Huawei Mate 10 Pro Smartphone Review
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Pros
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bright and accurate-color OLED display
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LTE Cat. 18
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Dual-VoLTE
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Dual-SIM
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aptX HD
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strong performance
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very good battery life
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very fast quick-charge technology
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water and dust proof (IP 67)
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high-quality build
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good cameras
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exact location determination
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excellent voice quality
Cons
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no QHD+ resolution
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WLAN without MIMO
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no Bluetooth 5.0
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no wireless charging
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no storage expansion
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no headphone jack
Verdict
In the test: Huawei Mate 10 Pro, test unit provided by Huawei Germany
The Huawei Mate 10 Pro is a strong high-end smartphone, which is even fairly affordable compared to this year's competitors. The great FullView panel and the good display-to-surface ratio are compelling. With LTE Cat. 18 (max. 1.2 GBit/s) and Dual-VoLTE, there are even features that can currently only be found in the Mate 10 Pro. Added are a great performance, good cameras, and a huge battery which offers an enormous capacity at 4000 mAh, but cannot deliver as announced yet. We expect Huawei to make improvements here, but we doubt that this will really be sufficient for the 30% claimed. On the other hand, Huawei delivered excellent work in the rapid charging technology, recharging the smartphone in no time at all.
Premium made in China: small caveats, but a lot that impresses!
The high-res audio chip sounds enticing, but unfortunately Huawei cuts the headphone jack and only offers wired sound through the USB port. On the other hand, it is positive that the Chinese manufacturer decided to integrate aptX HD into the Mate 10 Pro. The loss of the microSD card slot is another negative, which the relatively large 128 GB of storage does not quite make up for. We also would have liked the option to charge the smartphone wirelessly, which would have been particularly useful in the desktop mode.
We were surprised by the high quality of the display. Of course Huawei has also used great panels in the past, but it did not gather much experience with OLEDs until now. Particularly in the core competencies of brightness and color accuracy, the Mate 10 Pro is even better than the competing models by Samsung.
Although the cameras are really good as well, they cannot reach the current top models, since the performance of the hybrid zoom, the low-light performance, and that in the video area are simply not good enough for this. Anyone who is outdoors a lot will find a great photo companion in the Mate 10 Pro, which enables great shots. Apropos outdoors: the GPS is very accurate and due to the IP67 certification, you do not need to fear bad weather.
Overall, Huawei offers an excellent smartphone with the Mate 10 Pro, which also convinces with its extremely smooth operating system and great usability. In addition, the product remains relatively affordable at less than 800 Euros (~$928).
