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 As this model has been superceded by the Mate 20 and P20 models, it's now over half the price it was a year ago.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.

Okay my LG G4 finally went bootloop after just over 3 years. So I needed a new phone. I'm never that much of a mug to pay more than £400 for a phone if I have to so took a look at what was going on Amazon for £250 to £400. So we had the Nokia 8 which looked great and super cheap but no notification light. Google Pixel XL MK1...great again but comes out of update support right now so no point. The LG G6 was looking solid if a little dull but I fancied a change maybe. Then the Mate 10 Pro was up. Great looking camera, half the launch price and plenty of storage. The other thing was the 4000mAh battery. If I can't change them at least I'll get a phone with a bigger battery. Oh and it has a notification light. Sold! Okay the phone took nearly a week to arrive but hey. First niggle is the charging cable is 18" too short. The phone itself is great. I made sure I left the screen protector on by peeling the removal tab off instead. Into the case it went. Power on and two updates went straight on which was a good start. I then put back my apps and installed MS Launcher as I didn't want to get involved with EMUI. MS Launcher gives me the most barebones launcher once its tweaked as I want it. I was able to remove/disable 80% of the pre-installed stuff. The only stuff I couldn't was the usual own brand contacts/mail/messaging type stuff. Not terrible I suppose. So speed it great, as is the screen. You can change the screen colour but it comes pretty settled out of the box. The camera seems great though I haven't done much yet. B&W photography does look gorgeous I have to say. I don't take selfies being a 47 year old bloke. I don't listen to music on my phone so the loss of headphone jack is not an issue nor is wireless charging. One feature I miss from the G4 is the split audio levels for ringtone and notifications. Also I have to say the notification light on the 10 pro is a bit pathetic. It's the tiniest LED. Womp Womp! Battery life is tough to call as I'm still in the honeymoon period but it will do me fine I think. It's since dropped another £15 since I ordered it so even more or a bargain! Here's hoping it lasts me three years! Edit - As of Jan 8th, all going well, super well in fact. I got the Android Pie upgrade pushed to my phone about three days ago (about the 5th update I've had since October so not bad). Very nice indeed. Was amazed when the price jumped from the £360 I paid to £699 but seems to be coming back down now.