Huawei Nova 10 Pro
Specifications
Secondary Camera: 60 MPix (f/2.4, 100°, Dual-AF) + 8 MPix (2x opt. Zoom, AF, f/2.2)
Price comparison
Average of 16 scores (from 36 reviews)
Reviews for the Huawei Nova 10 Pro
The Huawei Nova 10 Pro has many features that characterize a good upper-class smartphone. An appealing camera setup, plenty of storage, fast 100-watt charging, and a 120 Hz OLED. However, it also suffers from well-known restrictions, which now have even bigger consequences.
Source: OI Spice Tech News
Undoubtedly, the Huawei Nova 10 Pro has an attractive design layout and astounding camera results. But the same quality isn’t replicated in the performance and battery life departments. However, the visual experience won’t be disappointing as it brings the latest features that are necessary for the flagship phone. On the other hand, the phone is hard to get outside of China’s smartphone market. In that case, you might want to investigate some other potential alternatives that are easily available in your country. We would suggest that you look into the Samsung Galaxy A53 because it has capabilities that are useful in a variety of situations and has support for long-term Android updates. Meanwhile, the final decision is in your hands, so choose wisely.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/31/2022
Source: Trusted Reviews
For all its undeniable strengths, the simple fact remains that you probably shouldn’t buy the Huawei Nova 10 Pro. The lack of Google Mobile Services is simply too prohibitive to overlook, making too many everyday activities into a chore. Still, credit where it’s due – the Nova 10 Pro’s display is superb. It’s large, bright, sharp, fluid, and extremely responsive, not to mention colour-accurate. The main camera, too, is capable of genuine greatness, while you’ll struggle to find a better selfie camera for the money. Even when placing the software situation aside, however, the Huawei Nova 10 Pro is far from a home run. Its ultrawide camera is poor, it lacks both 5G and wireless charging, and its performance is underwhelming. All in all, the Huawei Nova 10 Pro is a phone that makes a strong first impression, but it has too many flaws (one of which is fatal) to even be in the conversation as a mid-range option.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/17/2022
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Tech Advisor
Huawei’s hardware holds its own against the competition for the most part, especially thanks to the excellent main selfie camera and slender design, but the Nova 10 Pro is held back by the lack of 5G and official Google software support.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/16/2022
Rating: Total score: 50%
Source: Make Use Of
Is this a phone we recommend you'd get? Absolutely. It looks stunning, runs fast, takes great pictures, and features an impressive screen you'll simply fall in love with. At this price point, there's really no reason why you shouldn't get the Nova 10 Pro.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/11/2022
Source: Root Nation
The main advantages of Huawei nova 10 Pro include a bright design, excellent cameras and many photo opportunities (including for vloggers), high performance, fast 100 W charging in 20 minutes, curved OLED screen with increased refresh rate and high resolution, 256 GB of memory, excellent stereo sound, convenient EMUI 12 shell. However, for the sake of objectivity, it is worth pointing out the moments that we liked less: the lack of a mini-jack for wired headphones, the lack of Google services (but this is a solvable problem). You can also mention the lack of 5G (due to sanctions imposed on Huawei), but LTE speeds are quite sufficient for today. The price may not be low, but it’s adequate, considering the screen, cameras, battery power and more. Therefore, we are happy to recommend Huawei nova 10 Pro.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/20/2022
Rating: Total score: 93% price: 100% performance: 80% display: 100% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 90%
Source: GSM Arena
