ISSUE 44 • ANDROID ADVISOR 35REVIEWAnother oddity is that the Pro doesn’t offer
expandable storage via microSD whereas the standard
Mate 10 does. Fortunately, the Pro packs 128GB as
standard, but you’ll have to be sure that’s all you’ll
need for the lifetime of the phone.
It is a dual-SIM phone, though, and it supports 4G
for both nano SIMs. The modem supports Cat 18 LTE
so it’s one of the first phones which can download at
1.2Gb/s. Unfortunately, you’re not going to experience
this in the UK for a long while as the fastest download
speed to date (offered by EE) is 150Mb/s.
Huawei is calling it 4.5G, but while it’s interesting,
ultimately it isn’t a reason to buy the Mate 10 Pro (or
any other phone with similar tech.)
Display and audio
We never got the Mate 9 Pro in the UK, but that model
had an OLED screen as opposed to the IPS LCD screen
in the standard Mate 9. Things are the same in 2017
and it means the Mate 10 Pro should be compatible
with Google’s Daydream VR headsets (it isn’t yet
certified, but is expected to be shortly).
It has a resolution of 2160x1080 which is lower
than its rivals, but in the flesh it looks great and, at
480ppi, everything looks nice and sharp. The OLED
tech means contrast is fantastic and colours are
also great: it has a wide colour gamut (112 percent
of the NTSC standard) which allows it to display
HDR10 content.
Colours pop as they do on the Galaxy S8 Plus
and viewing angles are nice and wide with no
noticeable colour shifting.