Huawei launches P10, P10 Plus and P10 Lite in Malaysia from RM1,299
Just days after their debut at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Huawei has made Malaysia one of, if not the first country in the first wave to have their new flagship P10 and P10 Plus smartphones available for sale. In a surprise announcement, they’ve also announced the budget P10 lite phone along with the svelte Nova Lite and Huawei Watch 2 wearable.
Huawei P10
The Huawei P10 comes with a host of upgrades over its older P9 predecessor and retains the prestigious Leica camera tech on the rear.
At 7mm thin, the all-metal P10 sports a 5.1-inch 1080P IPS-NEO LCD display sheathed in Corning Gorilla Glass and runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box with their Emotion UI 5.1 user interface. Running under the hood is their HiSilicon Kirin 960 2.4Ghz octacore processor. Keeping things humming along is 4GB RAM and for the Malaysia market, 64GB of expandable storage.
The vaunted dual rear camera is a significant step up from the prior P9 with a 20-MP mono camera for depth of field and detail and a 12-MP colour camera working in tandem with both having F/2.2 apertures, optical image stabilisation and Leica optics.
The front comes with an 8-MP F/1.9 selfie camera and has also been upgraded with Leica optics too. A fingerprint on the front and a 3,200mAh battery round out its offerings.
P10 Plus
The larger P10 Plus packs a bigger, crisper 5.5-inch 1,440 x 2,460 pixel display with a 540 ppi pixel density.
The processor is identical to the P10 in the form of a HiSilicon Kirin 960 octacore processor though it comes with a larger 3,750mAh battery and has more storage and memory with 6GB RAM and 128GB of expandable storage.
The rear camera on the P10 Plus has a similar 20-MP mono and 12-MP colour setup but has a better F/1.8 aperture with Leica Summilux-H optics and an upgraded front-facing 8-MP F/1.9 selfie camera that is also enhanced with Leica optics and tech for studio-like portrait shots.
P10 Lite
The budget P10 Lite has a 5.2-inch 1080p display, a Kirin 655 octacore 2.1Ghz processor, 4GB RAM, 32GB of expandable storage and a rear 12-MP camera with a front-facing 8-MP selfie camera.
A 3,000mAh battery keeps it juiced for over a day plus and it also has a rear fingerprint reader too. The base also has a 3.5mm audio jack for music listening duties.
Nova Lite
The Nova Lite has a 5.2-inch 423ppi 1080p display, an efficient Kirin 650 2.0 Ghz octacore processor, 3GB RAM and 16GB of expandable storage.
The rear has a 12-MP camera while the front bears an 8-MP selfie camera. A 3,000mAh battery keeps it powered.
Prices for the P10, P10 Plus and P10 lite
Huawei announced that the P10 will ship with a retail price of RM2,499 for the 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant with. The P10 Plus will ship only with the top-end 6GB RAM/ 128GB storage variant for RM3,099 while the P10 lite comes in a 4GB RAM /32GB storage variant for RM1,299. All three models will come in two different colours dubbed Prestige Gold and Graphite Black.
Preorders for the P10, P10 Plus and P10 Lite begin on 23rd March at all Huawei Experience Stores and online at Vmall.my and Lazada. The P10 will be available in retail stores starting from 31 March while the P10 Plus will be available on 15 April.
The launch date for the Nova Lite to arrive in Malaysia is sometime in mid-April though the price hasn’t been finalised as yet. 
Also announced was the Huawei Watch 2 and several of its sundry features as well as a host of accessories for the phones but no firm details on these items or their local launch dates were announced as yet. We’ll keep you posted on updates.
