Huawei Mate 10
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Secondary Camera: 8 MPix
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Average of 22 scores (from 52 reviews)
Reviews for the Huawei Mate 10
One of the last ones of its kind. With their XXL-sized smartphone Mate 10, the Chinese manufacturer Huawei bucks the current trend towards displays with a 2:1-aspect ratio. How does the high-end phablet fare and is an import worth it?
Source: PC Authority

All up, a highly capable and competent flagship, and at only $899 outright in a world of $1,000-plus smartphones, a financially attractive one as well.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/12/2018
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Hardware Zone

Having said that, it’s rather unfortunate that Huawei is making consumers choose one feature over another. Instead of coming up with multiple variants, Huawei should’ve concentrated their efforts to craft the perfect smartphone – one that would overthrow the competition in one fell swoop, and one that embodies all the great features of both the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro.
Comparison, online available, Long, Date: 02/08/2018
Source: Trusted Reviews

The Huawei Mate 10 is a great phablet and one of the only flagships on the market to retain the hallowed 3.5mm headphone jack.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/29/2018
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%
Source: Soycincau

Honestly, not a whole lot. The Mate 10 is as much of a flagship as any of its competitors out there and in places where it lacks, the phone makes up for in others. Makes you wonder why anyone would pay more for a flagship.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/11/2018
Source: Toptenreviews

Huawei has traditionally used its Mate series phones as the flagships of the range, and 2017 is no exception, with not one, but two devices: the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro. The Mate 10 – the subject of this review – continues the design language of last years P10/P10 Plus, with rounded edges and a piano black finish, in contrast to the Mate 9‘s beveled edges and brushed metal facade.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/01/2018
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Techspot

The Mate 10 is currently available for around $680 through Amazon, which places it a few hundred dollars below competitors like the Pixel 2 XL, LG V30, and Samsung Galaxy Note 8. I feel this is a fair price considering the difference in quality; phones like the Pixel 2 XL and Galaxy Note 8 in particular are better, but they’re also more expensive.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/28/2017
Rating: Total score: 75%
Source: Tech Nave

Apart from the heaty 4K video recording we have next to no issues with any feature on the Mate 10, just that the AI driven NPU features could stand to have a bit more polish, especially the Easy Projection, so we're hoping Huawei continue to polish these features. As it is, there is no other phone on the market with these features asides from the Mate 10 Pro or Mate 10 Porsche Design. Currently priced at RM2399 (yeah, yeah, the RRP or Recommended Retail price is RM2699) the closest contender would be the OnePlus 5T but it not only lacks many features that the Mate 10 has but is also an 18:9 aspect ratio display device so if you're in the market for such a device, then the Huawei Mate 10 should definitely be at the top of your consideration list.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/20/2017
Source: CNet

The Huawei Mate 10 may be hard for you to get your hands on, but it’s worth the effort if you want a big-screen phone and don’t quite have the budget for a Galaxy Note, iPhone Plus or Pixel 2.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/07/2017
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 90% mobility: 70% workmanship: 80%
Source: Yugatech

Taking all things into consideration, the Huawei Mate 10 offers a complete set of features at a price point not many brands can match. It’s beautiful, powerful and a great alternative if you’re considering to upgrade to the latest flagship smartphone.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/30/2017
Source: Unbox

With prices of top-tier flagships from rival companies ballooning past 40K, it’s refreshing to see Huawei’s newest and greatest priced below that. With an SRP of just Php 32,990, the Huawei Mate 10 is a great alternative to the offers of its competitors without compromising build quality, performance, image quality and battery life.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/28/2017
Source: Bill Bennett

The Mate 10 doesn’t have wireless charging, which is unlikely to be a deal breaker for most readers. On the plus side the long battery life means less emphasis on charging anyway. It also charges quickly, the battery goes to half a full charge in a little under 30 minutes.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/20/2017
Source: Ausdroid

