This is everything you need to know about the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro!
For the past few years, Huawei's Mate series has been its flagship chock full of high-end hardware, a beefy battery and the latest and greatest cameras. That tradition continued in 2017, with a slight twist: in addition to the Mate 10, Huawei also released an even better Mate 10 Pro.
This is everything you need to know about the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro!
Check out our review
We've had our hands on the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro since their announcement, and we have two full reviews for the Mate 10 Pro. The standard Mate 10 is mostly the same, missing water resistance and gaining a headphone jack, as well as some differences in the internal specifications.
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The specs
The Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro are two of the few phones released in late 2017 that launch with Android Oreo, rather than Nougat. Elsewhere, both pack a Kirin 970 chipset, dual-SIM slots and a 4,000 mAh battery. There are some notable differences, so give the spec sheet below a close read:
| Category | Huawei Mate 10 | Huawei Mate 10 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Android 8.0 EMUI 8 | Android 8.0 EMUI 8 |
| CPU | Huawei Kirin 970 10nm, 4X Cortex-A73 + 4X Cortex-A53, ARM Mali G72-MP12 GPU, Neural Processing Unit (NPU) | Huawei Kirin 970 10nm, 4X Cortex-A73 + 4X Cortex-A53, ARM Mali G72-MP12 GPU, Neural Processing Unit (NPU) |
| RAM | 4GB | 6GB |
| Storage | 64GB + SD | 128GB + SD |
| Dual SIM | Dual 4G/VoLTE Hybrid slot | Dual 4G/VoLTE Hybrid slot |
| Display | 5.9-inch 16:9 Quad HD (2560x1440) LCD RGBW, 730 nits | 6-inch 18:9 Full HD+ (2160x1080) OLED, FullView Display |
| Fingerprint | Front | Back |
| Camera | 12MP (color) + 20MP (monochrome), OIS, f/1.6 lenses | 12MP (color) + 20MP (monochrome), OIS, f/1.6 lenses |
| Front camera | 8MP f/2.0 | 8MP f/2.0 |
| Battery | 4,000mAh Huawei SuperCharge | 4,000mAh Huawei SuperCharge |
| Water resistance | No | IP67 |
| Headphone jack | Yes | No |
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There's a Porsche Design for those with fat wallets
Got some money burning a hole in your pocket? Want to spend the same price as two flagship phones but only carry one around? Good news: there's a Porsche Design version of the Mate 10 just for you! There are some objective improvements: a bump from 4GB of RAM to 6GB (the same amount found on the Mate 10 Pro), and an increase from 64GB of storage to 256GB. There's also an exclusive paint job and theme to let people know you can drop $1,500 on a phone willy-nilly.
More: Behold, the Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10!
The cameras are no joke
Huawei has included great cameras on its phone for a while now, and the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro are no exception. Both use the same 12-megapixel main lens paired with a 20-megapixel monochrome lens for the rear assembly, with an 8-megapixel front camera. Even more important — at least when it comes to processing — is Huawei's Neural Processing Unit. Huawei claims the NPU can automatically detect 13 different shooting scenarios and adjust the camera settings accordingly. The pictures our reviewers took with the phone look stunning, so Huawei definitely did something right.
More: Mate 10 Pro scores one point less than Pixel 2 in DxOMark test
EMUI is back and better than ever
Huawei's version of Android — EMUI — is...divisive, to say the least. With iOS inspired aesthetics, the skin just doesn't mesh well with applications that conform to Android's design standards. Having said that, Huawei has come a long way over the last few years: things may be quirky, but they aren't straight up broken as in previous versions of EMUI. A launcher and an icon pack will go a long way towards making the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro look like standard Android phones, and there are plenty of themes to choose from as well. And EMUI 8 runs on Oreo, which is great.
More: Top 5 tips and tricks for getting the most out of EMUI 8
The Mate 10 Pro is coming to the US, but…
One inescapable truth of the U.S. cell phone market is that a vast majority of consumers buy their phones from their wireless carrier. Any companies that want to sell a significant amount of phones in the US needs to cuddle up to the carriers. It looked like 2018 would finally be the year Huawei found a friend in AT&T.
At CES 2018, that agreement came crashing down. AT&T scrapped the deal over political concerns, but the Mate 10 Pro will still be available through Best Buy, Amazon, Newegg, Microsoft and B&H Photos starting in February, 2018.
More: Huawei Mate 10 Pro coming to the US in Feb, but carrier deal is dead
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Do you have more questions about the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro? Be sure to stop by the excellent Android Central forums and ask away!
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