Huawei Honor Note 10 : The $1500 Smart-Phone You Will Buy

In this article about Honor's upcoming Note 10, I have discussed:

• Huawei Honor Note 10 Overview
• Huawei Honor Note 10 Specifications
• Huawei Honor Note 10 Rolls Royce Edition Price & Release Date
• Huawei Honor Note 10 additional features and verdict

The Honor Note series was dead for a long time, last time Honor came up with Huawei Honor Note 8 back in 2016 and there were was no device in 2017. We thought the Honor Note series was dead until the successor to Honor Note 8, the Honor 10 was finally certified by TENAA in China. Thanks to the TENAA certification of the Honor Note 10, we have the complete specifications of the Huawei Note 10 with some leaked images of the Honor Note 10.

First, let's have a look at the specifications of the Huawei Honor Note 10. According to specifications of the Honor Note 10 which were confirmed by TENAA, The Honor Note 10 will feature a massive 6.95-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with 2220 x 1080 pixels screen resolution and features an 18.5:9 aspect ratio.

The 18.5:9 aspect ratio is seen among Samsung devices which they call "Infinity Display" and is the first time for Honor to feature an 18.5:9 aspect ratio panel. The display must be top notch as it comes with AMOLED technology which makes the colors punchy.

The Huawei Honor Note 10 features an un-named 2.4GHz Octa-Core Processor, TENAA listings doesn't confirm which processor will it be, but with a few hints of "2.4GHz Octa-Core", we can say it will be company's own Kirin 970 SoC, that is based on 10Nm technology and the good part of this SoC is that it features NPU (Neural Processing Unit) which helps in machine learning, AI etc.
The Huawei Honor Note 10 features up-to 8GB RAM and up-to 512GB Internal Storage.

Talking about camera department for the Honor Note 10, The Honor Note 10 comes with a dual-rear camera setup of 16 Megapixel primary lens with LED flash, f/1.8 aperture, phase detection auto-focus and a 24 Megapixel secondary lens with f/1.8 aperture. For the selfie lovers, Honor Note 10 features a 13 Megapixel front-facing camera.

Honor Note 10 features a 4,900 MaH massive battery and also supports fast charging technology.
The Huawei Honor Note 10 comes with the company's own custom UI called EMUI 8.2 out of the box running on Android 8.1 Oreo. EMUI is popular for AI features and further improving it via NPU on the Kirin 970 SoC used in Honor Note 10.

Talking about additional features & connectivity options for the Honor Note 10, Honor Note 10 comes with face unlock feature, a fingerprint scanner, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 LE, GPS, NFC and also features a USB Type C featuring fast charging. The Huawei Honor Note 10 will come in several colors including black, silver, red, yellow, blue & 2 gradient colors as seen in Huawei P20 Pro.

I was thinking that Note 10 will go against the Xiaomi Mi Max 3, as the Note 10 looks like providing high specifications for a heavy user but when I heard the pricing for Honor Note 10 Rolls Royce Edition, I was surprised! Honor has teamed up with Rolls Royce to present Huawei Honor Note 10 Rolls Royce Edition which comes up with a price tag of 9998 Yuan which roughly converts to $1500.

Now I don't think, Apple is overcharging but hey they are the ones to start with the $1000 smartphone trend. I know this is a Rolls Royce Edition which is costing a lot, but then what will be the pricing for the regular Huawei Note 10? No information is available for the pricing of the regular variant, though we will have to wait till July 31 that is the official launch date for the Huawei Honor Note 10.

The Huawei Honor Note 8 was released at a price tag of $345, and the upcoming Xiaomi Mi Max 3 is coming with a price tag of $252. And with the information above, it seems it is a high-end mobile and not a mid-range device. Earlier, some pictures were revealed for the Note 10 showing Note 10 playing PUBG mobile and a Nintendo Switch on the side, So it might seem like a heavy usage device instead of a camera device like the P20 Pro.

Huawei Honor Note 10 Playing PUBG Mobile. Source: Google

From the image above, there are very small bezels on the Huawei Honor Note 10 and the Nintendo Switch with big bezels looks like an old gadget. There were also rumors that the Honor Note 10 might get the newest Kirin 710 SoC but I think they will be pushing it to Kirin 970 SoC which is Huawei's high-end chipset and will come with Huawei GPU boost technology.

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