Huawei won't properly announce its Mate 10
smartphone series before October 16, but we already know plenty about it,
including the fact that it should be comprised of multiple devices - a regular
Mate 10, a Mate 10 Pro, a Mate 10 Lite, and even a Mate 10 Porsche Design.
Earlier this
week, we saw some leaked images that allegedly showed the Mate 10 Pro and some
of its highlight features. Now, we can say - with pretty high confidence - that
those images were indeed depicting the new Mate Pro. That's because the
ever-reliable Evan Blass (aka @evleaks) today revealed what looks to be an
official Huawei Mate 10 Pro render - presenting the device in three color
variants (grey, blue, and brown).
As you can
see above, the dual camera of the Mate 10 Pro is surrounded by a patterned
strip that gives the phone a two-tone design (this is somewhat reminiscent of
the Huawei P10's rear). Speaking of the dual camera, as on the P10, this is a
Leica-branded unit with Sumilux-H lenses. But it's been upgraded with an f/1.6
aperture for better low light performance - this matches the aperture of LG
V30's rear camera.
The Mate 10
Pro sports a near-bezel-less screen, helped by the fact that the handset's
fingerprint scanner sits on the back, not on the front (as it seems to be the
case on the regular Mate 10). The screen is likely a 6-inch, 1440 x 2880 pixels
one with an 18:9 aspect ratio. Powered by Huawei's own high-end Kirin 970
processor, the Mate 10 Pro should further offer at least 4 GB of RAM, and a
4000 mAh battery.
According to
Huawei, the Mate 10 "is not a smartphone", but "an intelligent
machine" - thanks to the company's commitment to better integrate AI
(Artificial Intelligence) into it. Will Huawei's AI integration be better and
more useful than what's already on handsets made by Apple, Google, or Samsung?
It remains to be seen.
