Huawei Honor View 10 hands-on, first impressions

The Huawei Honor View 10 was originally announced in China back in November as the Honor V10. It’s called Honor View 10 in the US and Europe.

The Honor View 10 combines the design touches of the P10 Plus and Nova 2i with the hardware of the Mate 10. The result is a simple yet nice looking smartphone that’s as powerful as Huawei’s flagship devices.

In a way, the Honor View 10 represents the premium mid-range line-up of Huawei, just below the flagship P-series. This is also evident in the hardware configuration and the pricing. What’s missing with the Honor View 10 is the Leica co-branded cameras although the configuration of the dual rear camera is almost identical (RGB+monochrome).

The size of the Honor View 10 is almost similar to that of the Nova 2i — it’s slightly thinner (7mm vs 7.5mm) but a bit heavier (172g vs 164g). The display size is pretty close as well (5.99″ vs 5.9″). The screen-to-body ratio is higher on the View 10 (78.6% vs. 76.5%) despite the placement of the fingerprint scanner at the front instead of the back.

Huawei does not normally release the Honor series in SEA, especially in the Philippines but we might see the same model in a different Huawei name. Otherwise, some local online reseller might just bring them in, albeit unofficially.

Watch our video hands-on below for more:

Huawei Honor View 10 specs:
5.99-inch full HD+ LTPS IPS LCD display @ 2160 x 1080 pixels
2.5D Glass
HiSilicon Kirin 970 64-bit octa-core processor
4 x Cortex-A73 2.4GHz+ 4 x Cortex-A53 1.8 GHz
Mali-G72 MP12 GPU
4GB/6GB RAM
64GB/128GB internal storage
Up to 256GB via microSD card (via SIM2)
WiFi 802.11b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.2
NFC
GPS (Beidu)
20MP monochrome + 16MP RGB f/1.8 phase detection & laser autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
13MP f/2.0 front-facing camera
Fingerprint scanner
Dual nano-SIM (hybrid)
Android 8.0 Oreo (EMUI 8.0)
3,750mAh Li-Po battery
Aurora Blue, Red, Gold, Black

The Honor View 10 (Honor V10) is priced at CNY2,699PHP 21,756USD 371INR 31,424EUR 353 (~Php20,578.4USD 351INR 29,728EUR 334CNY 2,554) for the 4GB RAM/64GB ROM variant, while the 6GB RAM/64GB ROM variant is priced at CNY2,999PHP 24,175USD 412INR 34,917EUR 392 (~Php22,865.74USD 390INR 33,032EUR 371CNY 2,838). The 6GB RAM/ 128GB variant is priced at CNY3,499PHP 28,205USD 481INR 40,738EUR 458 (~Php26,677.97USD 455INR 38,539EUR 433CNY 3,311).

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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2 Comments

amar says:

7 years ago

so it looks a good device for all who want to go with honor. Honor view 10 has some decent features and the camera of it is also good under different conditions.
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Nathalie says:

7 years ago

WILL this launch in the philippines???
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