Our quick take
Alternatives to consider
Honor View 10 - 4.5 / 5
Design
- 6-inch 18:9 aspect ratio ‘FullView’ display (1080 x 2160 resolution) Front-positioned fingerprint scanner 3.5mm headphone jack 157 x 75 x 7mm; 172g
Performance & battery life
- Kirin 970 processor (octa-core, 4x 2.36GHz & 4x 1.8 GHz) 6GB RAM, 128GB storage (plus microSD expansion) EMUI 8.0 software (skin over Android 8.0) 3750mAh battery capacity, USB-C charging
Cameras
- Dual cameras: 16MP monochrome & 20MP colour (both f/1.8 aperture) Scene recognition aided by machine learning AI No image stabilisation or Leica certification 13MP front-facing camera
To recap
If you’ve been eyeing-up the Huawei Mate 10 Pro but have been receding due to its price tag then, well, the Honor View 10 offers much of the same at a cut of the price. As sub-£500 phones go it’s about as good as it gets.
