Huawei mate 10

paradigm · 18 Oct 2017 at 12:23

mrk said:
The Pro looks nicer, but it's an SE in terms of specs vs the no Pro. It's basically a 320D M Sport on the outside, but SE on the inside :/

Or every S-Line Audi

I'm not sure I agree. The Pro loses a touch of PPI/DPI, the headphone jack, and the SD card slot (un-needed for most people if you already have 128GB of internal storage). But the Pro gains the 18:9 display ratio (as well as being AMOLED rather than IPS), IP67, a better positioned fingerprint sensor, and better aesthetics/dimensions. The "bits that matter", ie the chipsets, are identical.

It's more like comparing an almost fully loaded Passat with a fully loaded L&K Octavia. 99% the same, one looks better.

Scort · 18 Oct 2017 at 12:55

My wife recently got a P10 - I am VERY impressed by it, seems like a really premium phone, without the daft price tag on it.

I currently have a Pixel, and it's fine for me - but this Mate 10 looks good...

Charlie Bravo · 19 Oct 2017 at 10:06

My girlfriend also upgraded to a P10 and as you say, a very good phone indeed.

I keep looking on YouTube for a decent Mate 10 Pro video, especially as it's been a couple of days since launch now but all there really seem to be are dull unboxing videos.
I don't see the fascination with them at all. Oh look, a phone! What's next? A charger and some cheap headphones! Amazing. :rolleyes:

Charlie Bravo · 4 Nov 2017 at 11:55

Anyone else pre ordered theirs?

Dandle · 4 Nov 2017 at 19:51

IM torn between getting this on a retention deal on Vodaphone whcih will make it pretty cheap. Or if to buy the HTC U11 outright, the U11 will cost me more but offers more in return.

Charlie Bravo · 4 Nov 2017 at 20:57

I went through 8 HTC handsets in 4 years due to reliability issues and their support was beyond terrible.

Go for the Huawei

Manbatius · 4 Nov 2017 at 21:17

I had a Huawei P8 as my last phone, the camera was very good as was the phone generally.

Some dislike the emotion ui, I actually prefer it over my current Samsung. As someone else said updates are glacier slow is all.

I am actually considering selling my current Samsung for a Huawei Mate 9!

Paul11 · 16 Nov 2017 at 06:18

I just ordered a mate 10 (not pro)

Should be here in a few days

Charlie Bravo · 16 Nov 2017 at 20:28

Mine is being delivered tomorrow morning. I'll miss my 6P.

Steves1982 · 16 Nov 2017 at 21:37

Charlie Bravo said:
Mine is being delivered tomorrow morning. I'll miss my 6P.

I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it. Have you gone for the Pro?

I'm having a hard time deciding between this, the LG V30 and Pixel 2XL.

Charlie Bravo · 17 Nov 2017 at 00:25

Steves1982 said:
I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it. Have you gone for the Pro?

I'm having a hard time deciding between this, the LG V30 and Pixel 2XL.

Indeed. I wanted blue but CPW seem to have gone for the pick any colour as long as it's grey option.

I had high hopes for the Pixel 2 but those side bezels are something else.
As for the V30, I just couldn't get excited about it.

The only other phone I've seen that looks nice is the HTC U11+ or whatever it's called but having previously owned many HTC handsets, I found that they build unreliability in as standard and then follow it up with terrible service.

That company will never see a penny more of my money.

Anyway, I'll report back once it's set up.

Lord Raze · 17 Nov 2017 at 13:01

I'll be talking to three later about my upgrade with the pro in mind.

Paul11 · 17 Nov 2017 at 14:34

Ordered Wed night 10.30pm
Delivered Fri 2.30pm
From China.

Mate 10 non pro..

Just unboxing

Belloni · 17 Nov 2017 at 15:51

I'm interested in this but can't find much about audio quality? Does it support aptx etc?

Paul11 · 17 Nov 2017 at 16:31

Belloni said:
I'm interested in this but can't find much about audio quality? Does it support aptx etc?

yes both versions do support it

Charlie Bravo · 17 Nov 2017 at 20:17

Ok, some brief notes that I've just written to one of my mates...

Screen... Great so far. I've got it set to auto which seems ok. Will test it in sunlight another time. Was in bed with a headache for most of this afternoon so didn't do much with it.

Sound. Not sure to be honest. Seems the 6P has a warmer sound but this seems louder. Jury is still out though.

Feel. I've put the supplied case on for now. It's a lovely phone to hold though.
The dimensions are great as are the bezels... Quite different to how it appears in pictures.

Bloat... I've yet to find any to be honest. Hated the dock it had, so Nova went straight on as did a different set of icons as Android 8s icons are poor.

Battery seems to be great. Unplugged it hours ago and although it hasn't been on a network (used the 6P until the Mate was ready to go), it has been on WiFi downloading, setting things up etc.

Storage... Quick! My 6P was reluctant to carry out tasks when apps were updating. This just gets on with it.

MrRockliffe · 17 Nov 2017 at 20:26

Huawei's customer support is atrocious - they've had my phone for 5 months and no sign of a repair any time soon.

Charlie Bravo · 17 Nov 2017 at 22:15

Hopefully I won't need it. Feel for you though.

robnut · 17 Nov 2017 at 22:57

Got a Mate 10 pro + Huawei Watch 2 on its way via the vodaphone deal, will be a good comparison to my Xiaomi Mi Max.

TS7 · 18 Nov 2017 at 10:17

A friend has a Huawei unsure of model but about a year old. Nice premium feel and camera is frankly staggering given the price point although the fake bokeh if used incorrectly can ruin shots.