Review: Unboxing the new Honor 10
You must have heard that old Bollywood saying that Mithun Chowkarborty was the poor man’s Amitabh Bachchan. Similarly, the Datsun 510 and Corolla KE70 were called the poor man’s BMW back in the day.
Today, however, I don’t think this is true, as more and more people choose value for money over luxury. You can’t call the newer fully loaded Toyota Corolla as a poor man’s BMW, because it has its own value for money.
Similarly, the new Honor 10 is not a poor man’s iPhone X. First, it costs around Rs55,999 which by no means is cheap, and secondly, it really is a damn good phone with all the flagship features doing the rounds these days.
Honor 10: First impression
As soon as I opened the box, I was pleasantly surprised: the Honor 10 looks great, thanks to its 'aurora' glass body which changes colours as you move it around and view it at different angles.
The phone also feels fantastic in my hand. I love the size of it - just the right dimensions, so your thumb can reach the furthest corners of the phone with little effort. The best part is that it doesn’t slip as you’re swiping here and there on the screen with your thumb.
It is an all-glass smartphone with the exception of its polished metal frame, and there is a really nice contrast between the blue metal frame and the blue glass back.
Camera
The Honor 10 has a dual camera setup: a regular RGB camera with a high-res monochrome camera. The colour camera has 16MP, while the monochrome imager has 24MP, each fitted with a f/1.8 lens.
The key feature is its AI technology - according to Honor, the camera can recognise 22 different categories of subjects and more than 500 scenarios, and adjusts shooting parameters accordingly.
Another colleague of mine who saw me with the phone told me that the AI interferes and enhances the images a little too much, so much so that they feel over-saturated. I don't particularly agree. Here are some pictures taken by the phone in different kinds of lighting: