Honor 10 Review – the £399 flagship

1. Introduction2. Design & Display3. Performance & Software4. Camera & Battery5. Closing Thoughts6. View All Pages

For a £399 smartphone, the Honor 10 packs in a lot of impressive hardware. After all, it is essentially the Huawei P20 but with an added 3.5mm jack and no IP rating.

It does have a very funky new glass back design, though, which – depending on the colour you choose – will change and shift as it hits different bits of light.

The display is also top-notch (if you excuse the pun), with the IPS panel offering wide viewing angles and punchy colours. The only way it could be better would be to use an OLED panel which is simply not realistic at this price.

In terms of the camera, Honor has made a big feature of its AI capabilities, and whether you like the added processing or not, the choice is yours whether you want to use it. In any case, image quality is very decent and again, it is hard to ask for more considering the price.

Battery life is quite average – giving about a day's use from a single charge – but you can get around 66% battery capacity from just a 30 minute charge using the included fast charger, which is another terrific inclusion at the price.

At the moment, the only real issue with the phone is its performance. It is certainly not bad – most of the time you will zip around with no issues –  but I have noticed the Honor 10 is prone to the occasional slow down when opening a folder or app, which can happen once or twice a day. Similarly, the under glass fingerprint scanner isn't the fastest out there.

Overall, the Honor 10 is still worth buying – it really does offer a lot of features considering the price, and I think the display is a real highlight for a £400 flagship. I can't give the Honor 10 our top award due to the occasional performance hitches – which are far from regular – but hopefully a software update can fix those niggles.

You can buy the Honor 10 for £399 from Carphone Warehouse.

Pros

• Looks very stylish.
• SuperCharge works very well.
• Good value for money.
• Dual cameras are decent.
• Display is very good.

Cons

• Occasionally sluggish performance.
• Fingerprint scanner is not the fastest.

KitGuru says: The Honor 10 is a solid phone considering its £399 price. We would expect a software update to fix the occasionally sluggish performance, and that can only improve what is already an impressive device.

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