Our quick take
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Huawei P10 Plus - 4.0 / 5
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Huawei P10+ review: Colourful design
- Colours: Graphite black, mystic silver, dazzling gold, dazzling blue, greenery 5.5-inch screen; 153.5 x 74.2 x 7mm device dimensions; 165g
Huawei P10 Plus review: Fingerprint scanner
- Front-positioned fingerprint scanner Optional swipe- and press-based gesture controls
Huawei P10+ review: Screen
- 5.5-inch, 2560 × 1440 resolution IPS LCD display No oil-resistant coating, so fingerprints can be a problem
Huawei P10 Plus review: Power
- Kirin 960 chipset, octa-core (4x 2.4GHz, 4x1.8GHz) Mali G71 MP8 GPU, Vulkan API 6GB RAM, 128GB on-board storage (plus microSD)
Huawei P10 Plus review: Software and battery life
EMUI 5.1 (built over Android 7.0 Nougat) New Highlights photo tagging and video-generating mode 3,750mAh battery capacity, plus quick charging
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Huawei P10 Plus review: Dual cameras
- “Leica Dual Camera 2.0”: 20MP B&W sensor; 12MP colour sensor 28mm equivalent lenses, f/1.8 aperture (better than f/2.2 on the P10 standard) Front camera is 8-megapixel Leica optic/sensor for first time Portrait mode, with 3D facial tracking; Highlights for auto-tagging
To recap
Having used the P10 Plus for a week, we know for sure that we won’t be stepping back into the smaller P10 (despite having the more exciting looking blue colour in that device). Why? Because the Plus is the better device. And while it’s not quite as budget as suggested at Huawei’s unveiling press conference, it’s still worth its asking price considering everything that’s on board.