I’ve never had the opportunity to review a Huawei device and the Mate 10 makes me think I’ve been missing out. Huawei knows how to make great hardware and the Mate 10 is the embodiment of that. I’ll never know if previous devices were this good but I sure am glad the Mate 10 was my first Huawei device – based on this hardware I’m now really wanting to try a Huawei Watch 2.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/19/2017
Rating: Total score: 88% price: 95% mobility: 85% workmanship: 90%
Source: Unbox

While we’ve already given you an in-depth review of Huawei’s Mate 10 Pro, many of you are probably waiting for us to finish our evaluation of its more affordable brother. The Mate 10 is one of the most affordable flagship devices announced locally, which is a breath of fresh air considering all the above 40K flagships that have been popping up everywhere.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/15/2017
Source: Gadgetguy

I do wish this phone had an IP rating to give a bit of assurance against being accidentally dunked, because in every other way it is an absolute bargain. Many of its features are what you’d expect in a phone costing at least a couple of hundred dollars more.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/14/2017
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 100% performance: 90% workmanship: 90%
Source: Unbox

We’ve already given you our take on Huawei’s top-tier flagship, the Mate 10 Pro a few weeks ago. We’ve been thoroughly impressed with what the manufacturer has been able to achieve with their current flagship, so much so that we’re wholeheartedly recommending it to anyone looking to buy a high-end phablet that’s not made by a Korean company. But before we forget, the Mate 10 Pro has a more affordable brother that eschews fancy aspect ratios for something more traditional. With a Php 32,990 price point and much of the same hardware that made the Mate 10 Pro great, the regular Mate 10 is on the road to become one of the most prolific flagships of the year.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/13/2017
Source: Techradar

The Huawei Mate 10 won’t even be a consideration for anyone in the UK or the US right now given its limited availability, but if you’re reading this in Australia or another region it will be available, and are in the market for a big phone, it should definitely be a contender.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/13/2017
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Trusted Reviews

The Huawei Mate 10 is a great phablet and one of the only flagships on the market to retain the hallowed 3.5mm headphone jack.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/10/2017
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 80%
Source: Trusted Reviews

Huawei has made significant improvements in terms of hardware design in the past few years, so much so that its previous phones are almost unrecognisable. The Mate 10 might not be as slick to look at as the Mate 10 Pro, but there’s no doubt that its glass body and slim bezel are super-attractive.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/07/2017
Source: Stuff TV

The Mate 10 is a curiosity, then. It’s sort of a middle ground between last year’s flagships and 2017’s skinnier, screen-ier smartphones, with no real drawbacks - other than the fact its bigger brother does things ever-so-slightly better.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/02/2017
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: GSM Arena

The Huawei Mate 10 looks stunning and is in touch with what's hot but it's our job to see beyond the first impression. While we appreciate the high-res screen, the duly beefed up GPU and bright lens for the Leica camera, we can't pretend the Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro don't exist.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/28/2017
Rating: Total score: 86%
Source: Android Authority

The Huawei Mate 10 is a the most mainstream smartphone the company has ever produced. It retains its slick looks while switching to the current trend of a glass front and back. It retains its massive battery while adding an even more efficient chipset and AI optimizations. It takes what used to be a full-featured but complicated camera and makes it incredibly reliable for pick-up-and-shoot photographers.
Comparison, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/26/2017
Source: Igeekphone

According to Huawei Mate 10 different aspects introduction, which aspect do you impress most? Although in terms of its Antutu test, it is not the most powerful in terms of its hardware performance, it is famous for its quality, camera, quick charge, AI technology, processor, etc. Please share with us if you will choose this phone.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/18/2017
Source: Hardware Zone

Earlier this week, Huawei announced two new flagship smartphones for the current season of phone releases - the 5.9-inch Huawei Mate 10, and the edge-to-edge 6-inch Huawei Mate 10 Pro. Here, we take a closer look at the smaller Mate 10.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/17/2017
Source: Lowyat.net

