<s>
The	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
and	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
10	I-Application
Lite	O
are	O
Android	B-Application
smartphones	B-Application
designed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Huawei	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Porsche	O
design	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
256Gb	O
of	O
storage	O
but	O
is	O
otherwise	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versus	O
the	O
predecessor	O
Mate	B-Application
9	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
pro	I-Application
flagship	O
phone	O
has	O
a	O
faster	O
processor	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	O
neural	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
slightly	O
larger	O
OLED	B-Device
screen	I-Device
(	O
6.0	O
"	O
)	O
with	O
a	O
taller	O
18:9	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
,	O
a	O
significantly	O
longer	O
battery	O
life	O
and	O
a	O
glass	O
back	O
construction	O
(	O
but	O
free	O
of	O
wireless	O
charging	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
a	O
newer	O
version	O
of	O
Huawei	O
's	O
EMUI	B-Operating_System
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
models	O
are	O
unlocked	O
and	O
GSM	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huawei	B-Device
phones	I-Device
,	O
including	O
the	O
Mate	O
series	O
,	O
are	O
not	O
sold	O
or	O
financed	O
through	O
U.S.	O
carriers	O
due	O
to	O
pressure	O
from	O
U.S.	O
intelligence	O
agencies	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
are	O
available	O
from	O
independent	O
and	O
online	O
retailers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
series	O
was	O
supplanted	O
by	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
20	I-Application
series	I-Application
as	O
the	O
flagship	O
in	O
October	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
series	O
is	O
powered	O
by	O
Huawei	O
's	O
all-new	O
AI-focused	O
processor	O
,	O
the	O
Kirin	O
970	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirin	O
970	O
is	O
a	O
64-bit	O
octa-core	B-Architecture
2.36/1.8GHz	O
mobile	O
ARM	O
LTE	O
SoC	O
with	O
a	O
12-core	O
Mali	B-General_Concept
G72	O
GPU	O
and	O
an	O
onboard	O
Neural	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
NPU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
is	O
backed	O
by	O
4	O
GB	O
of	O
RAM	O
coupled	O
with	O
64	O
GB	O
storage	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
is	O
backed	O
by	O
either	O
4	O
GB	O
RAM	O
and	O
64	O
GB	O
storage	O
,	O
or	O
6	O
GB	O
RAM	O
and	O
128	O
GB	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
China	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
get	O
the	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
10	I-Application
with	O
6	O
GB	O
RAM	O
and	O
128	O
GB	O
storage	O
just	O
like	O
the	O
Pro	O
model	O
although	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
can	O
buy	O
it	O
through	O
online	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
phones	O
feature	O
a	O
near-bezeless	O
display	O
with	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
having	O
81.61	O
%	O
screen	O
to	O
body	O
ratio	O
while	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
having	O
81.79	O
%	O
screen	O
to	O
body	O
ratio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
has	O
a	O
typical	O
16:9	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
has	O
the	O
new	O
18:9	O
ratio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
5.9-inch	O
LCD	B-Device
display	I-Device
panel	O
with	O
RGBW	O
arrangement	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
6-inch	O
OLED	B-Device
panel	O
made	O
by	O
BOE	O
in	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surprisingly	O
,	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
has	O
a	O
higher	O
resolution	O
than	O
the	O
larger	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
(	O
1440p	O
to	O
1080p	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huawei	O
once	O
again	O
partnered	O
with	O
Leica	O
to	O
engineer	O
the	O
dual-lens	O
camera	O
in	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
on	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
include	O
a	O
3.5mm	O
headphone	B-Device
jack	I-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
USB-C	O
charging	O
and	O
data	O
transfer	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
headphone	B-Device
jack	I-Device
is	O
not	O
present	O
on	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
which	O
,	O
instead	O
has	O
IP67	O
water	O
and	O
dust	O
resistance	O
while	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
only	O
has	O
IP53	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
pro	I-Application
also	O
has	O
an	O
IR	O
blaster	O
,	O
so	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
remote	B-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
for	O
TVs	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phones	O
also	O
come	O
in	O
single	O
sim	O
(	O
U.S.	O
)	O
and	O
dual	O
sim	O
(	O
China	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
)	O
4G/4G	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
features	O
expandable	O
storage	O
via	O
a	O
micro-SD	O
card	O
supporting	O
up	O
to	O
256Gb	O
(	O
uses	O
SIM	O
2	O
slot	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
has	O
a	O
real	O
Home	O
button/fingerprint	O
scanner	O
on	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
front	O
bezel	O
;	O
the	O
Pro	O
moves	O
the	O
fingerprint	O
sensor	O
to	O
the	O
back	O
and	O
vanishes	O
the	O
Home	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
series	O
phones	O
are	O
factory	O
unlocked	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
GSM	O
only	O
-	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
support	O
CDMA	O
used	O
by	O
U.S.	O
carriers	O
like	O
Verizon	O
,	O
Sprint	O
and	O
U.S.	O
Cellular	O
(	O
the	O
TL00	O
and	O
AL00	O
Chinese	O
models	O
support	O
CDMA	O
800MHz	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
locked	O
to	O
China	O
Telecom	O
carrier	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huawei	O
also	O
released	O
a	O
"	O
Lite	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
with	O
budget	O
features	O
and	O
pricing	O
ranking	O
below	O
the	O
midrange	O
P	O
and	O
Honor	O
series	O
phones	O
:	O
2.36/1.7GHz	O
Kirin	O
659	O
with	O
Mali	B-General_Concept
T830	O
MP2	O
GPU	O
,	O
with	O
about	O
half	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
Kirin	O
970	O
on	O
the	O
flagship	O
models	O
and	O
roughly	O
comparable	O
to	O
the	O
older	O
P8	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phone	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
5.9	O
inch	O
IPS	O
LCD	B-Device
display	I-Device
with	O
a	O
resolution	O
of	O
1080x2160	O
and	O
an	O
18:9	O
aspect	O
ratio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
3340	O
mAh	O
battery	O
,	O
a	O
16	O
megapixel	O
rear	O
camera	O
,	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
older	O
Android	B-Application
7.0/EMUI	O
5.1	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
10	I-Application
Lite	O
may	O
come	O
in	O
single	O
SIM	O
or	O
dual	O
SIM	O
(	O
GSM	O
and	O
GSM	O
)	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phones	O
run	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
8	I-Application
"	O
Oreo	B-Application
"	O
,	O
with	O
Huawei	O
's	O
own	O
custom	O
skin	O
,	O
EMUI	B-Operating_System
8.0	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
previous	O
EMUI	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
5.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Huawei	O
decided	O
to	O
upgrade	O
it	O
to	O
EMUI	B-Operating_System
8.0	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
latest	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
number	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
8.0	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
some	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
notably	O
the	O
desktop	O
mode	O
called	O
"	O
Easy	O
Projection	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
custom	O
desktop	O
interface	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Samsung	B-Application
DeX	I-Application
,	O
which	O
appears	O
when	O
connecting	O
the	O
phone	O
to	O
a	O
display	O
via	O
an	O
HDMI-to-USB-C	O
cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prefix	O
BLA	O
-	O
designates	O
a	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
ALP	O
-	O
designates	O
a	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
and	O
RNE	O
-	O
designates	O
a	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Lite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
model	O
may	O
come	O
in	O
two	O
configurations	O
for	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
pro	I-Application
,	O
4GB/64GB	O
or	O
6GB/128GB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
A09/L29	O
(	O
Porsche	O
)	O
has	O
a	O
6GB/256GB	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
6	O
models	O
of	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Lite	O
,	O
L01	O
,	O
L02	O
,	O
L03	O
,	O
L21	O
,	O
L22	O
,	O
and	O
L23	O
;	O
L0x	O
models	O
are	O
single	O
SIM	O
and	O
L2x	O
models	O
are	O
dual	O
SIM	O
;	O
otherwise	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Lite	O
has	O
a	O
fixed	O
configuration	O
and	O
the	O
models	O
differ	O
only	O
in	O
geographic	O
area	O
of	O
distribution	O
and	O
the	O
local	O
GSM	O
frequencies	O
supported	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
is	O
not	O
marketed	O
or	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
U.S	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
is	O
available	O
online	O
from	O
international	O
sellers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kirin	O
970	O
SoC	O
which	O
powers	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
series	O
was	O
first	O
unveiled	O
at	O
the	O
2017	O
Berlin	O
IFA	O
in	O
early	O
Sept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
series	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
to	O
select	O
markets	O
on	O
Oct	O
.	O
16	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
U.K.	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
late	O
2017	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
on	O
Feb	O
.	O
