Hotwav W10 rugged smartphone with military-grade durability and water-resistant design launched on Friday, June 24. Its standout feature is the 15,000mAh battery, which is claimed to have a standby time of up to 1,200 hours. This smartphone features a 6.53-inch HD+ display with a waterdrop-style notch for housing the selfie camera. Under the hood, it packs a quad-core chipset. The handset will go on sale starting on Monday, June 27. A limited-time promo offer will also be available that will significantly bring this handset's price down.


The Hotwav W10 is currently available for pre-order on Amazon, and will cost $399.99 with the promo offer, or $499.99 without the offer. As always, you can also check out the smartphone's Amazon page here.

The Hotwav W10 is expected to hit other retailers in the coming months. As of this writing, the phone is available for pre-order on Amazon and will cost $399.99 with the promo offer, or $499.99 without the offer. You can check out its official product page here.

The Hotwav W10 has a waterdrop-style notch. It is powered by a 6.53-inch HD+ display with a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera of gbwhatsapp. Under the hood, it packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. In terms of cameras, it packs an 8MP+5MP dual-camera setup on the back and a 12MP+5MP dual-camera setup on the front. The smartphone runs Android 9 Pie out of the box with support for Google Assistant and Daydream VR.

Hotwav W10 specifications, features

The smartphone features a 6.53-inch HD+ (1440x720 pixels) display with a waterdrop notch. Under the hood, the smartphone packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. It features dual rear cameras - an 8MP+5MP dual-camera setup on the back and a 12MP+5MP dual-camera setup on the front. The phone runs Android 9 Pie out of the box with support for Google Assistant and Daydream VR.

It measures 156 x 74 x 7.7mm (height x width x thickness) and weighs 174g, making it slightly thicker than its predecessor at 7mm, but lighter by 10g compared to the Hotwav W10 Plus (180g). It is powered by a 3,500mAh battery with support for fast charging (Quick Charge 3.0), which is rated to deliver 50 percent charge in 30 minutes via USB Type-C charger.

Hotwav W10 price, availability and competition

The Hotwav W10 is priced at Rs. 7,999 ($ 120), and will be available for purchase via offline stores and online retailers starting from August 10, 2018. The smartphone will be available in Golden Champagne, Black and Blue colour options. It will be competing against the Redmi Note 7 Pro (which has the same chipset as the Hotwav W10), which is priced at Rs. 11,999 ($ 160). On the other hand, the Oppo Find X (or Find X Plus) is priced at Rs. 18,999 ($ 250), which is a lot more than the Hotwav W10.

The Hotwav W10 has a dual rear camera setup and a fingerprint sensor on the back. It has a 6.26-inch Full HD+ (1080 x 2340 pixels) display with an aspect ratio of 19:9, which is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. It runs Android 9 Pie out of the box with support for Google Assistant and Daydream VR. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC paired with Adreno 512 GPU, along with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage expandable via microSD card slot (up to 256GB). It features a 3,500mAh battery with support for fast charging (Quick Charge 3.0), which is rated to deliver 50 percent charge in 30 minutes via USB Type-C charger.