Huawei had launched the Honor 9 smartphone in June last year. A couple of leaked shots of the Honor 10 smartphone have surfaced recently which indicates that the arrival Honor 9’s successor could be close at hand. The new photos show that the Honor 10, the first flagship smartphone from the company will be arriving with a notched design.

In order to avoid negative reactions from audience, OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has officially confirmed that OnePlus 6 would be arriving with a notched display. He added that the presence of notch on the OnePlus 6 will provide its users with a very large screen space. The upcoming Xiaomi Mi 7 and the rumored Mi 7 Plus smartphones are also expected to arrive with notched display. These reports suggest that many smartphone manufacturers are gearing up to launch notch enabled phones.

Huawei has already launched notch enabled Huawei Nova 3e (P20 Lite), P20 and P20 Pro smartphones and the leaked photos of the Honor 10 suggests that it will be also arriving with a similar design.

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Even though the alleged Honor 10 is covered in a box in the leaked photos, it is clearly visible that it features a notch at the top. Below the display, there is a button that could be integrated with a fingerprint scanner. The rear view of the phone reveals that the top-left corner features a dual camera setup. Like the predecessor phone, the Honor 10 may feature a glass and metal combination chassis.

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Recent leaks have claimed that the Honor 10 could be fueled by the Kirin 970 chipset. Like the Honor 9, it may arrive in variants like 64 GB storage + 4 GB RAM and 128 GB storage + 6 GB RAM. As of this writing, there is no information available on the other specs of the phone.

There is no confirmation on the authenticity of the above images. Hence, it is advised to read this report with a pinch of salt.

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