Samsung recently launched the Galaxy A20 in the Russian market and is not available in any global markets. Following the footsteps, Huawei’s sub-brand Honor also launched the Honor 10i for the Russian market.
The Honor 10i is a mid-range smartphone that is almost identical to the original Honor 10 Lite but comes with additional camera hence it boasts a triple camera setup on the rear panel. The front selfie camera is also upgrade from the Honor 10 Lite’s 24 MP to the 32 MP on the Honor 10i.
The Honor 10i comes with a 6.21 inch 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~415 ppi density) with 83.1% screen-to-body ratio display.
It is powered by a Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm), Octa-core (4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) processor.
The device comes with 4 GB of RAM coupled with 128 GB of internal storage and can be further expanded to 512 GB using microSD card slot but in this case utilizes the SIM 2 slot.
In the camera department , the Honor 10i comes with triple camera setup on the rear panel with 24 MP, f/1.8 followed by a 8 MP, f/2.2 ultra-wide sensor and a 2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor. It has a LED flash and can shoot panorama with HDR.
The front selfie camera on the Honor 10i comes with 32 MP f/2.0 AI-powered snapper with HDR capability and can shoot 1080p videos at 30fps.
Honor has also included NFC, Face Unlock support, additionally the device comes with fingerprint sensor located on the rear panel.
The device has a Li-Po 3400 mAh battery and runs on EMUI 9 on top of the Android Pie 9.0 operating system.
The phone will be offered in three colour options. The Red and Blue variants will come with the 3D gradient finish on the back, whereas the Black will have a 3D finish without any gradient.
Among other specifications, the phone features 4G VoLTE support, a 3,400mAh battery, a rear fingerprint sensor, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
The price for the Russian market hasn’t been announced yet, but local media expects the Honor 10i to cost at least RUB 19,990 – which means approximately $310 or €274. Hopefully the phone will be unveiled in more places soon, so we’ll have official info on this as well.
Honor 10i Specification
- Display: 6.21 in, IPS, 1080 x 2340 pixels, 24 bit
- SoC: Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 710
- CPU: 4x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A73, 4x 1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A53, Cores: 8
- GPU: ARM Mali-G51 MP4, 1000 MHz, Cores: 4
- RAM: 4 GB
- Storage: 128 GB
- Memory cards: microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC
- Rear- Camera: 24 MP, f/1.8, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
- Selfie-Camera: 32 MP, f/2.0
- SIM card: Nano-SIM, Nano-SIM / microSD
- Wi-Fi: a, b, g, n, n 5GHz, ac, Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
- USB: 2.0, Micro USB
- Bluetooth: 4.2
- Positioning: GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
- Dimensions: 73.64 x 154.8 x 7.95 mm
- Weight: 164 g
- Battery: 3400 mAh, Li-Polymer
- OS: Android 9.0 Pie
