The best smartphone of 2017- Review of the Huawei Mate 10 - GEARBEST.COM
Back to business with the best smartphone of 2017
It has been a while since I posted something on my blog, and
I thought, what better way to start 2018 than by reviewing my favourite smartphone of the past year. Before
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Along the hundreds of devices released, the Huawei Mate 10 has to be my favourite. The Mate 10 Pro was also presented
at the same event but I prefer the fingerprint scanner on the front and the
Quad HD display of the 10 over the FullHD+ OLED panel of the Pro. To me, the Huawei P10
was an overpriced smartphone but Honor, a
subbrand of Huawei, released the Honor 9, which was basically a budget P10. But
the Mate 10 is quite an upgrade, the camera quality is, for me, the most
significant factor when choosing a smartphone. Let me explain to you why I love the Mate 10.
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DESIGN
The Mate 10 was a surprise to me. There was a clear
difference between the 2016 Mate 9 and the 2017 P10 in
terms of design. The P10 is a
sleek and beautiful device with average specs and the Mate 9 was an uglier
beast smartphone: more centred on the inside than the outside. The Mate 10 is
a completely different story: beautiful ergonomics and amazing specs. The Mate
10 is a big smartphone with small bezels and an “old” 16:9 ratio. It’s
considerably small as it has an 82% screen-to-body ratio, and it’s
impressive how the fingerprint scanner is still on the bottom front bezel. On
the top bezel, there’s the camera and the
speaker. The Mate 10 keeps 2 things that are not common nowadays in flagship
smartphones, an IR blaster and a headphone jack on the top of the aluminium
frame and on the bottom there’s another speaker
and a USB-C port. On the right side of the frame are the buttons and on the
other are the hybrid Dual SIM slots that allow for expandable storage. On the back,
there are two vertically placed Leica branded cameras, centred on a darker strip. Overall, the phone is beautiful and feels amazing on the hand as it
comes in at only 8.2mm and 186grams. It’s also IP53 certified- dust and splash
resistant.
DISPLAY
This is a true flagship, the P10 only
had a FullHD display and was considered a top-of-the-line
smartphone. On this piece of treasure, we
have an amazing 5.99” QuadHD panel, that’s 2560x1440 pixels and a PPI of 499.
It’s an IPS LCD panel and isn’t quite as
vibrant as an OLED panel, but it’s amazing neither the less. The 16:9 ratio is
still the most common, so you can totally use the display for content watching,
so it’s not a problem that only the Pro has an 18:9 ratio. The Mate 10 Pro only
has a FullHD+ resolution, so I prefer a
sharper display instead of a slightly more vibrant one.
PERFORMANCE
The Kirin 970 Neural Processing Unit is the first processor
with AI computing capabilities. It’s basically an extremely powerful AI-based
chipset. The smartphone as an octa-core CPU with 4x2.4GHz cores and other 4x1.8GHz
cores as well as the Mali G72 MP12 GPU. The P10 wasn’t powerful enough for the
price but this chipset compares to the Snapdragon 835 as it scores 175.000
points on ANTUTU. As I have said it’s an
extremely powerful device and the 4GB of RAM allow for fluid and extreme
multitasking.
CAMERA
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| Photo taken with the Mate 10 |
I have compared it a lot to the P10 and
I’m going to do it again, the dual camera on the back only had an aperture of f/2.0 but now, both the 20MP monochromatic sensor and the 12MP RGB one have
an insane aperture of only f/1.6. It’s
not my favourite dual camera set-up, I prefer the one on the LG
G6, but I can sacrifice a wide-angle lens for better photography. Expect amazing
shots taken with this smartphone (even in extremely low-light), which scored 97
points on the DxO Mark, beating the iPhone
X and right below the number one spot with 98 points, the Google
Pixel 2 (just click over the names of the devices for their full reviews).
There’s 4K video recording as well as EIS and OIS for video stabilization. The
front 8MP shooter is not the best in my opinion, but it’s great as well.
The most amazing feature on the camera app is the AI.The
smartphone detects up to 13 different objects and changes the characteristics
of the photo for a better shot. It’s amazing really.
BATTERY
This smartphone has a 4000mAh battery, which is extremely
uncommon in flagships. Although the cell is giant, fast-charging allows for
0-100% battery in no-time. My only complaint is the lack of wireless charging, but
it’s a minor detail in my opinion.
FINAL VERDICT
Just buy the god damn smartphone. You probably won’t find a
flagship at such a low price. For less than 600€ you get an incredibly powerful smartphone without sacrificing ergonomics.
For me, this is the best smartphone you
can buy right now.
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2 Comments
Nice but can it run crysis ?
ResponderEliminarYou can try I guess ahahah, it can even be used as a computer if you connect it to a monitor
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