At £399 (converts to about $540 or AU$720), the new Honor 10 is certainly affordable. But that cheap price doesn't mean skimping out on the essentials.
As well as a shimmery design, it's got a big edge-to-edge screen (complete with optional notch), a powerful processor and a dual camera on the back.
Not bad for a midrange phone.
The phone is available now in Europe although wider availability is yet to be announced.
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The back is all glass and in some lights will have this nice blue colour.
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Move it about and that blue transforms into a rich purple hue. Lovely stuff.
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The Honor 10 has a notch at the top of the display for the speaker and the front-facing camera. Much like every other phone, then.
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Like Huawei, LG and others, you can turn the notch off in the settings by having virtual black bars appear either side.
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There's a 24-megapixel monochrome sensor and 16-megapixel colour sensor on the back.
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I'm not impressed with the Honor 10's shots. Outdoor images can sometimes lack contrast, looking dull and lifeless.
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It uses artificial intelligence to detect what scene it's seeing and adjusts settings accordingly. I didn't always like the result as the phone tended to boost saturation to unnatural levels.
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You can turn off the AI mode if you're not keen.
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There's a headphone jack on the bottom. Hooray!
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It runs Android Oreo and it won't slow you down thanks to its top-end Kirin 970 processor.
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Notch on or off?
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I love the shimmering effect.
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There's a fingerprint scanner under the glass, leaving the top layer entirely flat. I like the seamless look but it can make the scanner a bit difficult to find in a hurry. It's quick to recognise my prints once I've found it, though.
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There's no waterproofing, so keep it safe from spilled drinks.
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It charges with USB-C
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The 5.84-inch display has a 2,280x1,080-pixel resolution.
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