Honor recently announced that members of China’s 2020 Everest Survey Mountaineering Team were given the Honor 30 Pro Plus and the upcoming Honor X10 5G. Some samples captured by the 10X were shared, the same way Xiaomi shared samples captured by the Mi 10 Pro. The tech giant has shared some more images from the expedition and one of them is the real-life image of the Honor 10X 5G which was used to test the 5G connectivity on the mountain.

The 5G test is said to have been conducted at an altitude of 5800-6500 meters.  The phone was able to achieve a download speed of 5G can reach 1617Mbps, the upload speed reaches 90.3Mbps, and the ping value is only 74ms. Thi test is perhaps made possible by the 5G base station established by Huawei and China Telecom last month.

About the phone, the front view is all we get to see now but this will suffice considering that the 10X has been certified by TENAA but it is usually difficult to make out any details from the front shots shared by the certification outfit. The image shows the Honor 10X will come with a notch-less, bezel-less design. The bezels are almost non-existent on the top and side edges that are visible on the picture. In addition, the device will feature a pop-up selfie camera.

TENAA data shows the Honor 10X will pack a matrix rear camera design. The device will sport a 6.63-inch LCD screen with a 2400 × 1080 pixels resolution. The mid-range phone is equipped with a Kirin 820 5G chip, a built-in 4200mAh battery with 22.5W fast charge support, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.

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OEMs started launching 5G smartphones from early 2019. Huawei (including Honor) itself will have released 17 5G-enabled handsets by the end of this month. The current cheapest 5G phone from the company is Honor 30S retailing at 2399 Yuan ($339). However, the firm has plans to launch an even cheaper 5G device in the 1000 Yuan ($141) segment, which is believed to be the forthcoming Honor 10X series.

Huawei and Honor together have launched 14 5G smartphones so far and they are as listed below.

Huawei 5G Smartphones

• Huawei P40
• Huawei P40 Pro
• Huawei P40 Pro Plus
• Huawei Mate 30 5G
• Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
• Huawei Mate 30 Porsche Design
• Huawei Nova 6 5G
• Hauwei Mate Xs

Honor 5G Smartphones

• Honor 30S
• Honor 30
• Honor 30 Pro
• Honor 30 Pro Plus
• Honor V30
• Honor V30 Pro

In addition to the above-mentioned devices, Huawei will be soon launching Nova 7 series on April 23 consisting of Huawei Nova 7, Huawei Nova 7 Pro, and Nova 7 SE increasing the total count to 17.

But that’s not all, as the sub-brand Honor is expected to launch Honor 10 X series sometime later this year whose alleged render leaked a few day days back. Like any other Honor X series phones before, the new generation will likely debut in the 1000 Yuan ($141) range.

It is rumoured to feature Kirin 820 SoC with 5G connectivity in order to bring the technology to the masses as this price bracket is the hottest in China. Thus, it is assumed to be the cheapest 5G smartphone from the house of Huawei for the year 2020.

Unfortunately, it may not beat the pricing of 999 Yuan 5G smartphone that Xiaomi has planned to release in November. For comparison, the Honor 9X series which currently has sold over 10 million units in China debuted for 1,399 Yuan ($197). Hence, we expect the Honor 10X series to start at a similar price.

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A new report has suggested that Honor, a subsidiary of the Chinese tech giant Huawei, may launch the successor of its popular Honor 9X soon. The Honor 10X will reportedly be announced soon and will feature Huawei’s Kirin 820 5G SoC.

Historically, the Honor X series of smartphones targetted the highly competitive mid range segment in the market. So an Honor 10X is very likely to be in the works and should target the same segment as well. The report regarding its eventual launch arrived from a Weibo post, a Chinese microblogging website. It was shared by the official Weibo account of @长安数码君, which also revealed one of its key specs.

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Unfortunately, the post doesn’t share finer details regarding the smartphone but does share an image and shares a crucial component it will house. While the Honor 9X feature Kirin 810 SoC, the Honor 10X will receive 5G support through the upcoming Kirin 820 processor. For those unaware, the Kirin is a proprietary chipset from Huawei and is manufactured by TSMC.

If it is indeed the successor to the Kirin 810, we can expected decent performance for the similar price range it may arrive in. Although, 5G networking is undoubtedly one of the most important inclusions in the series. If the leak is true, then the Honor 10X will be the first 5G smartphone in the lineup. The 9X was released back in 23rd July 2019, so the Honor 10X should also be expected to arrive around the same time frame.

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