The BUT is coming, though, and it's a big one. The phone is running an already old Android 11, and there are no Google apps and services, and some apps and games just can't do without Google Mobile Services (GMS). The video quality is not up to par, too, something we must hold to a higher standard when it comes to a phone marketed for its camera prowess. The Huawei nova 10 Pro is an expensive smartphone, yet it has no ingress protection. And it has no 5G support because of the US ban, which is still in force. At the end of this review, we can't but like the nova 10 Pro, though we think its pricing would make it a tough sell. The regular nova 10, on the other hand, is pretty much the same phone but cheaper and without the portrait selfie camera. The regular nova 10 is the better deal of the two, at least until the nova 10 pro's price drops substantially. Or you can always consider any of the alternatives we mentioned above.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/17/2022
Rating: Total score: 78%
Source: Emkwan Reviews
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/17/2022
Source: Unbox
The Huawei nova 10 Pro is another excellent entry to the company’s already impressive lineup of mid-rangers as we found in our review of it for the Philippines, though we still don’t know how much it’ll be officially. That’s a bit of a quandary because if the Huawei nova 10 Pro featured in this review follows the same pricing in the Philippines as it does in the EU, then you’re looking at an SRP of around Php 40K (the phone has a price of EUR 699 in Europe). That’s a bit steep for a mid-range phone, and might be a deal breaker for people looking to get into it.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/13/2022
Source: Phone Arena
It's really hard to review Huawei phones nowadays. The company makes really good hardware, and it's a shame that it's not allowed to support it with more mainstream software. There's no other way to put it - leaving aside the political part of it. The Nova 10 Pro is indeed a sleek and lightweight, ample midrange offering, with a great display, full retail package, and top-notch charging. Whether or not people will decide to go the adventurous route and deal with Huawei's AppGallery and re-learn and re-adjust to all the alternative software solutions, it's a hard question to ask, and answer for that matter.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/19/2022
Rating: Total score: 75%
Source: XDA Developers
The Huawei Nova 10 Pro suffers from the same problems as every Huawei device before it over the past two years, and that is that it’s hard to recommend to just about everyone. I reviewed the Huawei P50 Pro earlier this year and absolutely loved it, and I’m really getting a sense of what the company is doing when it comes to AppGallery. Despite all of that, currently, it’s extremely difficult for me to switch over full-time. It doesn’t have everything that I need, and even though it’s getting there, it’s not there now. In other words, until it gets there, it’s hard to recommend it. The cameras are excellent, but between the pricing of this device (€699 is quite expensive for what’s on offer here) and the difficulty some may have as an average consumer, I don’t really know how to recommend this phone. If Revolut was your main bank and you didn’t care about getting email notifications always on time, then maybe this phone would be an easier sell. Currently, though, it isn’t. As much as I’d love it to be. For what it’s worth, this phone is a good omen that Huawei is really listening to and that things are moving along. AppGallery is improving day by day, and with localized approaches to each application service (there are Irish versions of apps on AppGallery, which is pretty impressive to me), it’s beginning to reach a point where I think I can recommend it. That day isn’t here yet, but a viable competitor in the space is, at the very least, always good for consumers. This is also a unique-enough phone in the features that it has cobbled together that I think Huawei is starting to figure out that to thrive, it needs to find a niche that works. This may well be the start.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/18/2022
Source: TechTablets
Nova 10 Pro review, Huawei's new midrange phone with an impressive selfie camera setup. Powered by the SD778G, this review unit has 8GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. 100W charging, 120hz 6.78 OLED screen and 50MP rear RYYB sensor.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/13/2022
Source: ben's gadget reviews
At the IFA trade show in Berlin this past weekend Huawei launched a new upper mid-tier smartphone with a flashy design and a whopping 60MP selfie camera along with a 2x zoom selfie lens -- bruh!
Hands-On, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/06/2022
Source: Pocket Lint
Huawei's entry to the mid-range market for 2022 is competitive, offering a sleek, attractive device with lots of high end flagship features. You can't ignore the limitations of EMUI in western markets, but things are slowly getting better and you'll not find a selfie camera system quite like this anywhere else.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/05/2022
Source: Trusted Reviews
The Huawei Nova 10 Pro is a new mid range smartphone from Huawei with one overt focus – taking the best selfies possible. Having had an opening to go with it, the dual sensor front camera has a lot of cool features, but questions remain about its lack of 5G support and its EMUI OS which has less apps than the more common Android and iOS platforms.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/02/2022
Source: OI Spice Tech News
Huawei Nova 10 Pro is the elder sibling of Nova 10 and lies in the flagship smartphone segment. The Nova 10 Pro was released in July 2022 and arrives with a 6.78 inches OLED display panel with a high 120Hz refresh rate. In terms of software, you get the HarmonyOS 2.0 OS, while the performance is carried out by the 6nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G chipset. You can avail of the device is 8GB RAM with 128GB / 256GB internal storage option. Besides this, you don’t get an SD card slot on the phone. On the back, the phone has a triple-camera setup including a 50MP primary, 8MP ultrawide, and a 2MP depth lens. Whereas the front equips an impressive duo of an 8MP portrait and a 60MP ultrawide lens. You can record 4K videos at 30fps with gyro-EIS support from both cameras. Furthermore, you are offered stereo speakers, necessary comms and sensors, and an under-display fingerprint scanner for security. The Huawei Nova 10 Pro holds a decent Li-Po 4500 mAh battery accompanied by robust 100W fast-charging and reverse charging support.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/28/2022
Source: Yahoo
После двух недель использования Huawei nova 10 Pro в качестве основного телефона можем сказать, что телефон нам понравился. Прежде всего, стоит отметить яркий дисплей, интересную внешность и достаточную производительность при не самой высокой цене. У смартфона есть поддержка двух SIМ-карт, двухдиапазонный Wi-Fi 6 и NFC, который можно использовать для бесконтактной оплаты. Тройная камера делает качественные фотографии. Причём это касается не только фотографирования днём или при хорошем освещении. Фото получаются достаточно яркими, естественными и контрастными. Интересным оказался режим «Видеоблог». С ним можно экспериментировать молодым блогерам. Двойная селфи камера снимает ничуть не хуже основной. Благо, что тут есть автофокус и работают нейросетевые алгоритмы обработки изображения. Отдельных слов заслуживает быстрая зарядка, благодаря которой зарядить девайс от нуля до 100% можно за 35 минут. Время автономной работы в зависимости от сценариев составляет от 1,5 до 3 дней. Стоит обратить внимание, что в nova 10 Pro отсутствуют сервисы Google, но за время санкций, которые на китайскую компанию наложили власти США, экосистема приложений с мобильными сервисами Huawei уже успела адаптироваться. Есть и магазин приложений, и возможность установки приложений со сторонних ресурсов. Из особенностей гаджета также стоит отметить отсутствие возможности расширить объём памяти за счёт внешних карт, отсутствие аудио-джека, а также отсутствие защиты корпуса от пыли и воды. Купить Huawei nova 10 Pro в комплектации 8+258 ГБ сейчас можно за 39 000 рублей. Стоимость аппарата выглядит весьма адекватной как сама по себе, так и в сравнении с конкурентами от Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo и Samsung.
Positive: Great display; solid workmanship; excellent cameras; very fast charging; NFC module. Negative: Missing Google services; no headphone jack; no memory card slot; unsupported waterproof and dust avoiding.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/22/2023
Foreign Reviews
Source: Nextpit Germany DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/20/2022
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Nextpit Germany DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/08/2022
Source: Journal du Geek FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/06/2023
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Nextpit France FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/20/2022
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Nextpit France FR→EN
Positive: Excellent display; compact size; light weight; nice dual cameras; very quick charging. Negative: Unsupported 5G; missing Google services; relatively high price.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/02/2022
Source: Root Nation PL PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/04/2023
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 80% display: 90% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90%
Source: Galaktyczny PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/31/2022
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Telepolis PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/25/2022
Rating: Total score: 50%
Source: GSM Maniak PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/09/2022
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 60% features: 60% display: 85% mobility: 85%
Source: Android.com.pl PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/07/2022
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 80% display: 90% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90%
Source: Tabletowo PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/04/2022
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Chip Online TR TR→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/21/2022
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Yamobi RU→EN
Positive: Great built quality; nice display; good main camera; decent selfie camera; very fast charging; NFC module. Negative: Missing Google services; no memory card slot; no headphone jack; unsupported waterproof and dust avoiding.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 02/22/2023
