The Mate 10 Pro is the first Huawei smartphone that proves the Chinese firm can genuinely compete at the top end with Samsung and Apple. It's got a great camera, a good looking screen, a premium look and feel, a powerful processor and built-in artificial intelligence that should keep things running...

outstanding battery life; Android 8 Oreo; great performance; good dual camera; premium design; water resistance

no headphone socket; no microSD card slot; no wireless charging; screen not the highest resolution; no Bluetooth 5 support

"Great value phone, very quick and responsive and feels very high end but not paying a high end price."

Quick; Good Value; Face Recognition; Battery Life

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro is an easy phone to love for many, many reasons. That battery life! That lovely OLED screen! That super-fast performance! That camera! In fact there’s really very little wrong with it at all, beyond the fact that it doesn’t really do anything that hasn’t already been done by another top Android this year. Yes, there’s the distinctive whiff of familiarity here, like someone’s grabbed all of their favourite bits from the year’s best phones and smashed them all together into a kind of Frankenstein’s Monster Phone. But that doesn’t really bother me and nor should it concern you. If you want a big, powerful Android phone with a lovely camera and superb battery life - and most people do - then the Mate 10 Pro should be near the top of your list.

Superb two-day battery life; AI-enhanced speed and power; Excellent camera; Rich OLED display;

Connectivity issues in testing; Slippy back; Some camera modes look unnatural;

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro is the flagship phone many of you probably never heard of. If you have, it's likely you have only heard of it through mainstream news reports alongside the company's relationship with the U.S. government.

Amazing looking design; Premium build and quality; Great display; Smooth and clean software; Flagship performer; Amazing battery life; Great price; Fast fingerprint sensor

The only real complaint is the camera could be better

FullView display The Huawei Mate 10 Pro has really large 6" FullView OLED display. The visual spectacle is pretty amazing with an almost bezel-less design that sees a 18:9 aspect ratio showing off more of websites, without scrolling.

The Huawei Mate 10 is a the most mainstream smartphone the company has ever produced. It retains its slick looks while switching to the current trend of a glass front and back. It retains its massive battery while adding an even more efficient chipset and AI optimizations.

Premium metal and glass design Impressive battery life Excellent OLED display Top-shelf specs Android Oreo out of the box Great fast charging tech Outstanding camera performance

Convoluted UI Under-utilized NPU Not available through carriers

I've been testing the Huawei Mate 10 Pro for a week now. While performance, battery life and software have been further improved, the camera in particular makes a big leap forward. Read more about this in our full review of the Mate 10 Pro.

Battery can last a weekend; Camera has excellent post-processing; Hardware performance is excellent; The sound is great; IP67; Dual SIM (Open Market version BLA-L29 only

There is no headphone jack socket; HDMI adapter for Easy Projection neither included nor available from Huawei; More fragile design than before

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro promises a lot and delivers in practically every instance. It's an attractive and very capable performer with some powerful features for productivity and one potent imaging experience on top too.

Attractive design; Great battery life; Fantastic performance; Competent cameras; Smart UX

Huawei's latest foray into the flagship market is the which, along with its brother the , bring a much needed update to their predecessors. Featuring an all-new glass construction and the return of Leica-branded cameras, they're set to compete with the ...

Talk about arriving just at the right moment. Despite Huawei having its fair share of ups and downs since pushing into the smartphone market - the P10 that didn't quite hit the mark this year , especially on reflection of the better and cheaper Honor 9 - that's not a patch on Google's quality...

Possibly the best-looking flagship phone right now; plenty of power and smooth operation; EMUI 8.0 software is about as close to Android Oreo as could be; decent dual camera arrangement; long-lasting battery life; sumptuous 18:9 display

Poor signal reception; intelligent Wi-Fi not that intelligent; odd Android software alerts which vanish; glass is a fingerprint magnet (and may smash under impact); no 3.5mm headphone jack (aagh); do we really need that B&W camera