Honor X10 Launched With Kirin 820 SoC, Pop-Up Selfie Camera

Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has launched its latest smartphone named Honor X10. During an online event, Honor unveiled its midrange smartphone with flagship specifications and a low price tag.

Honor X10 overview

The Honor X10 has a 6.63-inch full-HD+ display with 1,080×2,400 pixels resolutions. It has a 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch sampling rate, 92 percent screen-to-body ratio, and comes with 397ppi pixel density. It comes with a pop-up selfie camera that provides a clean display.

Honor X10 houses a triple rear camera setup having 40 MP primary camera with f/1.8 aperture, an 8 MP ultrawide camera with f/2.4 aperture (120-degree of Field-of-View (FoV)), and 2 MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture. The rear cameras are aligned in a vertical module.

For selfies, this phone has a motorized pop-up 16 MP primary sensor with an f/2.2 aperture. In terms of videos, this smartphone can capture 4K videos at 30fps, 1080p videos at 30fps from the rear camera, and 1080p videos at 60fps from the selfie camera.

You would get a side-mounted fingerprint sensor in this phone. This smartphone measures 163.7 x 76.5 x 8.8 mm and weighs 203 grams. It comes with a whole new back panel design.

Honor X10 smartphone is powered by the octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 820 SoC, coupled with 6GB RAM or 8GB RAM. There is also an advanced GPU Turbo and Kirin Gaming+ 2.0 technology powered by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. It enhanced image processing and energy efficiency.

This smartphone runs on Magic UI 3.1 based on Android 10. You won’t get Google Play Services with this phone. It comes with preloaded AppGallery that is an alternative to the Google Play Store.

For connectivity, this includes include 5G, 4G LTE, USB Type-C port, 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, A-GPS, infrared (IR) blaster, and more.

Honor X10 is backed by a 4,300 mAh battery that also supports standard charging up to 22.5 W.

Honor X10 full specification

NETWORK

Technology

GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G

LAUNCH

Announced

2020, May 20

Status

Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, May 26

BODY

Dimensions

163.7 x 76.5 x 8.8 mm (6.44 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)

Weight

203 g (7.16 oz)

Build

Glass front (Aluminosilicate glass)

SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY

Type

LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size

6.63 inches, 106.1 cm2 (~84.7% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution

1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~397 ppi density)

Protection

Aluminosilicate glass

 

90Hz refresh rate

PLATFORM

OS

Android 10, Magic UI 3.1, no Google Play Services

Chipset

Kirin 820 5G (7nm)

CPU

Octa-core (1×2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 3×2.22 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.84 GHz Cortex-A55)

GPU

Mali-G57 (6-core)

MEMORY

Card slot

NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)

Internal

64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM

MAIN CAMERA

Triple

40 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.7″, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.4, 17mm, 120˚ (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)

Features

LED flash, panorama, HDR

Video

4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS

SELFIE CAMERA

Single

Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.2, 24mm (wide), 1/3″, 1.0µm

Features

HDR

Video

1080p@30fps

SOUND

Loudspeaker

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes

COMMS

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Bluetooth

5.1, A2DP, LE

GPS

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

Radio

No

USB

2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

BATTERY

 

Non-removable Li-Po 4300 mAh battery

Charging

Fast charging 22.5W
Reverse charging

MISC

Colors

Probing Black, Lightspeed Silver, Racing Blue

Models

TEL-TN00

Price

About 250 EUR

The Honor X10 is available in three variants. The 6GB + 64GB model is priced at CNY 1,899 (roughly Rs. 20,200), the 6GB + 128GB configuration is priced at CNY 2,199 (roughly Rs. 23,400), and the 8GB + 128GB variant is priced at CNY 2,399 (roughly Rs. 25,500). The internal storage can be expanded via NM card up to 256GB.

The phone is available in Sapphire Blue, Midnight Black, and Titanium Silver color options.

This smartphone is now available for purchase and will go on sale starting May 26. There is no official announcement on international availability.

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