But there are a couple of twists that are intended to cater to a more needy youth market that have been uncovered that may keep the Honor V10 a more affordable
device than the Mate 10 Pro.
Not exact matches
It is available in Titanium Grey and Mystic Champagne and is a solid
device with a slightly smaller display
than the Ascend
Mate 7, it replaces.
Both smartphones have a non-removable battery, although the 3450mAh size in the Nexus 6P is larger
than the 2700mAh in the
Mate S and both
devices sport a fingerprint sensor.
Coming to the particular
devices, what seems likely is that Apple will go for radical changes with the original iPad, seeing as it now has had to ward off some stiff competition from none other
than its own stable
mate iPad Mini.
In terms of specifications, the Huawei Ascend
Mate makes a pretty bold statement of intent, but it does so in a more unique way
than most
devices.
For AnTuTu the P9 Plus scored 97910, which ranks the
device higher
than the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, faster
than the Huawei
Mate 8 (as expected) and faster
than the Galaxy S6.
That's two more updates
than I ever received with the
Mate 7 during the entire time I used it as my primary
device.
Heck, the Porsche Design
Mate 10 was launched less
than 5 months ago, and its essentially the same
device, except that the new HUAWEI
Mate RS is better.
However, the Huawei
Mate 9 we tested also has a 4,000 mAh battery, which means the mAh per percentage are higher
than on all OnePlus
devices, actually putting the standard in a better light and ahead of OnePlus.
Dash Charge does end up behind Huawei Supercharge when we take into account, and adjust for, battery capacity in the
device, as the Huawei
Mate 9 has a substantially larger battery
than the OnePlus 3.
The
device offers a 33 % year - on - year improvement over the scores we obtained on our Google Pixel XL, and more
than 50 % the framerate of the G71 in the Kirin 960 (
Mate 9).
Considering there's a 5.9 - inch display, you could be forgiven for thinking the
Mate 9 is a big phone and while the display is certainly large, narrow vertical bezels and a slim profile mean it handles a lot better
than other large
devices.
Although there's ample storage on the
Mate 9, Huawei's compression algorithm means 4k video file sizes are up to 50 % lower
than on other
devices.
Moving to Qualcomm's processor is a step away from the in - house HiSilicon chip that's found in many other Huawei
devices, but based on our experience with the Ascend
Mate 2 it's more
than capable of handling what you can throw at it.
The 5.9 - inch Full HD display is certainly a lot bigger
than most users will be accustomed to, but Huawei has always positioned the
Mate line of
devices as something for those with a taste for a larger smartphone.
I've used a lot of phones in the past year, and one
device continues to age better
than most: the Huawei
Mate 9.
I want something with a bigger screen, but something that's a little more manageable
than a gigantic
device such as the Huawei
Mate 9.
The standard
Mate 9 features a 5.9 - inch Full HD display for a pixel density of 373ppi, which although is sharper
than the preceding
Mate 8, it is still quite low for this size
device.
As a result, you get more screen here
than you do on the
Mate 10 Pro and other 6 - inch 18:9
devices like the Pixel 2 XL and LG V30.
Both the Honor View 10 and the Huawei
Mate 10 series feature the latest HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC, which means their boot images are a bit different
than most Qualcomm Snapdragon - based
devices.
Under heavy strain the U11 Plus even cools down significantly faster
than a similarly built
device like the
Mate 10 Pro.
However, along with a massive overhaul to its UI on the
Mate 9, the company appears to be pushing Android Nougat to a few of its
devices just a bit quicker
than usual.
The 18:9 aspect ratio also means the
device is a little narrower
than 16:9
Mate 10, making it significantly easier to hold in one hand.
Mate 10 carrier options may be pricier, but they'd still likely be cheaper
than Apple and Samsung's $ 1,000
devices.
What's interesting here is that the screen resolution on this
device is actually higher
than the regular
Mate 10, which is believed to be 1080p Full HD.
It's because of that big screen that the 7X feels more like a cousin of the Huawei
Mate 10 Pro rather
than any previous Honor
device.
Phones like the Nexus 6p and the
Mate 8 are incredible flagships with all the trappings of what you would expect in a phone that costs more
than $ 500, but what if you're looking to spend significantly less
than that on a new
device?
It has been previously reported that the unveiling of the
device, along with the smaller Huawei
Mate 10 Lite, will take place on the said date, although this is the first time that the original rumor was substantiated with something more
than a claim.
The firm awarded the
Mate 10 Pro with a total score of 97 on its absolute scale with no firm end, only one point less
than what it gave to the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL earlier this month when it proclaimed Google's
devices to have the best mobile camera ever.
Both the new
devices run the Kirin 970 CPU with Mali G72 GPU under their hoods but the
Mate 10 Pro has a little more RAM
than the
Mate 10 with 6 GB over 4 GB.
Most succeeding flagship
devices offer improvements over the smartphones they replace so it's no surprise the
Mate 10 and
Mate 10 Pro are more powerful
than the
Mate 9.
So among the battery improvements included with the
Mate 9 are a SuperCharge feature that should charge the new
device 50 percent faster
than its predecessor.
Now it's the norm for many, helped along by the iPhone 6S Plus, and with
devices as powerful and refined as the Huawei
Mate 8 also coming to market it's perhaps a more appealing concept
than ever.
The sketch appears to have been drawn by hand, and it resembles a Xiaomi Mi 5s or
Mate 9
device rather
than a Samsung Galaxy C smartphone.
Despite the large 5.9 - inch display, the
Mate 9 doesn't feel that large in the hand, and Huawei have done their best to make sure that the
device doesn't feel any bigger
than it needs to be in the hand.
The manufacturer also claims the Kirin 970 chip
Mate 10 is up to 5 times faster
than competitor
devices, including the iPhone 7 Plus and the Galaxy S8 in AI recognition.
We were reaching for the plug a little earlier
than we would have with a
device like the Moto Z Play or Huawei
Mate 9, but that's in - line with other 3,000 mAh battery capacity
devices.
Devices like the Nexus 6P, the excellent Huawei
Mate S with a pressure sensitive display and, more recently, its
Mate 8 phablet, have all demonstrated that Huawei is more
than capable of innovating and creating a great
device.
The
Mate 7 is a better considered slab of metal, glass and plastic
than the smaller Ascend P7 (a
device that, quite frankly, apes the iPhone 5), for example, as there's not the odd plastic ridge to the bottom as present in the smaller phone.
There's also a 2,700 mAh fixed battery — a step down from the enormous cell in the
Mate 7, but Huawei CEO Richard Yu told press at today's event that the
device will offer more
than one day's batter life.
If you are interested in one of these
devices, then make a list and decide what you can live with or without on your smartphone, keeping in mind that the
Mate 10 Pro is about $ 150 more
than the Z2 Force.
Even though the
Mate 10 Pro has a larger display, because of its 18:9 ratio, both
devices are almost identical in size — the
Mate 10 Pro weighs 35 grams more
than the Z2 Force.
The China - based company has taken a swipe at Apple calling the
Mate 10 smartphone «a real AI phone,» and Richard Yu, chief of Huawei's consumer division, told Bloomberg that its
device will be more powerful
than the iPhone X. Huawei is even going so far as to market the smartphone as an intelligent machine.