Honor is a brand that was started by Huawei to target its online customers and give them a brand that has multiple facets to the differently priced smartphones in the industry. Honor makes some of the most cost effective devices for its consumers and is able to maintain quality at the same time. The Honor Note 10 is one such smartphone device in the note series which is aptly priced in the mid price range segment for the specifications it offers. The Honor Note 10 is priced at around Rupees 30000 for its 6 GB variant and around 35000 for its 8 GB variant.
The Honor Note 10 has a 6.95 inches of AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and has a screen resolution of about 1080 x 2220 pixels with a pixel density of 355 ppi. The screen size is bigger then most devices on the Honor Note 10 and it can be placed in the tablet category. The colour reproduction is crisp and natural and there is good distinction between blacks and whites. The sunlight viewing angles are good and turning up the brightness helps in reading the display easily.
The cameras on the Honor devices are improving as they bring out new smartphones in the market. The Honor Note 10 has dual cameras in the rear, a 16 MP lens with an aperture size of f/1.8 and another 24 MP with an aperture size of f/1.8 and a depth sensor for those images with the bokeh effect. The front camera is a 13 MP lens with an aperture size of f/2.0. Pictures snapped from these cameras are good and you can see good detail in them. The selfie shots from the Honor Note 10 are good and you can easily share them on any social media platforms to your friends and followers.
The Honor Note 10 is powered by Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset with Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) processors and Mali-G72 MP12 graphics chipset. The device runs on the EMUI 8.2 skin overlaid on top of the Android v8.1 Oreo. The device has 6 GB RAM and 8 GB with 64 GB and 128 GB of internal storage with the ability to expand the memory up to 256 GB using a MicroSD card slot.
The Honor Note 10 has a 5000 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery and there is a 18W fast charger in the box. The device is able to sustain for a day and a half before running out of juice with average usage. It goes from 0-100 in about 2-3 hours.
The Honor Note 10 comes in Midnight Black and Phantom Blue color variants.
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Form factor |
CandyBar |
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Release Date |
August 2018 |
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Package Contents |
Handset, Charger, USB Cable, Warranty Card, Quick Start Guide, Eject tool, Protective Case |
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Price Group |
Budget Range (20000 - 40000) |
BODY
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Material |
Main body: Front/back glass, aluminum frame |
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Dimensions |
177 x 85 x 7.7 mm (6.97 x 3.35 x 0.30 in) |
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Weight |
230 g (8.11 oz) |
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SIM |
Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
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Screen size (Diagonal) |
6.95 inches |
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Colors |
Midnight Black, Phantom Blue |
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Keys |
Right - Lock/Unlock key, Volume control |
DISPLAY –
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Resolution |
1080 x 2220 pixels |
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Pixels per inch |
355 ppi |
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Technology |
AMOLED |
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Touch |
Capacitive, Multitouch |
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Features |
Sunlight display Night display Supports standard display Light sensor Proximity sensor Always-on display |
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Colors |
16 Million |
CAMERA –
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Primary(Rear) Camera(s) + Aperture Size Focus Flashlight |
16 MP, f/1.8 + 24 MP B/W, f/1.8 Autofocus LED flash, HDR, panorama |
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Features |
Digital zoom geo-tagging touch focus Face detection Smile detection |
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Video |
2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) |
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Video features |
Video Sharing Video calling |
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Secondary(Front) + Aperture Size Video |
13 MP, f/2.0 1080p@30fps |
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Features (Front Camera) |
Selfie countdown Face recognition Group shots Mirror |
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Shooting Modes |
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR) Panorama |
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Settings |
Exposure compensation ISO control White balance presets |
SOFTWARE, PERFORMANCE AND STORAGE –
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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OS |
Android 8.1 (Oreo) Skin - EMUI 8.2 |
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Chipset |
Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm) |
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Processor |
Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) |
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Graphics processor |
Mali-G72 MP12 |
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System memory |
6 GB RAM or 6/8 GB RAM |
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Internal memory |
64 GB or 128 GB |
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Card Slot |
microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) |
BATTERY
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Capacity |
5000 mAh |
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Type |
Not User replaceable, Li – Po |
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Fast Charge |
Fast battery charging 22.5W |
MULTIMEDIA
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Mirroring |
DLNA, Wireless screen share |
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Music player Filter by Features Supported formats |
Album, Artist, Genre, Playlists Album art cover, Background playback, MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A (Apple lossless), AMR, OGG, MIDI |
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Video Playback Supported Formats |
MPEG4, H.263, H.264 |
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Speakers |
Earpiece, Loudspeaker |
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Headphones connector |
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
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Radio |
Yes |
CELLULAR
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Technology |
GSM / HSPA / LTE |
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2G bands |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
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3G Network |
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
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4G Network |
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
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Data |
LTE, HSPA |
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No. of SIMs |
2 |
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Card Slots |
Nano SIM(GSM)+Nano SIM(GSM) |
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VoLTE |
Yes |
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EDGE |
Yes |
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GPRS |
Yes |
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Supports 4G in India (Band 40) |
Yes |
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IR port |
No |
PHONE FEATURES
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Sensors |
Fingerprint Sensor (Rear Mounted) Accelerometer Proximity Compass Ambient Light Sensor Gyroscope |
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Notifications |
Haptic feedback Music ringtones (MP3) Vibration, Flight mode Silent mode Speakerphone |
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Messaging |
SMS(threaded view) MMS |
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Browser |
HTML5 |
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IMAP, POP3, SMTP |
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Instant messaging |
Hangouts / Google Talk |
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Java |
No |
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Other features |
XviD/MP4/H.265 player MP3/WAV/eAAC+/ Document editor Voice dialing Voice commands Voice recording |
CONNECTIVITY –
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Factors |
Honor Note 10 |
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Bluetooth |
v4.2, A2DP, LE |
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Navigation |
Turn-by-turn navigation, Voice navigation |
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GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
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Infrared port |
Yes |
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Radio |
Yes |
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Wi-Fi |
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
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Wi-Fi Direct |
Yes |
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Mobile hotspot |
Yes |
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NFC |
Yes |
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USB Connector Features |
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Mass storage device, USB charging |
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Charging connector |
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
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Other |
Tethering Computer sync OTA sync |
PROS –
6.95 inch AMOLED display.
Average screen to body ratio that is approximately 81.5%.
355 ppi pixel density.
Good Neat design
Camera Pictures are Good.
5000mAh big battery.
CONS –
Low light camera pictures show noise and lack of detail.
Hybrid MicroSD slot.
EMUI 8.2 needs some improvements..
The Honor Note 10 is a good device that has some of the best features and specifications for the mid price range segment.
The cameras take good quality images. The colour reproduction is natural and crisp. The dual cameras take good images and you can see much detail and blacks in them.
The device has a 5000mAh battery that lasts you for almost a day and a half which is good and the fast charger of 22.5W helps in keeping it charged to 50% in just 40 minutes.
The device is suitably priced in the mid price range and is a premium built device from Xiaomi but it is a bit expensive and there are better phones on offer in the market.
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