SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor View 10 review: A flagship-killer with Kirin 970 NPU and dual cameras at $500.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2017·$500
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#98 of 121
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A real flagship-killer with NPU AI.

View 10 packed the Kirin 970 with its NPU, dual cameras and a big battery into a $500 phone — the essence of Honor's flagship-killer pitch. It was widely recommended as a value flagship and one of Honor's most successful phones globally.

01Display

68/100

68/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2017 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD, 18:9 FullView
Size5.99 inches
Resolution2,160 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

68/100

68/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2017.

Main16 MP RGB + 20 MP mono
Selfie13 MP, AI portrait

03Performance

70/100

70/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2017.

ChipsetKirin 970 (10 nm, NPU)
RAM6 GB
Storage128 GB · microSD

04Battery

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2017 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Capacity3,750 mAh
Wired22.5 W SuperCharge

05Build

68/100

68/100 is one of the weaker build results among flagship phones of 2017 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

06Value

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2017 — 13 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Kirin 970 with NPU — same as the Mate 10.
  • Dual RGB+mono Leica-style camera.
  • SuperCharge 22.5 W.
  • microSD + jack.
What doesn't
  • LCD, not OLED.
  • EMUI heavy.
  • Mono speaker.
  • No water resistance.
Cross-shop it against
Pixel 2 (2017)
$649 · score 88/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 121-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .