to 94%, and the graph was green throughout.
Daily use matched the numbers. Apps opened quickly, and jumping between heavy browser sessions and other apps did not cause stutters. In gaming, BGMI and Call of Duty: Mobile were both capped at 60fps. Casual matches ran without dropped frames, and after 30 minutes of gameplay the phone got a little warm.
AI+ Nova 2 Power: Software
The AI+ Nova 2 Power ships with Android 16 and AI+’s NxtQuantum OS on top. First impressions are clean. There are no banner notifications pushing content, no clickbait widgets on the lock screen and no heavy bloatware to clear out. The interface sticks close to standard Android, so navigation is easy from the first minute of setup, and the app icon customisation options look good.
Day to day, it felt crisp. Opening the app drawer and using gesture animations felt instant, and I did not notice any micro stutters.
There is an odd gap, though. The brand has “AI” in its name, but the phone has very few practical AI features. During boot-up, it also shows the line “Your Data Stays Safe in India.” I cannot verify that claim, so treat it as a statement from the company, not something I tested.
AI+ Nova 2 Power: Battery and charging
The 7,000mAh battery is the reason this phone exists, and it delivers. I stopped checking the percentage during the day. Two days of use is realistic with moderate usage, and I spent part of the review period travelling for long hours, which is where a battery like this earns its value. If you work outdoors, commute for a long time or simply hate charging every night, this kind of endurance matters.
The drain numbers back it up. An hour of YouTube playback with brightness and volume at 50 percent used 8 percent of the battery. Thirty minutes of BGMI used 10 percent, and Call of Duty: Mobile used 9 percent. Those are small amounts, which means a long gaming session will not leave you hunting for a socket.
Charging is where this phone lacks. The phone comes with a 33W charger, and going from 0 to 100 percent took 2 hours and 18 minutes. That’s quite a long time, especially if you’re in a hurry. If you plug in every night anyway, you will barely notice.
AI+ Nova 2 Power: Cameras
AI+ Nova 2 Power features a dual camera setup with a 48MP Sony IMX582 main sensor, an 8MP ultrawide and a 13MP front camera. Having an ultrawide here is useful if you like photographing buildings, landscapes or groups of people. But I would not buy this phone mainly for its cameras.
In daylight, the main camera gives usable photos with contrasty colours. They look pleasant at first glance, and you they are also social-media ready. If you look closer at some pictures, some colours turn out oversaturated, and bright areas lose detail. However the photos are good enough for everyday use.
The ultrawide helps when space is tight or when you want a wider view of a scene. Its photos are softer than the main camera’s, especially around fine detail, and the dynamic range is not as good.
Portraits are hit and miss. Edge detection around hair and the subject is inconsistent, and the background blur can bleed into the subject. The effect does not always look convincing, so you may need to take a couple of shots to get a good result.
Selfies from the 13MP front camera are decent in good lighting. Facial detail is reasonable, colours look natural, and skin textures are not overly smoothed, though finer detail could be sharper. It works for casual selfies and video calls. In tricky light, it struggles, and night photography is also a weak point, as the overall camera performance drops.
AI+ Nova 2 Power: Verdict
The AI+ Nova 2 Power does one thing very well. The 7,000mAh battery gets you through two days of moderate use, the drain stays low even when you game, and I stopped thinking about the charger. The software backs that up. It is clean, free of clutter and quick, and the Dimensity 7100 handled daily use and casual gaming without stutters.
The compromises are easy to feel. The phone weighs 222 grams, and the 6.75-inch screen is hard to use with one hand. The display is HD+, so text looks soft, and the bezels are thick. Our lab measured peak brightness at 1,100 nits, well short of the 1,800 nits AI+ claims, though it still holds up in harsh sunlight. Touch response is inconsistent. The cameras are fine for daylight and weak for portraits and night shots. A charge from 0 to 100 percent takes 2 hours and 18 minutes, which is a long wait.
At Rs 16,999, this is a phone for people who care about battery life above everything else. If you want a sharper display, better cameras, or faster charging, the Nova 2 Power asks you to give up too much. If you just want a phone that lasts, it makes a good case for itself.