Honor has started rolling out the EMUI 9 update that brings Android Pie to some of its devices. The update is being pushed out to the Honor 10 GT, the Honor Play, and the Honor V10.

In a poster shared on its Weibo page yesterday, Huawei said the update not only brings Android 9 Pie to the three phones but also brings version 2.0 of its GPU Turbo technology.

According to the info on the poster, GPU Turbo 2.0 brings improved optimization to 8 new games including the popular multiplayer online battle arena game, King of Glory. It also increases system response by 25.8%.

EMUI 9 brings a ton of new features such as a new navigation mode, HiVision – a feature similar to Google Lens but that also works with foods by telling you their calorie content. There is also the Digital Balance app, their own version of Digital Wellbeing and a new recent apps menu.

The Honor Play was the first phone to come with GPU turbo technology when it was announced this year, It is also the most recent of the three devices. It has a 6.3-inch LCD display, a Kirin 970 processor like the other two phones, and 4GB/6GB of RAM. Storage is 64GB but expandable via a MicroSD card slot. It has dual rear cameras (16MP + 2MP), a 16MP selfie camera, and a 3750mAh battery.

The Honor 10 GT and V10 have 5.84 and 5.99-inch displays respectively. The V10 has 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of storage and the Honor 10 GT has 8GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of storage.

The Honor 10 GT has a 24MP selfie camera and a 16MP + 24MP dual rear camera configuration while the V10 has a 13MP selfie camera and 16MP + 20MP dual rear cameras. Their fingerprint scanners are below the display, unlike the Honor Play which has its own on the back.

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The Honor V10’s larger display gets it a bigger battery (3,750mAh) while the Honor 10 GT has a 3,400mAh battery. However, both support 5V/4.5A fast charging.

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Since the past few days, Honor has been teasing that it will be debuting new variants for Honor Play, Honor 10 GT and Honor V10 smartphones. Today, the company has confirmed through Weibo on the arrival of Honor Play’s 128 GB storage model, Honor 10 GT’s Lily White color edition and Honor V10’s 8 GB RAM variant.

Honor 10 GT is the first ever Honor smartphone to feature 8 GB of RAM. The handset is already available in multiple color choices such as Phantom Purple, Phantom Blue, Magic Night Black and Seagull Ash. Today, Honor has introduced a new color variant of Lily White for it. It is a color changing design that shows reflect shades of light green and red blue when viewed from different angles.

The 128 GB storage + 6 GB RAM and 64 GB storage + 6 GB RAM variants of the smartphone can be availed in Lily White color. The highest storage model of 128 GB storage + 8 GB RAM is not yet available in the new color.

Honor V10 is a 2017 flagship phone that was unveiled in last November. It was launched in multiple variants like 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage, 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage that are now currently selling with respective price tags of 1,999 Yuan (~$290), 2,499 Yuan (~$362) and 2,799 Yuan (~$406). Today, the company has announced the arrival of new variant for Honor V10 that includes 128 GB of storage + 8 GB RAM.

The 8 GB RAM Honor V10 has carries a price tag of 3,299 Yuan (~$479). It can be bought in multiple colors like Beach Gold, Aurora Gold, Magic Nigh Black, Charm Red and Dazzling Blue.

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Honor Play is the first phone from the company to come with GPU Turbo technology that accelerates the GPU performance by 60 percent. It was made available in June in variants such as 64 GB storage + 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage + 6 GB RAM. These models are now selling with respective pricings of 1,899 Yuan (~$275) and 2,299 Yuan (~$333).

The newly announced 128 GB storage variant of the Honor Play includes 6 GB of RAM. It is priced at 2,399 Yuan and it can be bought in colors like Midnight Black, Aurora Blue, Nebula Purple and Charm Red.

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Alongside the Honor Note 10, Honor also announced a new color variant for the Honor 10 GT. The new color variant is called Lily of the Valley and has the same color-changing appearance of some of Huawei’s other phones.

Honor says it is the first curved-back phone in the world with a color changing design. Depending on the angle you hold the phone, it can appear light green, pale red, or mint green.

The Honor 10 GT is the first phone from Honor to have 8GB of RAM. It has now been joined by the new Honor Note 10. It also has Huawei’s GPU turbo technology. Other than the above features, the rest of the specs are the same as that of the regular Honor 10.

So you get a 5.84-inch FHD+ display, a Kirin 970 processor, and 128GB of storage. It also has a 24MP + 16MP dual rear cameras and another 24MP selfie camera in front.

