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Huawei is set to reveal its flagship phone The Honor 10 in Karachi’s Dolmen mall today. In the bright and blue camera marvel, Huawei brings to life the concept of ‘Beauty in AI,’ and reveals two major technologies to consumers.
The first is the advanced AI 2.0 technology, applied to the smart phone’s dual-lens camera, whereas the second is the phone’s CMF (Color, Manufacturing, Finish) design; a 3D glass back with a nano-scale optical coating composed of 15 layers of shimmering color.
The Honor 10 is priced at PKR 55,999 online and is available with most smart phone retailers nationwide. Honor has suddenly carved out a niche for itself in the budget space with the Honor 7x and 9 lite. You’ll also find some previous flagships from Apple, Samsung and LG jostling for attention in the same space.
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At this segment, you are faced with demanding users, meaning the phone has to up its game. To start with, the Honor 10 has what they call the Aurora Glass design. Here are some other key features of the Honor 10, discussed in reviews all over the phone-world:
- AI 2.0 camera with 24MP + 16MP rear camera
Honor 10 24MP+16MP dual-lens AI camera was developed and supported by the NPU processor in the AI chipset with built-in NPU. This means the phone recognizes 500+ scenarios in 22 categories in real-time. It can pinpoint the outlines of various surrounding objects, like the sky, plants, people or even a waterfall, and identify their locations instantly.
This feature is supported by the industry-first Semantic Image Segmentation technology, which allows Honor 10 to identify multiple objects in one single image. These Honor 10 features apply scene-specific parameters to each photo in real-time when taking a picture, making every photo you take a professional shot with just one click.
- 24MP front camera
Honor 10’s 24MP front camera is an intelligent selfie companion. It supports 3D face recognition, optimizes facial details and detects over a hundred facial points to pixel-level accuracy.
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Honor 10’s front camera also supports studio lighting effects with a range of lighting conditions. The advanced and precise facial recognition ensures an accurate wide aperture, and captures subtle features of everyone’s face, even in a ‘groufie’ shot.
- Avant-garde design – Aurora glass, radiance from every angle
Honor 10’s glass design is made with 15 layers of 3D glass on the back, assisting the design in revealing colorful radiance from every angle, in natural light and shade.
- Colors designed by The Paris Aesthetics Center
Immersed in art history and the digital world, Honor 10 brings a combination of colors to consumers – the Phantom Blue and Phantom Green. These colors were created at The Paris Aesthetics Center.
- Honor Full-View and Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor under the glass
Honor 10 embodies front-placing ultrasonic fingerprint sensor under the glass, which is a first-of-its-kind technology. A 5.84-inch Full-View FHD+ screen with a 19:9 bezel-less display and 86% screen-to-body ratio are also part of the package.
- Upgraded and intimate experience
The 4GB RAM and 128GB ROM storage gives sufficient space to stock exciting moments recorded in galleries, apps and files. Honor 10 also comes with Honor Super Charge 5V/4.5A with the 3,400 mAh (typical value) battery, which can recharge 50% of the power within 25 minutes.