The Honor 10 offers heaps for its asking price, cementing its position as one of the best affordable flagship phones available - the likes of which ought to draw away some potential OnePlus 6 customers who are lured in by Honor's spangly two-tone design.

Great design with flashy Phantom Blue finish; Solid performance from a powerful chipset; Half the price of a flagship without much compromise; Dual cameras

Under-the-glass fingerprint scanner not the best; Screen notch will divide opinion; Battery life has been inconsistent during week-long test; EMUI software has its quirks

Launched in April 2018, the Honor 10 is the new flagship smartphone from the Huawei sub-brand. Being part of Huawei, but offering much cheaper phones, you'll often find that a lot of the specifications of Honor's budget-oriented range have come directly from the more expensive Huawei variants (with...

Great performance; very responsivce

Settings menu not logically laid out

Even though battery life is a little underwhelming, it’s a minor quibble with what is an exceptionally good phone for the price. The display, cameras and build quality are verging on those of a phone twice the price and the performance is the best we’ve seen on an Honor phone. The software is the best EMUI has ever offered, and the notch is not a big deal when all is said and done. The 128GB storage as standard is also a major plus, and dual SIM is also welcome. Add to that a headphone jack, and the Honor 10 might be from 2018 but it's still a good choice.

Huawei and Honor may be described as two sides of the same coin. Honor, being a Huawei sub-brand, has the benefit of having full access to its parent company technology and R&D. But when it comes to marketing strategy, the two companies couldn't possibly be looking in more different directions than...

I've aired a few concerns and nitpicks throughout this Honor 10 review. The lack of OIS on the camera is a bummer, EMUI still won't be to everyone's tastes, the decision to ditch the microSD card slot is questionable, and the device itself is as slippery as a snake that's been slithering around in...

Dazzling glass design Solid 19:9 display experience Kirin 970 guarantees incredible performance Excellent specs for the price AI Camera genuinely improves shots EMUI 8.1 is highly customizable Decent battery life Notch toggle

No microSD card slot Slippery glass No OIS on rear camera No IP rating EMUI still isn't perfect Visual shopping mode doesn't work

The 5.8-inch Honor 10 is the flagship Honor device for 2018. At £399 (inc. VAT) it's a relatively low-cost handset, in keeping with the company's value for money ethos. The Honor brand comes from the same stable as Huawei handsets, and there are often many similarities across the two product lines.

128GB of internal storage; Two SIM slots; Good screen with reading mode; Good battery life; Firmware update gives speed boost; IR blaster

Iridescent glass back is slippy and a fingerprint magnet; No MicroSD slot; Awkwardly located fingerprint scanner

Seeth thou a OnePlus device, geek Rest assured An Honor phone won't be too distant… The Mobile Bible, Indian edition No, we are not exaggerating. For, the past year has seen Honor and OnePlus lock horns time and again in the Indian market.

Brilliant design; Smooth performance; Good cameras; Face unlock works very well

AI in camera is eccentric; Can heat up sometimes while using the camera; Battery life is nothing to rave about; Fingerprint scanner a pain to set up

Gorgeous design; Easy to use with one hand; Battery lasts more than a day; Good primary and selfie camera performance

Excessive heating even under moderate loads; No microSD card slot; Kirin 970 just barely matches Snapdragon 835 performance

With the 10, Honor goes one better and does not only offer a fine-tuned version of last-year's model, but also courageous color variants, shocking the competition with a strong entry price of 399 Euros (~$468). At this point, the direct comparison to the Huawei P20 is becoming difficult.

strong price-performance ratio; good display; decent speaker; unusual color options; accurate GPS; Dual-SIM; fast SoC; good camera

few supported LTE bands; storage expansion not possible anymore; danger of overheating under constant load; bloatware; only Bluetooth 4.2