Honor V10 to start selling from 8 January onwards for Rs 29,999 exclusively on Amazon India

Huawei's subbrand Honor is all set to launch the Honor V10 or Honor View 10 on 8 January midnight onwards at a price of Rs 29,999 exclusively on Amazon India. The most heavily advertised feature of this smartphone is its AI capabilities, courtesy of the HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset.

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Despite the AI claims, when we reviewed the device we concluded that the phone is "A solid offering from Huawei that doesn't yet capitalise on its AI-focused internals." You can check out our full review here. The Honor V10 has a 5.99-inch, 18:9 aspect ratio, edge-to-edge display which is slightly bigger than that on the Honor 9i.

As mentioned earlier, the phone is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC alongside 6 GB RAM and 128 GB of internal storage, which can be expanded via a micro-SD card to 256 GB. The phone will run on the latest Android Oreo alongside EMUI 8.0.

The phone will run on the latest Android Oreo alongside EMUI 8.0. In terms of optics, the phone has dual rear cameras and a single front-facing camera. The rear dual camera setup consists of a 16 MP RGB sensor and a 20 MP monochrome sensor.

It comes with an f/1.8 aperture lens and an LED flash. Apart from this, it also packs 4K recording capabilities. The front camera has a 13 MP sensor with an f/2.0 aperture. It comes with an AI selfie portrait mode and also a face unlock system.

In terms of connectivity, the phone offers hybrid dual SIM slots which are nano SIM+nano SIM/microSD, NFC, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Type-C USB port and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The phone is available in Navy Blue, Midnight Black, Beach Gold, Aurora Blue and Charm Red colour options.