Equipped with a new generation Leica camera, 8 color variations- "HUAWEI P10 / P10 Plus" announced: Mobile World Congress 2017

Equipped with a new generation Leica camera, 8 color variations- "HUAWEI P10 / P10 Plus" announced: Mobile World Congress 2017

Huawei announced the new smartphone models "HUAWEI P10" and "HUAWEI P10 Plus" at the "Mobile World Congress 2017" to be held in Barcelona, ​​Spain on February 26 (local time).

"HUAWEI P10 / P10 Plus" HUAWEI P10 HUAWEI P10 Plus

Eight body colors are available: Ceramic White, Graphite Black, Mystic Silver, Rose Gold, Prestige Gold, Greenery, Dazzling Blue, and Dazzling Gold. Greenery and Dazzling Blue are realized in collaboration with PANTONE, a color sample book. A theme screen that matches each body color is also prepared.

Greenery in collaboration with Ceramic White PANTONE (photo = left) and Dazzling Blue (photo = right) Built-in themes that match each color

The P10 is equipped with a 5.1-inch full HD (1080 x 1920 pixels) display, and the P10 Plus is equipped with a 5.5-inch 2K (1440 x 2560 pixels) display. Both have realized a slim body with no protrusion of the camera lens, and the thickness is 6.98 mm in common. Tempered glass "Corning Gorilla Glass 5" is used for the 2.5D curved display. By adopting a physical key for the home button, the display area of ​​the screen is improved. The fingerprint sensor has been moved from the conventional back to the home button, resulting in a cleaner design. P10 Plus is also waterproof and dustproof.

P10 Plus supports 2K display and waterproof

Like the P9 and Mate 9, the camera is equipped with a dual camera jointly developed with Leica, and consists of a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor and a 12-megapixel RGB sensor. The P10 is equipped with an F2.2 lens and is called "Leica Dual-Camera 2.0", and the P10 Plus is equipped with an F1.8 "Leica SUMMILUX-H Lens" and is called "Leica Dual-Camera 2.0 Pro Edition". I call it.

"Leica Dual-Camera 2.0 Pro Edition" is installed in P10 Plus

Optical image stabilization, hybrid zoom up to 2x by combining two lenses (equivalent to 2x optical zoom), 4 AFs ("Laser AF", "Depth focus", "Contrast focus", "Image plane phase difference focus") To support. Movies can be shot up to 4K size.

新世代のライカカメラを搭載、8色のカラバリ――「HUAWEI P10/P10 Plus」発表:Mobile World Congress 2017

A new portrait shooting mode called "Leica Style Portraiture" is available. By recognizing 3D information on the skin, it is possible to shoot people in brighter and more natural colors. In addition, there is also a "wide aperture" that allows you to take black-and-white photographs with an atmosphere using only a monochrome sensor, and to take pictures with bokeh added to the surroundings of the subject.

The in-camera has also been upgraded to a "Leica camera". The 8MP camera uses an F1.9 lens and is tuned for brighter shooting. Added a function to automatically adjust the angle of view to the optimum angle according to the number of subjects (wider as the number of subjects increases).

The processor is HiSilicon's "Kirin 960" (2.4GHz 4 cores + 1.8GHz 4 cores), and the main memory is 4GB for P10 and 4GB or 6GB for P10 Plus. Storage is 32GB, 64GB, 128GB for P10, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB for P10 Plus.

The battery capacity of P10 is 3200mAh, and according to Huawei's research, it can be used for 1.8 days without charging. It also supports quick charging and can be used for one day with a 30-minute charge. The P10 Plus has a larger capacity 3750mAh battery.

P10 Plus is capable of downlink maximum 600Mbps (theoretical value) communication by "4x4 MIMO" that uses four antennas on the transmitting side and the receiving side.

It supports dual SIM (supports simultaneous standby of LTE and 3G) and 256GB microSD, but one SIM slot and microSD slot are exclusively used.

The HUAWEI P10 and P10 Plus will go on sale worldwide from March, but Japan is not included in the first launch countries (of course, there is a great possibility that they will be released in the future). The price in Europe is 649 euros (about 76,800 yen) for 4GB + 64GB of P10, 699 euros (about 82,700 yen) for 4GB + 64GB of P10 Plus, and 799 euros (about 94,600 yen) for 6GB + 128GB.

Main specifications of "HUAWEI P10" and "HUAWEI P10 Plus"
Model name HUAWEI P10 HUAWEI P10 Plus
Maker Huawei
OS Android 7.0
Processor HiSilicon Kirin 960 / 2.4GHz 4 cores + 1.8GHz 4 cores
Main memory + storage 4GB + 32GB, 4GB + 64GB, 4GB + 128GB 4GB + 64GB, 6GB + 128GB, 6GB + 256GB
External memory microSDXC (up to 256GB)
display Approximately 5.1 type full HD About 5.5 type 2K
resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels 1440 x 2560 pixels
Battery capacity 3200mAh 3750mAh
Out camera Effective approximately 20 million pixel CMOS + 12 million pixel CMOS
In-camera Effective about 8 million pixels CMOS
Body colorCeramic White, Graphite Black, Mystic Silver, Rose Gold, Prestige Gold, Greenery, Dazzling Blue, Dazzling Gold
size Approximately 69.3 (width) x 145.3 (height) x 6.98 (depth) mm Approximately 74.2 (width) x 153.5 (height) x 6.98 (depth) mm
weight About 145g About 165g
* Specs and prices have been added, and some descriptions have been revised (2:22).

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