Huawei Mate 10 Pro review

Huawei Mate 10 Pro review

I bought this phone in February 2018, so I have been using this phone for a while. The reason that I bought this phone is that I needed a faster phone than my HTC 10 for applications like DJI.

In the same month (February) USA started a campaign to remove the phones from the market, for this reason, the easy way to get a Huawei phone is via online with Amazon or eBay. You can use it if you live in USA with GSM networks like AT&T or T-Mobile but you can't get it with these carriers.

The review like always short but precise, these are my Pros and Cons for this phone:

PROS

It is fast

This is actually the reason why I bought this phone, I need something fast to handle application like DJI and run it smooth without lag or problems where the phone is stuck or it get warm, it just do a good work with hight demand applications.

Here are some test that I did with benchmarks (without overclocking):

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The Battery

The second thing that I like about this phone is the battery (4000 mAh), I always running applications in the background like Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram and other apps, running apps in the background is bad for the battery life.
I give to my phone a normal use (not for gaming) where a check my emails, see videos on youtube, facebook and check my social networks the battery give me enough for a day and a half, if I play video games with a high demand of resources the battery of course goit drained faster.

Android Updates

I have the last Android version, usually, the phone receives the last android version after 1 or 2 months after the official release but this depends on the phone model.

Price

When I get this phone about more than a year the cost was $800 now it is $499.98 on Amazon it is a great price.

Design

The phone has a solid design, I don't like the notch in the phones, this phone doesn't have a notch, the fingerprint is right below the camera, I prefer it to one side and the fingerprint a little down, but is the only thing that I don't like.

Face detection

Recentrly relesed unlock the phone with the face wasn't included, it was introduced in an android update, so the phone has three ways to unlock it, with digits combination, with the fingerprint or with the face.

Camera

The camera is good, now there are new phones with better cameras (The Mate 20 Pro for example), but when it was released it was the best camera on a phone.

CONS

No headphone input

The Huawie Mate 10 Pro has a USB-C port and they include an adapter for the headphone jack, I don't like to use the adapter since they are easy to lose, and you can't charge in the same time your phone and connect the headphones almost you get another adapter that allows you to do both things.

Huawei Software

I tested the Huawei apps that come with the phone, I don't like the design and they lack in functionality, of course you don't have to use them. EMUI is OK but I prefer the design and functionalities that comes with the original Android.

Conclusion

I love this phone, I never had a problem with it and I think is a 8 of 10, just because now there are new phones with better specs.

You can get more information in the official Huawei website.