Mastering Monochrome

Tanvi Dhulia tests the Honor View 10 to find out whether the mid-range flagship can rival its competitors.

- Tanvi Dhulia

Huawei first drew attention for its dual lens set-up in 2016 with the P9. While it wasn’t the first cellphone to feature two sensors at the rear (dual lens phones first appeared back in 2011), it piqued everyone’s interest with one camera housing a conventional RGB sensor and the other a solely monochrome one. This, the company said, was done to help create pictures of a higher quality, especially in low light conditions.

What’s in the Phone

The Honor View 10 carries forward the same philosophy. It features a 20MP monochrome sensor along with a 16MP RGB one on the rear, both with f/1.8 aperture. It also has a 13MP camera on the front. It sports a 5.99inch Full View FHD+ 18:9 display, and comes with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, which is expandable up to 256GB.

Perhaps most interestingly, the View 10 is powered by the advanced Kirin 970 AI Processor, as was seen in the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro. It is currently one of the highest-end processors on the market. It’s Neural Processing Unit (NPU) is meant to enable “deep learning based on user behaviour.” Huawei also claims that it will help ensure its devices don’t slow down over time.