Huawei has finally launched two new smartphones, the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus, leaked extensively over the last few weeks. Both of these seem like refined versions of the Huawei P9, and offer incrementally improved, Leica-certified dual-camera setups on the rear. There is also a new chipset powering the two new smartphones - Huawei's custom-fabricated Kirin 960 SoC. Apart from the two phones, the company also launched the new Huawei Watch 2. Here's looking at everything that you need to know about the latest from Huawei.
Here is a look at the specifications of the two phones:
Huawei P10 Plus
Display: 5.5-inch, 2560 x 1440p
SoC: HiSilicon Kirin 960
RAM: 4GB / 6GB
Storage: 64GB / 128GB
Rear Camera: 20MP + 12MP
Front Camera: 8MP
Battery: 3750 mAh
OS: Android 7.0 Nougat
Huawei P10
Display: 5.1-inch, 1920 x 1080p
SoC: HiSilicon Kirin 960
RAM: 4GB
Storage: 64GB
Rear Camera: 20MP + 12MP
Front Camera: 8MP
Battery: 3200 mAh
OS: Android 7.0 Nougat
While the P10 has a rather modest 1080p display, the Huawei P10 Plus uses a richer, 2K resolution display that is also bigger in size. Pixel densities stand at 432ppi for the Huawei P10, and 534ppi for the P10 Plus.
The IPS-NEO LCD display on the P10 Plus has 2.5D curved glass on top and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 screen protection, with 73.2% screen-to-body percentage.
The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus feature metal unibody designs and measure 7mm in thickness. The phone are also available in a number of colours (Huawei partnered with Pantone to come up with two new and radically different ones). The design, especially the minimalised antenna bands, particularly resemble Apple's iPhone 7.
The home button has an integrated fingerprint scanner under the glass, and functions as the back button as well.
Both the phones are powered by Huawei's custom Kirin 960 SoC. This is a new octa-core chip, and Huawei claims to use machine learning to optimise processes. Both devices can shoot 4K videos with H.265 codec, to help save space.
The dual-camera setup is still centerpiece, using upgraded Leica SUMMILUX lenses, a new 20MP monochrome sensor and a new 12MP RGB sensor. It also gets laser-assisted autofocus, and a new camera app.
Both phones use an 8MP camera at the front, which is also certified by Leica now.
The Huawei P10 Plus has a 3750mAh battery, and the P10 has a 3200mAh battery. Both support Huawei’s SuperCharge technology.
Both phones are water resistant, and will support 4G LTE. The Huawei P10 with 64GB storage is priced at EUR 649 (approx. Rs. 46,700). The P10 Plus 64GB and the 128GB variants are priced at EUR 699 (approx. Rs. 49,200) and EUR 799 (approx. Rs. 56,200) respectively.
Apart from the two phones, Huawei announced its new smartwatches, called the Watch 2 and Watch 2 Classic. Both of these run on Android Wear 2.0.
Both the smartwatches support built-in GPS, a heart rate sensor, are IP68 water resistant, and incorporate a new training coach app.