Huawei mate 10

Officially unveiled stateside last month at CES 2018, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro won't be released via any US carrier. However, Huawei USA is launching an unlocked version of the smartphone (1-year warranty included), and pre-orders for it are available as of today, February 4.At this very moment, you can pre-order the Huawei Mate 10 Pro from Amazon, Best Buy, B&H, and Newegg, all of which will properly release the handset on February 18. The new phone costs $799.99, and, for a limited time, it comes with a $150 Gift card. Interestingly, Huawei says the Mate 10 Pro will also be sold by Microsoft, but it's not clear if only online, or also through Microsoft Stores across the US. The unlocked Mate 10 Pro will work on GSM/LTE carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile, Cricket Wireless, MetroPCS, and so on. Unfortunately, it won't be compatible with Verizon, Sprint, and US Cellular. Running Android 8 Oreo out of the box (customized with Huawei's EMUI), the Mate 10 Pro is a water-resistant … [Read more...] about Huawei Mate 10 Pro pre-orders now available

Well, the Huawei Mate 10 Lite is now official: after the company unveiled the phone in China, it has now officially uncovered it in Europe and confirmed plans to sell it on the Old Continent, but did not mention anything about US availability.The Mate 10 Lite is a likable mid-range $400 phone (€400 as it's available in Europe so far) with a 5.9-inch 18:9 screen with a resolution of 1080 x 2160 pixels and minimal bezels.Unlike the flagships, the Mate 10 Lite is based on the company's Kirin 659 system chip, a step below the top tier Kirin 970 chip and lacking the latter's artificial intelligence chip. The Mate 10 Lite features an octa-core processor working along with 4GB of RAM and a generous 64GB of on-board storage. You have a hybrid SIM card slot, so you can choose whether to use this phone as a dual SIM device or instead make use of it as a single SIM + microSD card phone.The Mate 10 Lite ships with a whopping four cameras: two on the back and two on the front. On the back you … [Read more...] about Huawei Mate 10 Lite now official: 18:9 screen and a total of four cameras

Huawei’s just announced intentions to bring the Mate 10 Pro to the U.S. Fast on its heels is the Mate 10 Porsche Design, set to be released in mid-February. The Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10 revs up specs a bit, while adding some class, and a whole lot of price, at $1,225.In terms of specs, the key upgrade found on the Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10 is the bump to 256GB of on-board storage vs 64/128GB on the Mate 10 Pro. That aside, the two phones share the same 6-inch, 18:9 OLED display, the lauded Kirin 970 flagship chipset, 12MP dual camera, and 4000mAh built-in battery.But the two phones differ aesthetically. The Mate 10 Porsche Design comes in a new color named Diamond Black and features Porsche Design branding. You also get a premium leather case in the set, while the interface has been spiced up with new themes. While checking out Huawei's luxury handset we also came across the Porsche Design Huawei Smartwatch. The pricey wearable shows some resemblance to the Huawei … [Read more...] about Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10 and Huawei Smartwatch hands-on

Huawei's strategy is a strange one here in the US, they're very selective with what devices end up being sold in stores or online. Its flagship smartphone this year for instance, the Huawei P10, isn't as readily available as its rivals. Instead of the P-series being the driving force here stateside, it's been left to the Mate series to compete – and that's been the case since the Mate 8 quite honestly! Interestingly enough, its upcoming smartphone in the Huawei Mate 10 sees some radical changes that could arguably assert the Mate series as the cream-of-the-crop from Huawei's camp. That should be good news for those that have waited out so far this year from picking up a flagship, as the Mate 10's announcement comes on the heels of its contemporaries. Radical is one word that might sum up the Mate 10, but it'll need to be utterly amazing to stand a chance in this already crowded space. Design That so-called radical shift stems from the new design language it's following, one … [Read more...] about Huawei Mate 10 hands-on: Stepping up its game to flagship level

Forging a similar strategy as its competitors, Chinese maker Huawei is bringing a one-two punch with its latest devices in the Mate series this upcoming holiday season. Just like Apple and Google before them, with their new iPhones and Pixels, the new Huawei Mate 10 smartphones are largely two slightly different devices. On one hand, you have the standard Mate 10, while on the other, we have its slightly beefier sibling in the Huawei Mate 10 Pro. Naturally, the "Pro" attachment once again indicates it's going to have a few tricks up its sleeves that you won't find in the standard Mate 10. And when we look at its specs and design, it becomes instantly clear that it's the phone that diehard power users are going to want to gravitate towards – more so when it employs many of the trends we've been seeing in the space. Will that be enough to steer it above the other phones it's competing against? Design Comparing the Mate 10 Pro to the standard Mate 10 side-by-side to one … [Read more...] about Huawei Mate 10 Pro hands-on: The questionable “Pro” model