Huawei caught passing photos clicked by a DSLR camera as Nova 3 selfies

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei was left embarrassed when an actress from one of its commercials showcasing new **Nova 3 smartphone** posted behind-the-scene photos on Instagram, revealing a DSLR camera being used to take selfies and not the smartphone. A Reddit user that goes by the name of AbdullahSab3 discovered that Sarah Elshamy, one of the actors in the ad, posted photos on her Instagram page, and one image revealed a photographer shooting the “at-home selfie with a DSLR”. “The photo supposedly shows that the phone’s artificial intelligence(AI)-driven beauty feature digitally altered the image so she didn’t have to finish applying real makeup to look like she was wearing it,” arstechnica reported on Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_4825031” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Huawei Nova 3. Image: Huawei Global[/caption] Huawei reacted to the controversy, saying the ad never outright claims that the picture was shot on Nova 3 smartphone. Elshamy later removed behind-the-scene photos from her Instagram page. According to Android Police, this is not the first time Huawei has made a false marketing claim. “The company was caught photoshopping away bezels on renderings for the P8, and it was found to have posted a shot that appeared to be from a P9 on its Google+ page that EXIF data revealed to have been shot on a Canon EOS 5D Mark III,” said the report. When people discovered the Google+ image EXIF data, Huawei said it didn’t really mean to imply that the photo was taken with the P9 and that the photo was shared “to inspire our community”.