Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has started rolling out the latest EMUI 9.1 update to its older Honor 10 Lite smartphone in India. The update brings new features including GPU Turbo 3.0, EROFS system and more.
To start with, the update brings GPU Turbo 3.0, which enhances the gaming experience on the smartphone. The latest mode support games like PUBG, ASPHALT 9, NBA 2K19, Mobile Legends, Fortnite, FIFA Mobile and Modern Combat 5. The mode increase frame rate, provide high-graphics quality and longer battery life. The update also brings the new EROFS also known as an extendable read-only file system.
The new file system basically increases the random read performance, App start-up speed, data reading performance in a low-memory condition. The feature also improves the security of system files. Furthermore, the update also adds video ringtone feature, which allows users to set video as a ringtone for all incoming calls. Users can also set contact specific ringtone as well.
The company has revealed that EMUI 9.1 also improves the users’ interface and it learns users’ patterns and preferences to provide tailor-made features. The user interface now attempts to learn the brightness level the user prefers in certain apps and environment and it will adjust it accordingly.
To recall, the company launched Honor 10 Lite in January this year. The smartphone comes in different variants including 4GB RAM + 64GB storage option for Rs 13,999, 6GB RAM + 64GB storage option for Rs 17,999 and 3GB RAM with 32GB storage Rs 11,999.
The Honor 10 Lite is equipped with a 6.21-inch Full HD+ display with a screen resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels, 19.5:9 aspect ratio and 2.5D curved glass. The phone is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 710 processor along with ARM Mali-G51 MP4 GPU. The phone comes with an option to expand the storage up to 256GB via microSD card slot.
It has a 24-megapixel selfie camera with Sony IMX576 sensor, 1.8-micron pixel size and 4-in-1 light fusion technology. For the rear, there is a dual-camera setup with a combination of 13-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture, phase detection Autofocus and a secondary 2-megapixel shooter.
The Honor 10 Lite is backed by a 3400mAh battery and it runs on EMUI 9.0, which is based on Android 9.0 Pie. The phone measures 154.8×73.64×7.95mm and weigh 162 grams. Connectivity features include dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, 3.5mm audio jack, GPS/ AGPS, and GLONASS.