Honor 10

The Honor 10 comes with a dual camera setup at the rear, consisting of a 24-megapixel + 16-megapixel sensors, accompanied by an LED flash. At the front, we have a 24-megapixel sensor for video calls and selfies. The biggest addition in terms of optics, just like many other recent handsets, is artificial intelligence. While the term AI is being thrown around in the industry quite a lot these days, Honor 10 uses it in an efficient manner that works towards increasing the quality of the picture without making it look unnatural. Admittedly, some of the pictures look oversaturated with the AI effect, in other cases, the images look drastically better than the original. The primary camera setup on the Honor 10 uses AI to recognise the subject type as well as the scene in order to produce a better image than the original. To be specific, Honor claims that the handset is capable of real-time recognition of more than 500 scenarios in 22 categories, with support for more categories coming later on. The built-in neural processing unit ensures that the implementation of AI produces effective results.

The new handset from Honor runs Android 8.1.0 Oreo-based EMUI 8.1.0 as its operating system. The smartphone is powered by a capable HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor coupled with 6GB of RAM and 128GB non-expandable storage. Despite offering an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor up front, which works really well by itself, the company has also included a face unlock option for security. In our testing of the handset, the feature turned out to be blazingly fast as well as secure. The handset could be unlocked with facial recognition in poor lighting conditions as well. As you might expect from the customised OS from Honor, the brand has added some additional features like Huawei Histen, knuckle gestures to open certain apps or perform specific functions, Huawei Share, Mini screen view for one-handed mode etc. While the rest of the features seem self-explanatory, Huawei Histen allows users to add a little variety to regular songs by choosing from various playback modes like 3D, Natural, and Standard. Sadly, this feature mostly comes across as a gimmick rather than a meaningful addition. The App Twin feature allows you to sign in to two social media accounts on the phone. You can change the software-based navigation keys as per your liking and there are motion controls available too.

The Honor 10 houses a 3,400mAh battery and the brand has offered some nifty tools to get the most juice out of the available capacity in hand. Users can choose to decrease screen resolution from FHD+ to HD+, much like on recent Samsung smartphones, and an Ultra Power Saving mode leaves you with the most basic apps like Dialer, Messages, and Contacts, again like on Samsung phones. In our HD video loop test, the handset managed to last 12 hours. If we talk about real-life usage, the handset managed to retain battery life efficiently in the standby mode and should likely last for most users through the day, though power users might be left wanting. Considering that there are other handsets that offer better battery life in the same or even lower price range, this can be deemed as one of the weak points of the smartphone.

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