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Camera
As for the Honor 10's cameras, it sports one 16MP RGB sensor with a f/1.8 aperture, and another 24MP monochrome sensor which also has a f/1.8 lens.
The big feature, however, is the so called AI camera technology. In the Honor 10's camera app, there is an ‘AI' button on screen which you can toggle on or off to enable or disable the AI features. If you're curious, the AI can recognise 22 different scenes/environments/objects and adjusts image parameters accordingly. For instance, if the AI detects a person, it will automatically use portrait mode and blur the background.
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This is similar to what we have seen from the P20 Pro and Mate 10 Pro, however the difference is the AI with the Honor 10 works with every image – whether a scene has been recognised or not. Essentially, the AI toggle – if one of the 22 scenes has not been recognised – will result in the contrast, saturation and shadows being boosted a fair bit compared the original image.
This is all done via software, and in essence it boils down to some optional extra post-processing to make your photos ‘pop' a bit more. It doesn't always work – it can frequently make photos look over-saturated or over-sharpened – but in some situations, the photo with AI enabled does look better.
Fortunately, if you shoot with the AI toggle on, you can actually disable the extra processing after the photo has been taken – when you are viewing the photo, the same AI toggle appears in the top right-hand corner and that lets you turn the enhancements on or off, even once the photo has been taken.
That is the main feature of the Honor 10's camera, but there are also plenty of other modes – including aperture, portrait and pro mode – that we have seen before with the P20 Pro.
On the whole, image quality is very decent considering the price of the phone. Sure, compared to the likes of the Pixel 2 and P20 Pro images don't look as clean or as well exposed, but for a £399 device the photos are generally quite sharp and are easy on the eye. I am certain trendy young Instagrammers will love the AI features, too.
Battery
The last area to touch upon is battery life. Honor has fitted the phone with a 3400mAh battery cell, which is probably about average for a smartphone in 2018.
Unlike the Mate 10 Pro and P20 Pro – which can both last a full two days on a single charge – I found the Honor 10 gives around a full day's use, but not more. Heavy users will likely get less than a full day, but for most people one day from a full charge should be achievable. In that sense, battery performance is fine but nothing special.
There is support for Huawei's SuperCharge technology, though, using the including charger and USB cable. According to my testing, this gives a 66% charge (from 0%) after 30 minutes, which is really very impressive and is great if you need to quickly top up before heading out.
