De Huawei P10 is misschien wel het best te omschrijven als ‘degelijk’, en dat is tegelijk een compliment en een kritiekpunt. Een compliment, want het is een smartphone zonder fratsen, met krachtige hardware die vrijwel alles aan kan. Haal je dit toestel in huis, dan zul je er niet ontevreden mee zijn. Maar op een moment dat de concurrentie weet te verbazen met design en beeld is het ook een stevig kritiekpunt.

Zoals ik in de introductie van deze Huawei P10 review al even aanhaalde, is de P10 vooral een doorontwikkeling van de Huawei P9. Dat maakt het toestel op papier niet erg spannend en ook in de praktijk doet de P10 geen wonderen. Maar gelukkig hoeft dat ook helemaal niet. De smartphone is snel, heeft een goed scherm, ziet er mooi uit en heeft een prima camera. Vooral die camera is echt bijzonder met een groot aantal mogelijkheden en speciale modi. Het grootste nadeel is de vrij matige batterij, die met intensief gebruik moeite heeft de dag door te komen. Dat doen veel smartphones tegenwoordig – gelukkig – beter. Een andere misser vind ik het ver-Applede ontwerp. Het doet afbreuk aan het karakter van de P10 en is nergens voor nodig. Tot slot nog het gebrek aan dualsim-ondersteuning. Dat had Huawei met de Mate 9 goed voor elkaar en ik had graag gezien dat dat bij de P10 ook het geval was. Daarin scoort de P10 niet slechter dan zijn concurrenten, maar het was wel een nuttige en onderscheidende toevoeging geweest.

De Huawei P10 borduurt voort op de innovatieve P9 van vorig jaar, met zijn unieke dubbelecamerafunctionaliteit, waarbij één camera detailrijke zwart-witbeelden schiet. De P10 gaat een dag mee op een acculading, waar dat bij de P9 nog spannend was en ook de camera is erop vooruitgegaan. Je kunt het toestel beter aflezen in de zon en de software is in een jaar tijd fijner geworden. Het toestel doet weinig verkeerd en is daarmee een degelijke keuze. De energie van Huawei is duidelijk gaan zitten in het verbeteren van de tekortkomingen van vorig jaar en niet in noviteiten, maar als je nu geen P9 hebt, maakt dat natuurlijk niet uit en is deze variant van een dubbele camera voor jou wel nieuw. Daarom is dit wat ons betreft een goede keuze van Huawei, die resulteert in een toestel dat in de praktijk lekker werkt, zonder al te veel fratsen.

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Im Test erweist sich der neue Edel-Chinese als charmantes Top-Smartphone mit Power, vielen Extras und guter Ausdauer. Die Dual-Kamera mit Leica-Input steht wie beim Vorgänger im Fokus. Der Profi-Modus spricht garantiert Handy-Fotografen an. Nur beim Schnappschuss ist auch die P10-Knipse noch etwas unkonzentriert.

Mit seinem kompakten und auffällig gerundeten Aluminiumkorpus liegt Huaweis neues Flaggschiff P10 besser in der Hand als jedes andere uns bekannte Smartphone. Was unter der schönen Schale steckt, enthüllt der Test.

The P10 is a really solid Android phone with barely any flaws, beyond that lower-than-the-competition screen and average battery life. No, there’s not anything massively distinctive about it - no LG G6-style bezel-less display, Sony Xperia XZ Premium-style 4K screen, or Samsung Galaxy S7-style curved glass on the front. Instead, it’s just quietly, efficiently, excellent. It has one of the most comprehensive phone cameras out there, packed with useful features and tricks, and is blindingly fast too. Oh, and it has the added bonus of looking really like an iPhone, but not costing as much. Speaking of cost, the P10 looks like retailing at £599 when it arrives on March 31. That’ll put it just a smidgen below the absolute top-tier phones - which is apt, because that’s also where it sits in terms of overall quality.

Das Huawei P10 gefällt im Test. Die Leica-Kameras sind nicht besser als die Konkurrenz, eröffnen aber jede Menge kreativen Spielraum. Wer einfach nur Schnappschüsse machen will, ist mit Galaxy S7 oder iPhone 7 aber mindestens genauso gut bedient. Ein blaues Leica-Wunder erlebt die Konkurrenz also nicht, zudem lässt das P10 ein paar Feature vermissen, die bei Top-Smartphones 2017 eigentlich Standard sein sollten. Dafür ist es aber auch ein bisschen günstiger.

The P10 is a great phone, but it’s slightly overpriced.

In a way, this phone isn’t really getting a fair shake, as the most immediate comparison people make is against the bigger brother Mate which only just made it to the United States about a month ago. Remembering that this is an update to the P9, nearly every aspect of this phone is noticeably better than last year’s fashion flagship. Screaming performance, better battery life, significantly faster charging, and an evolved camera system. It’s admirable that Huawei packaged all of these improvements while also playing with some new design elements and focusing on fresh color options.

All things considered, the Huawei P10 is not a groundbreaking improvement over the P9. However, it does introduce a host of meaningful improvements and incremental tweaks over the already-decent P9 in order to offer a better overall experience to the user. Somehow, this “more of the same” formula works just fine for Huawei. Yes, the P10 might not be the groundbreaking phone you've been looking for, but it won't be an overstatement to say that it's an excellent all-around device that's not flashy or as head-turning as other devices, but will get the job done without introducing any serious issues along the way. The camera is the one true highlight of the phone, and Huawei has done what's needed to keep this one fresh and comparable with almost any phone out there. Is the Huawei P10 a neat device? It definitely is. Is it worth getting one? Sure, provided that you can stomach the price tag. In Europe, the phone will sell for €649 ($685), which is a bit higher than the initial pricing of $600-$650 for the P9. Seeing the improvements Huawei has thrown in, I'd say that this price hike is just, but it can't be argued that a cheaper price tag would have immediately made the P10 a way more appealing pick for the regular consumers out there and a prime candidate for one of the top phones of early 2017.