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Even with its 19:9 aspect ratio, the Honor 10 GT has its fingerprint scanner in front. It runs EMUI 8.1 based on Android 8.1 Oreo, has NFC, a USB-C port, and packs a 3400mAh battery with support for fast charging.

There is no info as to when the new color variant will be available for sale and if the price will be higher than that of other variants.

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Announce at the beginning of this month, the Honor 10 GT is the first smartphone from Huawei to come with 8 GB of RAM. It is nothing but an advanced version of the Honor 10 flagship phone that comes with GPU Turbo technology. The Honor 10 GT is also equipped with handheld super night camera mode available on the Huawei P20 Pro. The pricing of the smartphone was not confirmed at its launch. Today, the Chinese manufacturer has confirmed on its pricing. Also, the smartphone will be available on its first sale starting from July 24.

The Honor 10 GT as a variant of the Honor 10 on VMall, Huawei’s official online store. The listing reveals that the smartphone that has 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage is priced at 3,299 Yuan. The other two variants that are listed on the same page such as 6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage and 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage that are respectively priced at 2,599 Yuan and 2,999 Yuan belong to Honor 10.

The listing for Honor 10 GT on Vmall states that it will be available for buying starting from July 24. It will be coming in only two color options like Magic Night Black and Phantom Blue. The regular Honor 10 is also available in these colors as well as other hues such as Sea Gull Gray and Phantom Purple. The Honor 10 GT will be also available through Chinese retailers like JD from the aforementioned date.

A report from the past week had revealed that such is the popularity of the Honor 10 that the company sold over 3 million units of the smartphone. It has also allowed the company to gain 150 percent year-on-year shipments in the first half of 2018. Honor’s President George Zhao has said that the Honor 10 GT was created on the basis of users demand and experience.

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As far as specs of the Honor 10 GT is concerned, it borrows all of them from the Honor 10. The handset is equipped with 5.84-inch IPS LCD display. The notched screen supports 19:9 aspect ratio and FHD+ resolution. The handset receives power from Kirin 970 SoC. It is equipped with 24-megapixel + 16-megapixel dual camera and a front-facing camera of 24-megapixdel. It is loaded with EMUI 8.1 based Android 8.1 Oreo. It is packed with a 3,400mAh battery.

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Today, Huawei has introduced the Honor 10 GT as its first smartphone with 8 GB of RAM as enhanced edition of the Honor 10 that was introduced in April this year. Also, the Honor 10 GT features GPU Turbo (GT) technology that significantly improves the graphics performance of the smartphone.

In June, Huawei’s sub-brand Honor had introduced Honor Play with GPU Turbo feature. The latter is a software and hardware optimized graphics acceleration technology that enhances the graphics performance of a smartphone by 60 percent and at the same time it consumes 30 percent less power. Huawei is in the process of making it available to several Huawei and Honor phones through a software update.

Smartphones with GPU Turbo technology can run games like King of Glory and QQ Speed with full frame rate. The single-thread performance of a GPU Turbo enabled mid-range phone can beat the performance of multi-thread performance of some flagship phones.

The power saving feature on the Honor 10 GT ensures that its power consumption during 8 hours of standby is only 2 to 3 percent. Apart from the powerful GPU Turbo technology, the Honor 10 GT comes with 8 GB of RAM for bolstering its performance.

Huawei had introduced Super Night Scene mode on the Mate 10 for capturing beautiful night shots by using a tripod. The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro that were unveiled earlier this year came with AI smart anti-shake technology enabled Super Night Scene mode for shooting night shots without a tripod. The same camera feature will be brought to Honor 10 GT through a beta update from July 12.

The Honor 10 GT borrows all the other specs from the regular version of Honor 10. Hence, the Honor 10 GT features a notched IPS LCD display of 5.84 inches that carries support for 19:9 aspect ratio and 2280 x 1080 pixels FHD+ resolution. The Kirin 970 is the driving force of the phone. The native storage of the phone is not known, but it seems that it could be featuring 128 GB of inbuilt storage.

For photography, it features 24-megapixel + 16-megapixel dual camera unit on its back. Its front-facing camera is of 24-megapixel. Below the screen of the phone is a fingerprint scanner enabled capacitive home button. It is running on EMUI 8.1 flavored Android 8.1 Oreo OS.

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The pricing of the Honor 10 GT is yet to be disclosed. The Honor 10 with 6 GB RAM is priced at 2,599 Yuan (~$390). So, the Honor 10 GT with 8 GB RAM could be priced under 2,999 Yuan (~$450). Huawei has confirmed that the smartphone would be made available for buying starting from July 24 from Honor’s online store and JD.com

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