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

Honor is both closely associated with Huawei as well as one of the strongest competitors of the world's third largest smartphone manufacturer. This is also due to the fact that Honor always introduces a very similar and significantly cheaper model shortly after launches of Huawei smartphones.

Eye-catching design with great colors; Strong performance in all respects; Very good camera with many features; Good display with notch; Jack and infrared blaster

No option to expand memory; AI features on the camera can be aggressive; New fingerprint sensor has gotten worse

The Honor 10 is a fantastic device for a mid-range price. Yes the software can be funky, but the hardware is on point and the camera and battery life (two of the most important things in a phone) are great. It's easy to use with one hand, it has an attractive design, and it's sure to be a hit.

The Honor 10 is an iterative update to the Honor 9 . It doesn't do anything groundbreaking, so if you already own that phone it's unlikely you'll be rushing to buy this one. That said, if you own a phone from a few years ago or a cheaper device there's a lot to love about the Honor 10.

Bold; new; reflective back; High-end performance; Great Value

No microSD support; Not waterproof; Average battery life

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.

The Honor 10 is another example of an excellent smartphone that comes very close to matching the latest top-of-the-range phones, but costs significantly less. On the whole Huawei has cut the right corners to make the Honor 10 shine against the competition.

good battery life; 8.1 Oreo; good performance; good camera; good screen; premium feel; dual sim support; headphone socket

no water resistance; no wireless charging; AI often makes the camera worse; no Bluetooth 5 support; glass back more fragile than metal

I love the phone. So far so good. Amazing camera and great features. Lots of space and the phone colour is gorgeous. (blue purple) comes with a protective case which is great. Although miffed to find its just under ￡100 cheaper everywhere else on the internet.