Huawei launches high-end smartphones "P10" and "P10 Plus" equipped with three Leica lenses in Japan

Huawei Technologies Japan Co., Ltd. (Huawei Japan) will release high-end SIM lock-free smartphones "" and "Plus" on June 9th. The tax-excluded price is 65,800 yen for the former and 72,800 yen for the latter.

The successor model to the hit "P9" launched in 2016. A Leica brand double lens is mounted on the back of the main unit to improve the descriptive power of photos, but this time the front camera is also a new Leica brand, making it possible to take even more beautiful selfies. It is the first product in the world to be equipped with three Leica brand lenses.

The rear camera uses a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor and a 12-megapixel RGB sensor. With the improvement of the number of pixels, detailed rendering and wide color gradation are realized. It also has four types of high-speed autofocus and optical image stabilization. The lens is SUMMILUX-H (P10 Plus only, P10 is F2.2) with F1.8, and the optical characteristics such as aberration and flare were evaluated, and each lens was rigorously screened.

The display uses 5th generation Corning Gorilla Glass with a 2.5D curved surface that enhances the hold feeling. The bezel has a narrow frame of 1.35mm and a thin case with a thickness of 6.98mm. Some color models are body colors in collaboration with Pantone.

The main specifications of the P10 are Kirin 960 (Cortex-A73 2.4 GHz × 4 + Cortex-A53 1.8 GHz × 4) for CPU, 4 GB memory, 64 GB storage, 5.1 type IPS liquid crystal display compatible with 1,080 × 1,920 dot display, Install Android 7.0 on the OS.

P10 Plus is a model that changed the liquid crystal from the above to a 5.5-inch IPS that supports 1,440 x 2,560 dot display.

The interface is equipped with USB Type-C, IEEE 802.11ac compatible wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.2 + LE, NFC, etc. Positioning is GPS / AGPS / Glonass / Beidou / Galileo, sensors are acceleration, compass, gyro, ambient light, proximity, hall, fingerprint.

Supported bands are 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/9/12/17/19/20/26/28/29 for FDD-LTE and 38/39/40 for TD-LTE. /41 (2 or 3 carrier aggregation), 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 for WCDMA, 850/900/1,800/1,900 MHz for GSM.

The body size and weight are about 69.3 x 145.3 x 6.98 mm (width x depth x height) / about 145 g for P10 and about 74.2 x 6.98 x 153.5 mm (same) / about 165 g for P10 Plus. The P10 comes in four colors: Dazzling Blue, Prestige Gold, Mystic Silver, and Graphite Black, while the P10 Plus comes in two colors: Greenery and Dazzling Gold.

At the product launch held in Tokyo on the 6th, Huawei Japan Korea Region Device President Wu Bo gave a speech. The company's smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2017 increased by 21.6%, and the company's global market share reached 9.8%. He looked back on the successes of past products, citing the achievement of being in the top 10 of the overall ranking and the number one sales by manufacturer for the share of SIM lock-free smartphones in Japan for the past seven consecutive months. .

Based on that, he said that the introduction of the P10/P10 Plus/P10 Lite would have further momentum, and explained the reason for introducing the three models at once.

Only the Dazzling Blue of the P10 is available in 4 colors, and the back is hyper-diamond cut. The other models are sandblasted. Comparison with the P9 (left). The P10 and P9 have a common SUMMARIT H 2.2 lens, and the sense of size is also the same. The HUAWEI logo is gone, and the fingerprint sensor is on the left. A certain thinness does not change much Rear comparison Right side comparison P10 Plus lens is F1.8 and bright SoC is equipped with Kilin 960, memory is 4GB Power button has color Shipment volume in the first quarter increased by 21.6% BCN, which has a high share of the high-end smartphone market with global smartphone market share of over $500, domestic sales volume of Huawei smartphones increased by 88% in the same period of the previous year. According to GfK survey, Huawei's smartphone market share increased by 300% from January to May 2017 It is the first SIM lock-free smartphone to enter the overall ranking by model Achieved about 37% share in the SIM lock-free market Sales by manufacturer HUAWEI P9P10 and P10 Plus, both of which have achieved high customer satisfaction, were released at the same time. The hyper diamond cut backs of the P10 Dazzling Blue and P10 Plus Dazzling Gold, which are expected to bring Leica culture to the next generation Dazzling blue color Gorilla Glass 5 fingerprint sensor with 80% improved drop strength allows navigation with gestures The 6.98 mm thick housing realizes a large screen with no protruding camera lens High resolution liquid crystal display. At 500cd/m2, the color lineup P10 Plus with a contrast ratio of 1,500:1 P10 adopts the Leica brand SUMMILUX-H lens. P10 Plus is F1.8, P10 is 2.2 Portrait mode Analyzes the human face at 190 points and captures the features to achieve a shallow depth of field with a beautiful skin effect The front camera is also equipped with a Leica lens Kirin 960 processor Faster application startup by built-in machine learning Approximately 1 day of use is possible with 30 minutes of charging. The P10 can be driven for about 1.8 days, and the P10 Plus can be driven for about 2 days.