Honor X10 5G

$290.00
SKU: cell-OnePlus 8
Brand: Honor
Category: Mobiles
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CPU
Octa-Core
RAM
6/8 GB
Storage
64/128 GB
Display
LTPS IPS LCD 16M Colors
Camera
40 MP (Primary) triple setup
OS
Android 10, Magic UI 3.1

Our Rating

The overall rating is based on review by our experts

7.4 3.7 1

Design 8 / 10
Display 7 / 10
Camera 7 / 10
Multimedia 8 / 10
Features 7 / 10
Connectivity 7 / 10
Call Quality 8 / 10
Usability 8 / 10
Performance 7 / 10
Battery 7 / 10

We’ve heard and seen numerous hints and tips about what the Honor X10 5G will look and feel like and not to our surprise though since the device was officially announced yesterday, it seems as though we’ve seen almost everything it is about the device already.

First was the screen which featured a crispy 6.6-inch LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. Although I’m not entirely for IPS screens, those that always come with the Honor “X” devices are usually superb because they feature Full HD+ resolutions with millions of pixels to make up for the LCD technology. But with that said, the overall design specifications of the new Honor X10 5G is interesting for real and it maintains the “Honor” design aesthetics altogether.

Still on the design, the Honor X10 5G comes in a quad color option which includes Blue, Orange, Black, Silver. The camera module looks similar to the earlier released Honor 30s while the design of the back of the smartphone is really unique with a glossy finish. Protected by the company’s Aluminosilicate glass which is also on the front of the device protecting it’s large display while the side is built on Aluminum.

As for the camera system, it has a triple rear camera setup which consists of a 40 MP (wide angle) sensor, with f/1.8 aperture, 26mm, 1/1.7″, and PDAF, then a smaller 8 MP (ultrawide) sensor, with f/2.4 aperture, 17mm, 120˚ and last but not the least, another smaller 2 MP (depth) sensor, with f/2.4 aperture. The camera can record a nice 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS while the front facing camera is a motorized 16MP which had been consistent since the days of the Honor 8X. Being motorized makes it cool as it doesn’t disturb user’s experience due to notches or hole-punches.

Motorized cameras are one of my favorite until companies are able to eventually place smartphone cameras right beneath the displays of their devices, until then, motorized pop-up cameras are the best. But one issue with this is that it’s not really trendy with high-end premium flagship device with majority of them always incorporating the hole-punch camera instead just as we’ve seen in the latest OnePlus 8 series, Galaxy S20 series, Huawei P40 series and even Xiaomi’s Mi 10 series. The up and coming iPhone 12 is even thought to still be using notches so those aren’t going away anytime soon. But enjoy the diversity of the front-facing selfie camera placement.

But much like other Honor and Huawei devices, they will not be sold in the US and some other countries and officially, this isn’t a global release just yet. The device is expected to hit the store by May 26th which is next week so you can grab one for about US$270 (based on our presumed approximations).

Honor X10 5G - Specs

General

Device Type

Smart Phone
Model

TEL-TN00
Announced

20 May, 2020
Released

27 May, 2020
Status

Coming Soon
Price

US$270

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.

Bar
Dimensions

163.7 x 76.5 x 8.8 mm (6.44 x 3.01 x 0.35 in)
Weight

203 g (7.16 oz)
Protection

Glass front (Aluminosilicate glass) and aluminum frame
Colors

Blue, Orange, Black, Silver

Network

2G Network

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 / CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
3G Network

HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 18, 19, 26, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
5G Network

1, 3, 38, 41, 77, 78, 79, 80, 84 SA/NSA
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.

Nano SIM
Dual SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)

LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size

6.63 inches, 106.1 cm2 (~84.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution

1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.

16 Million colors
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.

397 PPI Density
Touch Screen

Yes, Multitouch
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.

Aluminosilicate glass
Features

90Hz refresh rate
Secondary Display

Not supported

Media

Audio Playback

Yes, MP3, MIDI, WAV, AMR
Video Playback

Yes
Video Out

Yes
FM Radio

No
Alert Types

Vibration, ringtones
Ring Tones

64, MP3, WAV
Loudspeaker

Yes, with stereo speakers
Handsfree

Yes, 3.5mm headphone jack

Camera

Number of Cameras

Triple Camera Setup
Primary Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.

40 MP (Triple)
Video

4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS
Camera Features

40 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.7", PDAF
8 MP, f/2.4, 17mm, 120˚ (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
LED flash, panorama, HDR
Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration)

LED flash
Secondary

Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.2, 24mm (wide), 1/3", 1.0µm

Software

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.

Android 10
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.

Magic UI 3.1
Google Play Service Google Play Services are licensed to smart devices to gain access to all the list of Google proprietary services such as GMail, Google Calendar, Google Assistant, YouTube and Google Play Store for Android-based devices
AI Assistant The Artificial Intelligence system supported by this device. AI as they're normally called can be useful integral of any modern device as they can help do common tasks such as reminders, emailing, messaging and so on and so forth

Third-Party AI Assistant aside Google Assistant should work fine
Facebook Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues. The site is available in 37 different languages.
Youtube Youtube is a popular free video-sharing website, Youtube is the largest video sharing site in the world, Millions of users around the world have created accounts on the site that allow them to upload videos that anyone can watch.

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming.

Kirin 820 5G (7nm)
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone.

Octa-core (1x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 3x2.22 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.84 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.

Mali-G57 (6-core)
RAM (Memory) RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.

8 GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.

64/128 GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.

NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices.

5.1, A2DP, LE
Infrared Infrared connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range.
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Wi-fi Hotspot
USB

2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
HDMI HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device.
Wireless Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.

Unsupported

Data

GPRS GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications (GSM), Generally, GPRS is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection.
EDGE EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) is a wireless network technology generally considered the next step in the 2G network offers data transfer rates up to four times faster than ordinary GSM networks, Generally, EDGE is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection.
Speed

HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat12 600/50 Mbps, 5G 2.3 Gbps DL
Web Browser Web Browser => a web browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web, including Web pages, images, video and other files, The primary function of a web browser is to render HTML, the code used to design or markup webpages.

Yes, HTML5

Messaging

SMS SMS (Short Messaging Service) is a text messaging service component of phone, Web, or mobile communication systems. It uses standardized communications protocols to allow mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages over the networks.

Yes
MMS MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content (audio clips, video clips and images) to and from mobile phones over wireless networks using the WAP protocol.
Email Email (Electronic Mail) is a system for receiving, sending, and storing electronic messages, Similar to a letter, email is text messages that may contain files, images, or other attachments sent via the internet to a recipient by using applications and software prograps. An email address is required to receive email, and that address is unique to the user.

Yes
IM IM (Instant Messaging) is an exchange of text messages through a software application, it enable you to create a kind of private chat room with another individual in order to communicate in real time over the Internet.

Yes

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.

Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions.

4300
Placement

Non-removable
Fast Charging New technology that enables modern smartphones to charge up within short amount of time usually done by the combination of powerful battery components and power adapters.

Fast charging 22.5W
Reverse Charging This is the ability of a wireless-chargeable smartphone to be used as a power-bank for other smartphones that also supports wireless charging by merely placing their backs towards one another

Supported