Huawei Mate 10 Lite long-term review

21 March 2018
Here’s a Mate 10 that is less than half the price of any other Mate 10. Yet it looks similarly modern with its tall screen, and even comes with four cameras. So what’s going on? Can you really get flagship-like features for a fraction of the price?

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  • Anonymous
  • m@D
  • 22 Mar 2018

AnonD-454153, 21 Mar 2018this is 250euros phone not 600euros ,so cut the crap It started as a 379 euro phone . All phones depreciate so it should be compared to phones launched at similar price and time.

There are far better options out there , esp phones with S625 will perorm better in normal everyday use.

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    • Anonymous
    • m@D
    • 22 Mar 2018

    Goes to show how badly optimized Kirin 659 is.. performance is decent but everything else is just far behind Qualcomm...

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      • Anonymous
      • b4c
      • 22 Mar 2018

      Despite these "niggles" that you mention still think this is one of the best mid range options out there for the price.....

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        • SoulJahBGR
        • Sc8
        • 22 Mar 2018

        Eye Care function works great on my P9. :)

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          • davidletterboyz
          • tZj
          • 22 Mar 2018

          This type of review is the most useful and informative. The auto dimming "bug" was already there in Huawei P10 (or even models before that!) but no review mentioned about it. That is why I don't believe in short-term reviews anymore. It's super annoying that I sold the phone away. I heard it was purposely done by Huawei to save battery. That's a low skill technique! In that case, Huawei is a pretender of competing with the likes of Samsung and Google.

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            • AnonD-725486
            • tEZ
            • 22 Mar 2018

            This phone definitely better than samsung/lg mid range phone. As a daily driver , it's more than just passable. It has great audio and usable features. But some people might cant stand the "horrible" low-light photos....

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              • alexv
              • HBj
              • 22 Mar 2018

              the kirin 655 in early '16 in the p9 lite was ok but exactly the same chip 2 whole years after, with a gpu inferior even to a Helio P10, is no more than a joke

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                • syer1n
                • tuf
                • 21 Mar 2018

                coming from an xperia z2, this phone is smooth. worth the switch.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • MxG
                  • 21 Mar 2018

                  AnonD-454153, 21 Mar 2018this is 250euros phone not 600euros ,so cut the crap God bless you

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                    • Anonymous
                    • mMu
                    • 21 Mar 2018

                    This phone costs the same as Samsung J7 2017 and it should be compared to phones like this not pixels,.mates pro etc...

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                      • AnonD-454153
                      • S9u
                      • 21 Mar 2018

                      this is 250euros phone not 600euros ,so cut the crap

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                        • 6u%
                        • 21 Mar 2018

                        So are you comparing a mid-range/budget device that costs about 250euros with flagship devices in terms of use... OK.

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                          • AnonD-738292
                          • 0wY
                          • 21 Mar 2018

                          Bought one for like 220 Euro 4 gb version for my girlfriend.. Runs ok. Screen is ok. Camera so an so.. good for the price. Great build quality. Ok battery.. but that Huawei skin is just not for me. M makes the phone a little laggy and the way it handles memory, sometimes randomly closing apps in the background.. not for me

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                            • AnonD-746233
                            • XM{
                            • 21 Mar 2018

                            AnonD-746233, 21 Mar 2018Yeah loads of the points here were true but hopefully it wi... moreAnd I don't look at my phone from weird angles so the screen problem doesn't matter to me other than a weird bug where the pinch to zoom on YouTube doesn't work most of the time but I think it's only a rare case.

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                              • AnonD-746233
                              • XM{
                              • 21 Mar 2018

                              Yeah loads of the points here were true but hopefully it will be fixed in the upcoming EMUI 8 and Oreo update. And I do wish it just had a better Kirin processor and took better low light photos (That might be fixed in the EMUI 8 update). Other than that, I really like this phone and I don't hate EMUI as much like other people.

                                Nearly perfect. Just wished
                                1 - Screen's minimum brightness was even lower (I've seen it in person already and it was quite dim, but it can be dimmer still)
                                2 - GPU is much better. Its CPU performance is good to great, but its GPU is average, to the point where such games like Rules of Survival will stutter a lot. I'm not expecting iPhone X performance but a better GPU is certainly appreciated, given the similarly priced Xiaomi Mi A1 can play the same game so smoothly.

                                Would rate this phone 9.5/10.

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                                  • sxs
                                  • 21 Mar 2018

                                  Did you mention the face unlock and AR lens features?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • Mkc
                                    • 21 Mar 2018

                                    Too lite for mate 10 name.

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                                      • Wawan
                                      • vgN
                                      • 21 Mar 2018

                                      Does it have desktop mode feature?

                                        AnonD-717952, 21 Mar 2018Mate 10 lite already got Oreo & EMUI 8 update. This rev... moreThis is just the “long term” version of the review. The one you saw on youtube was he original version. If you don’t know GSMArena has 3 kinds of review the normal review, the Time Saver and the Long Term review.