Not just another 10
> The Honor View 10 works just as well as any top-of-the-line phone in the market today, all at a lower price tag
camera on the View 10 is a dualcamera system that is made up of a 16MP (RGB) and a 20MP (monochrome) image sensor with an f1.8 aperture.
The front-facing camera is a 13MP sensor with an f2.0 aperture.
According to Honor, the cameras are paired with artificial intelligence that can identify the subject and adjust its settings accordingly.
For example, it will recognise that you are taking a picture of your pet, and increase the shutter speed so you can catch a sharp image of those restless furballs.
However, a big point of contention against the View 10 or any phone running EMUI, Huawei’s proprietary user interface, is the software.
Some people like it, some people do not.
The Honor View 10 runs the Android 8.0 Oreo version of the EMUI, known as EMUI 8. The interface has matured a lot through its many iterations.
Personally, EMUI’s little quirks do not bother me, but it just feels like it is not as mature as it should be.
It has an app drawer that is not on by default. It drops subtle hints here and there about how it is improving its performance, and it has some annoying bloatware.
Thankfully these can be uninstalled easily.
On the other hand, there are a lot of things that the EMUI does well.
For example, there is the Navigation dock, which is a floating dot that replaces the functionality of the navigation buttons; and knuckle gestures, which lets you do things like split screen using a gesture drawn with your knuckle.
And it can run App Twin, creating a second copy of a social app.
It is also worth noting that the View 10 has an audio port.
Finally, the View 10’s battery life is impressive. Even with a full-day of assignments, taking pictures and videos, posting on social media, and writing stories, I ended my day with a comfortable margin of battery life left to spare.
Nevertheless, after covering an event at a water theme park, I wish that the View 10 had an IP rating.
The Honor View 10 is now available at Honor stores and authorised dealers, or online at VMall, in navy blue or midnight black, for RM2,099.
For more, visit the Honor Malaysia website.