Honor launches "your first AI phone": the Honor View 10

It was back in December of 2017 when Honor first unveiled the View 10 — a smartphone with its own dedicated AI chip (Neural Processing Unit), which offloads AI-specific tasks from the main CPU unit. Now, at CES 2018, Honor took the time at its event to celebrate the launch of the View 10.

So, let's recap.

What is the Honor View 10?

A high-tier phone with a 5.9-inch display with an aspect ratio of 18:9, which means that it's an elongated display. A homebrewed HiSilicon Kirin 970 octa-core processor built on a 10 nm process beats with a frequency of 2360 Mhz and 6 GB of RAM takes care of the background tasks. There is a generous storage of 128 GB and an even more generous battery of 3,750 mAh.

All of this is dressed in a premium metal shell with super-thin bezels, of course. The back, you will notice, sports a dual camera — a 16 MP main sensor and a 20 MP assistive one — for all the fancy camera effects you can imagine.

OK, we've seen great hardware before. What is this AI thing that makes the View 10 so special?

The Neural Processing Unit (NPU) is the main selling point of the View 10. But what does it do? Honor put heavy emphasis on how quick the phone is to detect different scenes for the Camera's auto settings. The View 10 can pick out 13 distinct scenes — snowy, nature, pets, selfies, portrait, text scans et cetera. It is continuously scanning what you are looking at in order to pick the best settings. In fact, the frequency of the scanning process is pretty impressive — 33 times per second. This means that almost every half a second the phone checks your current scene against its exposure, color temperature, and shutter settings.

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