Huawei has pulled the wraps off the Huawei P10 and P10
Plus at the MWC in Barcelona. The new flagship duo improves on
design, display, chipset, and of course, the iconic Leica camera setups.
Huawei P10 has a refreshed design with a 2.5D curved
Gorilla Glass 5 at the front, and an all-metal backplate with hyper-diamond cut
and sandblasted finish. There are two iPhone 7-like antenna bands at the back,
which are almost unnoticeable on the Graphite Black model. The P10 has a very
unique appearance though, thanks to the long piece of glass emphasizing the
Leica's setup.
The P10 comes with a 5.1" 1080p IPS display,
which is a notch smaller than the P9's 5.2" unit. The phone is powered by
the same Kirin 960 chip introduced by the Mate 9 and has 4 gigabytes of RAM.
The new Leica setup is what most people will be
looking at, and that's fine since the P9 was the first to establish the
color+monochrome combo as a thing. The P10 features identical
camera setup as the Mate 9 - a 12MP color and a 20MP monochrome sensors. Both
come with f/2.2 lens, but OIS is available only on the color one.
Huawei is introducing a new
Portrait Mode, which combines their Variable Aperture mode and Beautification.
It is available on both the main camera and the 8MP f/1.9 selfie snapper. The front cam is now also Leica-powered, and with some software
trickery it can offer live previews of these new bokeh effects (unlike the main
dual-camera, which can't).
Huawei P10 moves the fingerprint scanner at the
front, beneath the glass, and it's on the new Home key. Thanks to the new EMUI
5.1, you can now use the Home key as a multi-functional tool - one tap for
Back, hold for Home, swipe for task switcher. We've seen this feature already
in action on the Mate 9 Pro and we liked it very much.
Huawei P10 has stereo speakers just like the P9 Plus
and the Mate 9. It packs a 3,200 mAh battery and supports Super Charge. The
Android OS is Nougat with the newest Emotion UI 5.1
Huawei is going to launch the P10 this March in
Greenery, Dazzling Blue, Rose Gold, Ceramic White, Graphite Black, Mystic
Silver, and Prestige Gold. The phone is priced at € 649 and the first markets to
get it are Australia, Austria, Chile, China, Columbia, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South
Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, Vietnam.
Huawei, continuing the P9 tradition, announced a P10
Plus model, too. It packs a 5.5" IPS screen of Quad HD resolution, and
keeps a similar design with the P10 Plus. The P10 Plus is also powered by the
Kirin 960 chip, but you will be able to get it with 4GB RAM/64GB storage and
6GB RAM/128GB storage options.
Huawei P10 Plus features the same camera specs and
features as the P10, but the main snappers have wider apertures at f/1.8. This
means you will get the same 12MP RGB + 20MP monochrome sensors at the back (at
f/1.8), there is laser autofocus, two-tone LED flash, and 4K video recording.
The Portrait mode is available on the P10 Plus on
both main and front cameras. The 8MP selfie shooter is Leica powered and
supports live preview of the bokeh effects courtesy of the new Portrait Mode.
Huawei P10 Plus has another unique feature in
addition to the new screen and wider apertures on the cameras. The handset
supports the so-called 4.5G with 4 LTE antennas (4x4MIMO 600Mbps). Finally, the
P10 Plus has a bigger 3,750 mAh battery, which also supports Huawei's Super
Charge.
Everything else is the same as on the P10 - stereo
speakers, Gorilla Glass 5, a touch-sensitive Home key with a fingerprint
sensor, Android 7 Nougat, EMUI 5.1. Huawei P10 Plus will launch in Ceramic
White, Dazzling Blue, Dazzling Gold, Graphite Black, Mystic Silver, Rose Gold,
Greenery colors. It will be available on the same markets as the P10 this
March. The 64GB option is priced at € 699, while the 128GB model will set you
back € 799.
