Honor V10 With 5.99-Inch 18:9 Display, Dual Camera Setup Launched: Price, Specifications

Huawei Terminal brand Honor on Tuesday unveiled the Honor V10smart phone, the company's latest flagship-level offering complete with the top-end HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC that's seen on the Huawei Mate 10and is complete with a neural processing unit (NPU) for AI and machine learning related functions. Other highlights of the Honor V10 include a dual rear camera setup and a bezel-less 5.99-inch 'FullView' display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The smartphone has been launched in China, but will be launched globally on December 5 at an event in London where the company will also launch the Honor 7X for India.

Honor V10 has been launched in three RAM and storage variants. The 4GB RAM/ 64GB variant is priced at CNY 2,699 (roughly Rs. 26,400), 6GB RAM/ 64GB variant is priced at CNY 2,999 (roughly Rs. 29,300), and the 6GB RAM/ 128GB variant is priced at CNY 3,499 (roughly Rs. 34,200). The smartphone is already up for pre-orders on Vmall.com, JD.com, Tmall.com, Suning.com, and Gome.com, and will go on sale from December 

The dual-SIM (Nano) Honor V10 runs EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8.0. The smartphone bears a 5.99-inch full-HD+ (1080x2160 pixels) IPS LCD display with a pixel density of 403ppi and a 18:9 aspect ratio. It runs on HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC with four Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.36GHz, four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.8GHz, and an i7 coprocessor, coupled with up to 6GB of RAM.

The rear camera setup on the smartphone sports two sensors - one 16-megapixel RGB sensor and the other a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor, complete with an f/1.8 aperture, PDAF, dual-LED flash. The Honor V10 bears a 13-megapixel sensor with an f/2.0 aperture. Inbuilt storage on the smartphone is either 64GB or 128GB, which can be expanded via microSD card (up to 256GB) in a hybrid dual-SIM configuration.

Connectivity options on the Honor V10 include 4G VoLTE, dual-band (2.4GHz + 5GHz) Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v4.2, Infrared, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC, USB Type-C (2.0), and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, and a proximity sensor. It bears a fingerprint sensor on the home button. It measures 157x74.98x6.97mm and weighs 172 grams. The smartphone is powered by a 3750mAh battery that's rated to deliver up to 23 hours of talk-time on 3G, and 22 days of standby time with - it is complete with 5V/ 4.5A fast charging support.

• Honor V10 price starts at CNY 2,699 for its 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant