Huawei Mate 10 Pro (Single-SIM) 128GB Android 8.0 UK version SIM-Free Smartphone -Titanium Grey

After buying a Huawei tablet (MediaPad M3 10 lit, 5*) and loving the build quality I decided to make my next phone Huawei. Decided on the Mate 10 Pro coz it had no notch and a 96hr battery rating on GSM Arena.What can I say? Awesome. Very good looks, solid build and it does have that great battery.The Emui skin is not too intrusive but I always put Nova Launcher on for my own customisation.It comes with a clear case, screen protector applied, fast charge brick and some USB-C earphones (and a 3.5mm to USB-C for normal earphones you may want to use).The screen is great. The new 18:9 ratio that most phones seem to have means it's taller but narrower, easier on the pocket.It does have some strong power saving modes as default but you can soon sort out which ones to turn off. The battery life is really good. After a full, first charge, it took me 8hrs setting it up, with screen full brightness to run it down. Very impressive. After a few days with it being used normally, it easily gets through a day. Sometimes with 60% still left!The audio is another strong point. Using some hi res earphones I get some good, clear audio. I mostly use Spotify at very high quality. I did notice it doesn't like third party equalisers, preferring it's own, very customisable app. Using its own external speakers the phone uses a downward firing port for the lows while the earpiece handles the treble. However, switch to landscape mode, for video viewing and the two speakers then also split the audio to stereo too. Very good idea.The camera is very good, plenty of modes, though to be honest, I don't use it that often. A few stills, when out with friends etc but they look crystal clear.6gb of ram is more than enough to handle the four constant widgets I have on my home screen and still show no signs of lag.As this model has been superceded by the Mate 20 and P20 models, it's now over half the price it was a year ago. Also, although it's a year old, it still has Android 8 so still pretty much up to date, software wise.It's a great phone, that battery is phenomenal. Very happy with this purchase.

Have had the Mate 10 Pro for a couple of months and really like it. I am a very experienced smartphone user (just adding that as a lot of reviews for phones on Amazon are often by very clueless people) and have had numerous Android phones, and I upgraded from a Samsung S7 Edge.It has a nice 6" screen, but because of the small bezels it doesn't feel large in the hands or pocket at all. The cameras (colour and B&W) are really good, I am an experienced photographer with good cameras and lenses, and normally hate phone cameras, but this is the first phone I have owned where I will use it when out and about and not have to carry a camera with me all the time. The low light pictures are frankly amazing for a phone.Battery life is excellent, I can easily go a day on a charge, and it recharges to full in less than an hour using the supplied USB-C charger.It comes with minimal extra apps installed over standard Android. I can't speak much about the UI for the homescreen as I always use Nova Launcher, but the settings menus are well laid out and have a lot of useful features. Performance of the phone is very good, and the 6GB of RAM helps a lot.Phone comes with screen protector applied in the box, and also a transparent protection case.Downsides:This is the first USB-C device I have owned, and it has no headphone jack. It does have a USB-C to headphone jack dongle which does the job. It has a pair of earphones bundles in, but while the sound quality was pretty decent, they don't stay in my ears at all, they are very poorly shaped with no rubber cover to help them stay in. It has no MicroSD slot, but with 128GB of internal storage that isn't an issue for me.Overall it is a fantastic phone that performs like a flagship model but costs less than half the price. Is a real bargain IMO.

Then you should consider this phone. Lots of reviews here covering this phone so I won't go into all the details - but I bought this phone outright at the give-away then present price of £360 (inc vat although the seller couldn't provide a UK vat receipt for the phone claiming they weren't vat-registered (which seems almost impossible for the size of their operation)) but that aside (or even included) the phone is both excellent by any standards and excellent value outright (at the current price). I bought it to replace an ageing Huawei P9 which I bought on contract in 2016 so to anyone who considering the same, don't hesitate at this kind of price to grab one while you can. It's noticably faster with an even better screen than the P9s which was already very, very good IMO.To anyone who is still weighing up spending over £300 more for equivalent 'top brand' phone (Apple, Samsung etc) then DON'T unless:1. You're very fussy about having a Mac-like interface/options etc, etc, and you're happy to pay a £300+ premium for it.2. You think you can find an equivalent phone elsewhere for the same kind of price - which I don't think you'll be able to - especially if photography is important to you (in which I don't think you can beat this phone with it's Leica lens/software (which is excellent) either).3. Unless having a superfast phone/battery + OLED screen isn't that important to you either**I was looking at my UHD/HDR Netflix movies/box sets on my phone last night and the contrast/colours when viewing those on this phone is truly astonishing and 100% better than my 10bit 50" UHD/HDR LG TV (although it's LED and not OLED). The contrast/colour quality of this phone is astonishing. I actually prefer watching UHD/HRD content on my phone with my a headset on (although the sound quality doesn't compare that way) to watching UDH/HDR movies/box content on my £600 50" LG TV.The build-quality of this phone is excellent too. There's nothing to fault here unless you do prefer an original iPhone/Mac interface + lock-in and don't care about the aforementioned £300+ premium.Bottom line: Buy one while you can. Personally I wouldn't bother getting the Huawei P20 Mate Pro either as I can't see the minor extra features of the P20 Pro justify the £300-£400 premium for that phone either, as excellent as that phone no doubt is too.