Source: 3DNews.ru RU→EN
Positive: Elegant design; slim size; light weight; frameless display; nice display; good main camera; fast charging. Negative: No memory card slot; no mini jack; unsupported waterproof and dust avoiding; missing Google services; no optical zoom.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/28/2022
Source: Hi-Tech Mail RU→EN
Positive: Beautiful design; bright display; excellent cameras; ultra fast charging.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/21/2022
Source: Hi-Tech Mail RU→EN
Positive: Very quick charging; nice selfie camera; beautiful display; bright display; high performance.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/20/2022
Source: Mobility.bg BU→EN
Positive: Stylish design; big screen; powerful hardware; high performance; excellent cameras; decent autonomy; very quick charging.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/24/2022
Source: Arena IT →EN
Positive: Slim size; nice OLED display; quick charging; 256GB ROM; beautiful design. Negative: Poor cameras in night condition.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/27/2022
Source: Go4it.ro →EN
Positive: Quick charging; good speakers. Negative: Missing Google services.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/26/2022
Source: Computerblog.ro →EN
Positive: Great cameras; decent autonomy; elegant design; solid workmanship. Negative: Relatively high price; missing Google services.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/26/2022
Comment
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Huawei's phone business may be embattled due to software problems but it has not stopped making new phones. While most of them have not made it to European shores, the latest Huawei Nova 9 is an exception to this. In terms of its design, this device is still considered thin at 7.8mm and light at 175g. This definitely makes it rather portable while the curved edges keep it comfortable to be held on too. The rear camera module on the back comes in two different circles which houses the main camera and the remaining lenses. However, this model has no Gorilla Glass on the display and there is also no water or dust-resistant IP rating. As far as the display is concerned, the Huawei Nova 9 has been incorporated with a large 6.75-inch Full HD+ OLED display with high colour coverage. This is paired with an impressive 120Hz high refresh rate. In addition, there is also an under-display fingerprint reader, which can be quite fast and reliable. In terms of its performance, this is a firmly mid-range device which uses the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 778G chipset paired with an 8GB of RAM with either 128GB or 256GB of storage. It is undeniable that this is not the fastest or most powerful phone on the market, but it has got more than enough power for the average user. The performance is rather smooth and fluid even when multi-tasking, and there is enough power to run any modern smartphone game too.
In terms of its battery, the Huawei Nova 9 comes in with a 4300mAh battery which is enough for the phone to last a day’s use fairly comfortably, but definitely not enough to stretch it to two days unless for an exceptionally light usage. Fundamentally that makes the battery life fairly average for the modern market as there are phones with better battery life out there, but this is obviously not the worst though. As for its camera, this smartphone carries a 50MP main camera, 8MP ultrawide camera, 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth sensor. The main camera being encased in its own circular housing, utilizes Huawei's RYYB pixel arrangement which the company prefers especially for low light performance. However, in this device it is not combined with optical image stabilization (OIS) which is key to really excellent night photography. Overall, in daylight the main camera is exceptional with rich colours and vivid detail in a range of conditions. Though in darker lighting results are good, the lack of OIS does show. Apart from that, the ultrawide does the job in decent lighting, but there is a marked drop in detail compared to the main lens while colours tend to be washed out. There is also a 32MP selfie camera which is quite decent. Overall, it is a great phone to be considered if the absence of Google Mobile services is not an issue.
Qualcomm Adreno 642L: Graphics chip for smartphones and tablets that is integrated within the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SoC. Qualcomm claims that it is 40% faster than the Adreno 620.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
SD 778G 4G: Fast mid-range ARM SoC with 8 CPU Kryo 670 cores (four fast ARM Cortex-A78 core at up to 2.4 GHz and four small ARM Cortex-A55 cores at up to 1.8 GHz) but without the integrated X53 5G modem and only offering a 4G modem. The SoC is manufactured in the modern 6 nm process at TSMC.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
6.78":
It is a small display format for smartphones. You shouldn't be severely defective in vision, and you won't see much detail on the screen and only have a small resolution available. For that, the device should be small and handy, easy to transport.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Huawei: Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. is a Chinese telecommunications company and hardware manufacturer founded in 1987 and headquartered in Shenzhen. Huawei is a global leader in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Huawei provides end-to-end solutions for telecommunications networks, devices, and smartphones, as well as storage, servers, networking, and cloud computing enterprise solutions and products.
In 2014, Huawei established the Honor subsidiary brand under which certain smartphone lines are sold. The Huawei name is usually not listed for these products.
69.44%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.