To top it off, Huawei is pricing the Mate 10 at the very same price point as its predecessor at RM2,699; that’s pretty good price-to-performance ratio. Of course, it’s not as sleek-looking nor does it carry an IP67 rating like the Mate 10 Pro, but if you value the Mate 10’s feature set (microSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone jack, among others), it’s really quite a compelling flagship smartphone.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/17/2017
Source: Techradar

On paper and in the hand the Mate 10 looks like a limited upgrade, but powerful new internals may make this one of the top phones to buy for those who are looking for a device that doesn’t stop or slow down.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: CNet

Huawei is sticking with a similar dual camera setup to those we've seen on its P10 already. A 12-megapixel sensor shoots in color, while a 20-megapixel sensor shoots exclusively in black and white. Shots from both sensors looked great on the P10 and with the Mate 10's wider aperture (now f/1.6 on both lenses, which lets in more light) and handful of software tweaks, I'm looking forward to seeing what it can do.
Comparison, online available, Short, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: Trusted Reviews

Huawei has improved so much in hardware design over the past few years that its previous phones are almost unrecognisable. The Mate 10 might not be as slick to look at as the Mate 10 Pro, but its glass body and slim bezel is still attractive. It’ll be interesting to see how the Kirin 970 performs and just how the AI will affect things with prolonged use.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: The Independent

The phones are out soon – Mate 10 later this month, others to follow in November – and will be ranged as premium handsets, though likely less than the Note 8 or iPhone 8 sticker prices.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: GSM Arena

Finally, the move to all-glass designs made us hopeful that we'll get wireless charging, but we were in no luck. At least that's much easier to forgive as we get the blazing fast Huawei Super Charge.
Comparison, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: Ubergizmo English

The Huawei Mate 10 series is shaping up to be an excellent upgrade to a popular line of smartphone. With a refreshed design, Huawei can reach a broader audience and it is undeniable that these phones keep getting better and nicer fast. As it stands, the Mate series will continue to be the best battery-oriented phone. How far it can expand from there will be the subject of our attention.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: Tech Nave

The Mate 10 Pro is clearly slimmer and thinner than the Mate 10, but the slightly smaller 5.9-inch display on the Mate 10 does offer a higher 2K pixel resolution. While the Mate 10 Pro does get rid of the 3.5mm audio jack and microSD port, it does offer IP67 dust and water resistance to make up for it. The Mate 10 Porsche Design on the other hand is more or less the Mate 10 Pro but with much nicer and more premium materials with Porsche Design content. No Malaysia release dates yet but stay tuned to TechNave.com for more Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro news.
Comparison, online available, Medium, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: AnandTech

On a final thought, last week at GTC Europe, NVIDIA's keynote mentioned an understated yet interesting feature where using AI could help improve it. Ray tracing, to provide realistic scene interpretation over polygon modeling, is usually a very computationally intensive task, however the benefit is an extreme payoff in visual fidelity. What NVIDIA showed was AI assisted ray-tracing: predicting the colors of nearby pixels based on the information already computed and then updating as more computation was performed. While true ray-tracing for interactive video (and video games) might still be a far-away wish, AI-assisted ray tracing looked like an obvious way to accelerate the problem. Could this be something applied to smartphones? If there is dedicated AI hardware, such as the NPU, it could be a good fit to enable better user experiences.
Comparison, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/16/2017
Foreign Reviews
Source: Geeknetic

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/26/2018
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Computerhoy

Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/09/2017
Rating: Total score: 87% price: 70% features: 90% display: 80% mobility: 100% workmanship: 90%
Source: Movil Zona

Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/31/2017
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 90% workmanship: 90%
Source: Hipertextual

Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/27/2017
Rating: Total score: 85%
Source: Xataka

Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/26/2017
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 93% display: 88% mobility: 88% workmanship: 90%
Source: El Androide Libre

Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/22/2017
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Kustruki

Positive: Large screen; stylish design; solid workmanship; good cameras.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/20/2018
Source: FAQsAndroid

Positive: Excellent cameras; good price; large battery capacity; decent hardware.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/09/2018
Source: Media Trends

