Sunday, February 26, 2017

Huawei P10, P10 Plus with Leica-branded dual rear cameras, 4.5G LTE support, launched at MWC 2017: Price, specifications, features


After months of anticipation filled with numerous leaks and rumors, Huawei has finally unveiled the P10 and P10 Plus smartphones. The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus smartphones come with Leica-engineered cameras, just like the last year’s Huawei P9 smartphone. The P10 series also comes with several improved features as compared to the predecessors. One of the notable additions is 4.5G LTE support featuring 4 antennas and is claimed to deliver 2X faster download speeds.

Huawei has also focused on the design element for the P10 and P10 Plus smartphones. The smartphones feature a ‘Hyper Diamond-cut’ finishing which the company says prevents fingerprint marks, scratches, and also makes the smartphone non slippery. Huawei has gone bold with the different color options for the smartphone as it is available in eight different colors — Dazzling Gold, Prestige Gold, Ceramic White, Rose Gold, Graphite Black, Mystique Silver, Greenery and Dazzling Blue. Huawei has partnered with Pantone Color Institute for the Green and Blue color variants of the P10, P10 Plus smartphones.

The smartphones, as rumored before, come with a physical Home button. Huawei has integrated an under-glass fingerprint scanner similar to the Xiaomi Mi 5s. While the Huawei P9 came with fingerprint sensor on the back, the sensor on the P10 has been moved to the front. 

Huawei P10, P10 Plus Camera

Huawei had a made a great deal about the Leica-branded camera in the last year’s Huawei P9. Though the camera performance of the smartphone was widely praised. Unsurprisingly, the Leica-branding has been retained on the P10 and P10 Plus smartphones.This time around, Huawei has taken things up a notch by making the front camera lens Leica engineered as well.

Both the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus smartphones come with a pair of 20-megapixel Monochrome and 12-megapixel RGB sensors on the rear end. The rear camera on the Huawei P10 comes with f/2.2 aperture whereas the P10 Plus has f/1.8 aperture. Common camera features include Huawei Hybrid Zoom (2x), 4-in-1 Hybrid Auto-Focus, and Natural Bokeh Effect.

Huawei P10 and P10 Plus rear cameras also come with the Pro mode which allows users to control elements like ISO and Shutter Speed among other things. The cameras also come with a ‘Macro Photography’ feature which the company says can click images of objects which aren’t clearly visible with the naked eye. For videography, the cameras come with 4K video recording capability and also compression up to 50 percent.

Up front, the smartphones house an 8-megapixel selfie camera with f/1.9 aperture. With the addition of Leica engineering, the smartphone comes with Leica Style Portraiture which uses the technology of 3D facial recognition and Studio Portrait Lighting effect.

Huawei P10, P10 Plus specifications

The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus smartphones come with a similar set of specifications but with a few differences. The Huawei P10 flaunts a 5.1-inch full HD LCD display whereas the Huawei P10 Plus comes with a bigger 5.5-inch Hi-Res Display. The Huawei P10 Plus comes with 2.5D Curved Glass and Gorilla Glass protection. Under the hood of the smartphones, runs an octa-core Kirin 960 processor paired with Mali-G71MP8. In terms of RAM and storage, the P10 smartphone comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage. The P10 Plus on the other hand comes in two variants – 4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage and 6GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage.

The P10 smartphone is powered by a 3,200mAh battery and the P10 Plus is powered by a bigger 3,750mAh battery. Huawei says that the batteries for the P10 and P10 Plus smartphones come with super facing charging technology. The company claims that the 30 minutes of charging equals to a day’s usage of the smartphone.

The smartphones offer connectivity options like dual-SIM support, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/nac, USB Type-C support, and Bluetooth 4.2. On the software front, the P10 and P10 Plus both run on Android 7.1 Nougat with EMUI 5.1.


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