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Our quick take
Honor 10 - 4.5 / 5
Design
- 3D glass back, built from 15 layers of glass to reflect light with two-tone colour designs UK colours: Phantom Blue, Glacier Grey (TBC: Phantom Green and Midnight Black) Under-glass front-facing ultrasonic fingerprint scanner Built-in 3.5mm headphone jack 149.6 x 71.2 x 7.7mm; 153g
Screen
5.84-inch IPS LCD screen Full HD+ resolution (1080 x 2280 pixels) 19:9 aspect ratio, ’notch’ to top edge (can be software hidden)
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Performance & battery life
HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor (4x 2.4GHz, 4x 1.8GHz), 4GB RAM 3,400mAh battery capacity, USB-C fast-charging 128GB storage (no microSD), dual SIM slots EMUI 8.1 re-skin over Android 8.1 Oreo
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Cameras
- Dual rear cameras for standard and depth-effect Portrait photography Phase-detection autofocus for rear cameras 24MP monochrome sensor with f/1.8 aperture 16MP colour sensor with f/1.8 aperture 24MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture 4K at 30fps video maximum
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To recap
The Honor 10 offers heaps for its asking price, cementing its position as one of the affordable flagship phones available. Only a sub-par fingerprint scanner, divisive screen notch and some software/battery quirks hold back this great-looking slab of phone from perfection.