Positive: Decent hardware; nice design; good cameras; large screen. Negative: Unsupported waterproof; no wireless charging.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/22/2017
Source: Kustruki

Positive: Large screen; stylish design; good ergonomy; solid workmanship; decent cameras.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/03/2017
Source: Kelisto.es

Positive: Nice display; long battery life. Negative: No wireless charging; no waterproof.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/17/2017
Source: AndroidPit.it

Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/13/2017
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: AndroidPit.it

Positive: Powerful hardware; solid workmanship.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: AndroidPit.fr

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/11/2018
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: AndroidPit.fr

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/15/2018
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Top for Phone

Positive: Decent cameras; long battery life; nice connectivity. Negative: Overheats while using.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/22/2018
Source: Mobileimho.ru

Positive: Nice design; great built quality; long battery life; good cameras; decent display.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/29/2017
Source: AndroidInsider.ru

Positive: Nice display; solid workmanship; excellent cameras; waterproof; good connectivity; long battery life.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/16/2017
Source: FPT shop

Positive: Powerful processor; support AI; impressive cameras; attractive price.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/23/2019
Source: Unlimited Tech

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/09/2017
Rating: Total score: 90%
Comment
Model: The Huawei Mate 10 smartphone was launched in October 2017. Huawei has delivered its latest salvo in the battle against other mainstream manufacturers and the results are very compelling. The first impression is important and the Huawei Mate 10 knows it. It is a fine looking handset, no two ways about it. A massive screen with near-zero bezels, a smart glass design, and some attractive paint jobs all contribute to making the Mate 10 so appealing. After generations of metal-clad Mates, Huawei changed its mind and opted for glass instead. The Mate 10 now comes in a dual-glass body, held together by a brushed metal frame. The screen bezels have all but disappeared and the fingerprint scanner has been moved over to the front, doing double-duty as a Home or a multi-function key, depending on your preferences. The screen sits behind a Gorilla Glass ending on a subtle curve. The rear Gorilla Glass got all the premium treatment. It has a 4-axis curve meaning all sides are curved towards the frame. The effect is stunning to look at and quite practical too. The Huawei Mate 10 brings a long overdue update and the 5.9-inch IPS LCD screen now boasts 1440p resolution and 499 PPI. There is also HDR10 support, but no Dolby Vision. The Huawei Mate 10's screen uses a PenTile RGBW matrix with an extra white subpixel. This allows the screen to reach higher brightness levels while using less power than the traditional QuadHD LCD panels. The screen of the Mate 10 has two modes, Normal and Vivid. Some units have the Normal option chosen by default, while others come with the Vivid mode pre-selected. Those two settings offer different levels of brightness and color accuracy.
The Kirin 970 chip premiered at IFA a couple of months ago, but this is the first implementation seen. It is manufactured using a high-end 10 nm process by Huawei's in-house HiSilicon division and promises faster performance and great battery-efficiency. The highlight of the new Kirin 970 is not the 25 % faster CPU or the 4x more powerful GPU, but the brand-new Neural-network processor unit (NPU), which provides hardware acceleration to machine learning tasks. These tasks include image recognition, voice recognition, and natural language processing. Huawei has already trained the chip by showing it millions of images, voice samples, and text, so now it is able to recognize new images, voice and data much faster. The Huawei Mate 10 has a new dual-camera by Huawei and Leica. The setup is an enhanced version of the second generation of the Mate 9. The image sensors are identical, but the apertures are wider. To put this in numbers, the Mate 10 features a 12 MP color and a 20 MP monochrome imager sitting behind f/1.6 lenses each. The camera relies on the same 4-way focusing technologies as before. A user gets laser AF, depth detection, contrast-detect AF, and phase detect AF. While the Mate 10 boasts some good specs, it is still hard to see why one should pay more for it. For its price, the P10 Plus does quite good. However, there are other smartphones at around the same price with better specs such as the Samsung Galaxy S8 and OnePlus 5.
Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam
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