HONOR VIEW 10

HUAWEI HONOR VIEW 10 SMARTPHONE WAS LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER 2017. THE PHONE COMES WITH A 5.99-INCH TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY WITH A RESOLUTION OF 1080 PIXELS BY 2160 PIXELS AT A PPI OF 403 PIXELS PER INCH. 

THE HUAWEI HONOR VIEW 10 IS POWERED BY 1.8GHZ OCTA-CORE HUAWEI HISILICON KIRIN 970 PROCESSOR AND IT COMES WITH 6GB OF RAM. THE PHONE PACKS 128GB OF INTERNAL STORAGE THAT CAN BE EXPANDED UP TO 256GB VIA A MICROSD CARD. AS FAR AS THE CAMERAS ARE CONCERNED, THE HUAWEI HONOR VIEW 10 PACKS A 16-MEGAPIXEL PRIMARY CAMERA ON THE REAR AND A 13-MEGAPIXEL FRONT SHOOTER FOR SELFIES.

THE HUAWEI HONOR VIEW 10 RUNS ANDROID 8.0 AND IS POWERED BY A 3750MAH NON REMOVABLE BATTERY. IT MEASURES 157.00 X 74.98 X 6.97 (HEIGHT X WIDTH X THICKNESS) AND WEIGH 172.00 GRAMS.

THE HUAWEI HONOR VIEW 10 IS A DUAL SIM (GSM AND GSM) SMARTPHONE THAT ACCEPTS NANO-SIM AND NANO-SIM. CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS INCLUDE WI-FI, GPS, BLUETOOTH, NFC, INFRARED, USB OTG, 3G AND 4G (WITH SUPPORT FOR BAND 40 USED BY SOME LTE NETWORKS IN INDIA). SENSORS ON THE PHONE INCLUDE COMPASS MAGNETOMETER, PROXIMITY SENSOR, ACCELEROMETER, AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND GYROSCOPE.

NETWORK	TECHNOLOGY	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	ANNOUNCED	2017, DECEMBER
	STATUS	AVAILABLE. RELEASED 2018, JANUARY

BODY	DIMENSIONS	157 X 75 X 7 MM (6.18 X 2.95 X 0.28 IN)
	WEIGHT	172 G (6.07 OZ)
	BUILD	FRONT GLASS, ALUMINUM BODY
	SIM	HYBRID DUAL SIM (NANO-SIM, DUAL STAND-BY)

DISPLAY	TYPE	LTPS IPS LCD CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN, 16M COLORS
	SIZE	5.99 INCHES, 92.6 CM2 (~78.6% SCREEN-TO-BODY RATIO)
	RESOLUTION	1080 X 2160 PIXELS, 18:9 RATIO (~403 PPI DENSITY)
	MULTITOUCH	YES
		- EMUI 8.0

PLATFORM	OS	ANDROID 8.0 (OREO)
	CHIPSET	HISILICON KIRIN 970
	CPU	OCTA-CORE (4X2.4 GHZ CORTEX-A73 & 4X1.8 GHZ CORTEX-A53)
	GPU	MALI-G72 MP12

MEMORY	CARD SLOT	MICROSD, UP TO 256 GB (USES SIM 2 SLOT)
	INTERNAL	128 GB, 6 GB RAM OR 64 GB, 4/6 GB RAM

CAMERA	PRIMARY	DUAL: 16 MP (F/1.8) + 20 MP, PHASE DETECTION AUTOFOCUS, 2X LOSSLESS ZOOM, LED FLASH
	FEATURES	GEO-TAGGING, TOUCH FOCUS, FACE/SMILE DETECTION, PANORAMA, HDR
	VIDEO	2160P@30FPS
	SECONDARY	13 MP, F/2.0

SOUND	ALERT TYPES	VIBRATION; MP3, WAV RINGTONES
	LOUDSPEAKER	YES
	3.5MM JACK	YES
		- ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION WITH DEDICATED MIC

COMMS	WLAN	WI-FI 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC, DUAL-BAND, WIFI DIRECT, HOTSPOT
	BLUETOOTH	4.2, A2DP, APTX HD, LE
	GPS	YES, WITH A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
	NFC	YES
	INFRARED PORT	YES
	RADIO	NO
	USB	2.0, TYPE-C 1.0 REVERSIBLE CONNECTOR, USB ON-THE-GO

FEATURES	SENSORS	FINGERPRINT (FRONT-MOUNTED), ACCELEROMETER, GYRO, PROXIMITY, COMPASS
	MESSAGING	SMS (THREADED VIEW), MMS, EMAIL, PUSH EMAIL
	BROWSER	HTML5
		- FAST BATTERY CHARGING 5V/4.5A (58% IN 30 MIN) - DIVX/XVID/MP4/H.265/WMV PLAYER - MP3/EAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC PLAYER - DOCUMENT EDITOR - PHOTO/VIDEO EDITOR