The Huawei P10 looks to be a great phone you'll love if you're upgrading from a two year old handset, but not much has changed here to keep true Huawei fans thrilled by the flagship line.

The P10 feels like a coming of age device for Huawei. The experience is sleeker, the software more mature, the finish more refined than it has been before. Add great battery life, decent dual cameras and microSD expansion (or dual SIM) and there's a plenty to like. It's the ideal Android alternative to the iPhone and if you don't want a huge phone bulging out your pocket then it's an ideal choice.

With the P10, Huawei continues its tradition in offering one of the best smartphone cameras on the market. Those Leica branded dual-cameras are a real treat, and well worth the price of admission alone. Pair that with a serious bump in performance, slightly lengthier battery life, and a sleeker more hard-wearing design and you have a smartphone that’s almost a match for the very best around. The price hike is disappointing, and brings the P10 in closer contact with the Google Pixel (£599), iPhone 7 (£599) and Samsung Galaxy S7 (£523), and while it’s a decent phone with great performance and good looks, its camera and software aren’t quite as good as the opposition just yet. Regardless, though, the differences are small, certainly on the negative side, and if you have your head turned by the physical design and slightly lower price of the P10 you will likely not be disappointed. The Huawei P10 rightly earns a Recommended award.

De Huawei P10 heeft geen bijzonder design. De Huawei P10 heeft geen bizarre specificaties. Nee, het is juist de degelijkheid, in combinatie met een briljante LEICA-camera, die deze nieuwe smartphone van het Chinese Huawei zo interessant maakt. Met een adviesprijs van 599 euro is het bovendien een relatief goedkope jongen die absoluut het predikaat 'kooptip' verdient.

Huawei again presents a superb product that does not need to accept much criticism with its P10 lifestyle smartphone. The actual high-end product in the lineup is the P10 Plus edition. However, the smaller model also offers some first-rate features, such as the UFS 2.1 storage, LTE Cat.12, and the lightning-fast Kirin 960 SoC that the competition only offers in considerably more expensive products.

The Huawei P10 is a big improvement on the P9 in almost every area – except the camera, which has remained the same. That’s no bad thing when it was already pretty good in bright conditions. The problem is that by adding an extra £100 to the price tag, it’s no longer a decent flagship competing with overpriced mid-range phones. It’s a decent flagship competing with the best around. The Google Pixel starts at £50 more, and you can buy a Samsung Galaxy S7 for less. The Huawei P10, good as it is, struggles against the best of the best with the camera, and its software isn’t as refined either. Still, if prices take a tumble, then don’t let these complaints put you off. The Huawei P10 is a wonderful smartphone that you’ll be very happy with. And if the pound’s continued struggles see other manufacturers up their prices, then this may yet end up looking like the bargain of year.

There’s quite a lot to like about the Huawei P10, and I found it mostly amenable as my main phone over the course of a couple of weeks. But even if it weren’t for its few maddening flaws, I’d be wondering who it’s for. Samsung and LG both seem to have turned in extremely strong flagship phones this year already, and if you want something more compact you’d probably be better off with a Google Pixel. And if you want something like an iPhone, well, you should really just get an iPhone. It’s hard to recommend the P10 at the price that Huawei’s asking. What the P10 proves is that Huawei should be entirely capable of making a fantastic phone that could go toe-to-toe with almost anyone by traditional metrics. But it also proves that the company doesn’t yet know how to differentiate itself in sensible ways. The P10’s camera experience is fun and innovative, and the phone’s industrial design has some attractive elements, but elsewhere the blend of software and hardware is incoherent to the point where it just feels like a product developed without confidence or direction. Huawei is a titan outside the US — the third-biggest smartphone vendor in the world, according to data from IDC. It has the resources to keep on trying to crack the West, and it’s sinking money into research and marketing in an attempt to overthrow Apple and Samsung. It ought to have the ability to design a phone that customers the world over would genuinely want. On the evidence of the P10, though, the US isn’t missing out on all that much.

Zoals ik al liet doorschemeren heb ik een zwakje voor de Huawei P10 gekregen. Gewoonweg omdat het toestel (op wat software-slordigheden na) all-round goed is, handzaam en luxe tegelijk en nét even wat goedkoper geprijsd dan zijn directe concurrenten. Écht er uit springen doet de P10 niet, in zowel positief als negatief opzicht.

The Good The compact Huawei P10 is comfortable to hold and looks great. Its camera is awesome and it has oodles of power. The Bad It's expensive, the touch-sensitive navigation key is awkward to use and it's not waterproof. The Bottom Line Despite some criticisms, the P10's lovely design and brilliant camera make it a very compelling choice -- as long as you can stomach the cost.

The Huawei P10 is available on contract from all major UK networks, with varying monthly commitments depending on the up-front cost. Most are around £40 a month and up though. If a SIM-free option is more up your street, you can buy the phone outright via Amazon for around £450 currently, though electrical retailer Clove is still selling it at the higher £550 launch figure.

And that’s a lot of what’s wrong with the P10. Previous P-range handsets from Huawei have always challenged the high-end competition, but at a much cheaper price. At £570, the P10 is now priced alongside them. That’s a hard sell, particularly for an audience looking for good audio and great video, as the P10 is so-so at both. Its performance elsewhere is great, and the design is lovely, but that overly heavy-handed interface dampens the experience somewhat. We can’t help but want more from the low-light performance from such a promising camera too. All in all, the P10 is another decent shot at greatness for Huawei, but one that doesn’t match up to its competition at the price.