BATTERY		NON-REMOVABLE LI-PO 3750 MAH BATTERY
	STAND-BY	UP TO 528 H (3G)
	TALK TIME	UP TO 23 H (3G)

MISC	COLORS	NAVY BLUE, MIDNIGHT BLACK, BEACH GOLD, AURORA BLUE, CHARM RED
	PRICE	ABOUT 480 EUR

TESTS	PERFORMANCE	BASEMARK OS II: 3604 / BASEMARK OS II 2.0: 3164 BASEMARK X: 33499
	LOUDSPEAKER	VOICE 68DB / NOISE 69DB / RING 77DB
	BATTERY LIFE	ENDURANCE RATING 74H

THE HONOR VIEW10 IS ONE OF THE FIRST PHONES TO COME WITH BUILT-IN AI. THAT’S RIGHT, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NOW BAKED INTO SMARTPHONES LIKE THE HONOR VIEW10. 

TO MAKE THIS WORK, ALONGSIDE THE CPU AND GPU INSIDE THE PHONE’S PROCESSOR, THERE’S ALSO A NEW ELEMENT CALLED AN NPU.

THAT STANDS FOR NEURAL PROCESSING UNIT AND IT WORKS BY USING HIGH-END MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS TO PREDICT THE MOST LIKELY USE CASE FOR YOUR PHONE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

THE AI MEANS IT CAN IMPROVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOYING WITH THE SETTINGS DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU’RE SHOOTING OR TURN OFF CERTAIN APPS AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE DAY WHEN YOU’RE NOT USING THEM IN ORDER TO SAVE BATTERY.

IT’S ALL ABOUT OPTIMIZATION AND ENSURING YOU’RE GETTING THE BEST USE OF YOUR PHONE AT ALL TIMES. THIS LOOKS TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE WAY MOBILE PHONES WILL BEGIN TO PREDICT WHAT WE DO TO OFFER A BETTER EXPERIENCE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.

EMBRACING AI

BATTERY TECH IS SOMETHING PHONES HAVE STRUGGLED WITH FOR YEARS, AND THE HONOR VIEW10 HAS SMART POWER MANAGEMENT THAT MAY POINT TO A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF SHORT LIFE ON PHONES.

THE ALGORITHMS ON THE VIEW10 WORK OUT THE WAY YOU USE YOUR PHONE TO OPTIMIZE ITS POWER FOR TIMES WHEN IT’LL BE USING THE MOST BATTERY, SO THIS MAY BE ONE WAY PHONES IN THE FUTURE GET OVER THE PROBLEM OF LIMITED BATTERY LIFE.

RATHER THAN PACKING IN MORE POWER, SMARTPHONE MANUFACTURERS ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON WHAT’S ALREADY INSIDE AND HOW THAT CAN BE USED MORE EFFICIENTLY.

THE VIEW10 ALSO COMES WITH AN APP PRE-INSTALLED CALLED AI ACCELERATED TRANSLATOR, WHICH USES ALGORITHMS TO TRANSLATE BOTH TEXT AND SPEECH IN OVER 50 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

THIS IS ALREADY A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR PHONE WHEN YOU’RE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND NEED TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS, BUT THIS KIND OF TRANSLATING TECH THAT WORKS FAST AND SEAMLESSLY WILL BE A BIG FOCUS OF THE TECH INDUSTRY IN THE FUTURE.

THE AI ACCELERATED TRANSLATOR IS ALREADY BEING UPDATED WITH NEW FEATURES. THE AI WILL SOON LEARN HOW TO SPEAK MORE LANGUAGES AND IT’S IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF ITS TRANSLATIONS TOO.

AI TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO GOING TO HELP IMPROVE YOUR SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE FUTURE.

THE HONOR VIEW10 ALREADY USES ITS AI CHIPSET TO WORK OUT WHAT IT’S SHOOTING AND SWITCH MODES ACCORDINGLY, MEANING THE VIEW10 WILL KNOW IF YOU’RE POINTING THE REAR CAMERA AT YOUR CAT AND IT’LL THEN CHANGE THE SETTINGS TO TAKE THE BEST PHOTO IT CAN.

THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT AI CAN DO FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND IN THE FUTURE WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE SMARTPHONES GET EVEN BETTER AT PREDICTING WHAT WE’RE PHOTOGRAPHING AND USE THE CHIPSET’S INTELLIGENCE TO IMPROVE THE SHOT.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS SET TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING AREAS IN TECHNOLOGY OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND THE HONOR VIEW10 IS EMBRACING THE TECH BEFORE A LOT OF THE COMPETITION.

WHERE EXACTLY AI WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE US IS CURRENTLY UNCLEAR, BUT IT’S SURE TO MAKE THE PHONES IN OUR POCKETS MORE POWERFUL, SMARTER AND EVEN MORE PERSONALISED THAN EVER BEFORE.

THE HONOR VIEW10 PRICING STARTS AT £449.99.