18	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
and	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
with	O
identical	O
CPU	O
and	O
GPU	O
and	O
clock	O
frequencies	O
,	O
are	O
very	O
close	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
lower	O
screen	O
resolution	O
,	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
has	O
a	O
slight	O
advantage	O
especially	O
in	O
graphics	O
intensive	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Lite	O
,	O
with	O
CPU	O
and	O
GPU	O
2-3	O
generations	O
older	O
,	O
falls	O
far	O
below	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
flagship	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
scores	O
top	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
at	O
Oct	O
.	O
2017	O
release	O
date	O
,	O
they	O
fall	O
well	O
short	O
of	O
the	O
A11	O
Fusion	O
powered	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
,	O
8+	O
and	O
X	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Snapdragon	O
845	O
powered	O
devices	O
released	O
just	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Special	O
note	O
:	O
the	O
official	O
Geekbench	O
testing	O
site	O
excludes	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
and	O
Mate	B-Application
20	I-Application
models	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
Lite	O
models	O
from	O
the	O
published	O
results	O
because	O
it	O
claims	O
these	O
models	O
run	O
the	O
benchmarks	O
in	O
a	O
special	O
benchmark	O
mode	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
reflect	O
real	O
world	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Predecessor	O
phones	O
like	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
9	I-Application
and	O
P10	O
are	O
not	O
affected	O
;	O
only	O
products	O
released	O
from	O
2Q	O
2017	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
performed	O
poorer	O
on	O
these	O
internal	O
benchmarks	O
than	O
the	O
Kirin	O
960/Mali	O
G71	O
powered	O
Mate	B-Application
9	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
since	O
claimed	O
that	O
AI	B-Application
processes	O
are	O
responsible	O
for	O
allocating	O
resources	O
when	O
heavy	O
workloads	O
are	O
encountered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Aug	O
.	O
2018	O
,	O
Huawei	O
introduced	O
a	O
'	O
GPU	O
turbo	O
 '	O
mode	O
as	O
a	O
software	O
only	O
upgrade	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
available	O
at	O
least	O
for	O
the	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
and	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
Porsche	O
design	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPU	O
turbo	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
claims	O
,	O
eliminates	O
GPU	O
throttling	O
by	O
using	O
AI	B-Application
paradigms	O
to	O
predict	O
invariant	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
reduce	O
rendering	O
effort	O
and	O
power	O
consumption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mate	B-Application
10	I-Application
series	O
came	O
out	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iPhone	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
and	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
were	O
positioned	O
as	O
direct	O
competitors	O
of	O
these	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S8	I-Application
series	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
though	O
released	O
at	O
slightly	O
lower	O
price	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
major	O
competitors	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
timeframe	O
were	O
the	O
OnePlus	O
5	O
and	O
Google	O
's	O
Pixel	B-Device
2	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
10	I-Application
series	O
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
,	O
especially	O
regarding	O
the	O
camera	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DxOMark	B-Algorithm
gave	O
it	O
an	O
overall	O
97	O
points	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
expensive	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
only	O
1	O
point	O
behind	O
the	O
Google	B-Device
Pixel	I-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
reviewers	O
praised	O
the	O
long	O
battery	O
life	O
,	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
4000mAh	O
battery	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
heavily	O
skinned	O
EMUI	B-Operating_System
software	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
certain	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
WLAN	O
without	O
MIMO	O
,	O
Bluetooth	O
5.0	O
,	O
and	O
wireless	O
charging	O
for	O
both	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
10	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
's	O
lack	O
of	O
QHD+	O
resolution	O
,	O
storage	O
expansion	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
headphone	B-Device
jack	I-Device
also	O
received	O
some	O
criticism	O
from	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
it	O
was	O
praised	O
in	O
other	O
aspects	O
like	O
including	O
a	O
bright	O
and	O
accurate-color	O
OLED	B-Device
display	I-Device
,	O
LTE	O
Cat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
18	O
,	O
Dual-VoLTE	O
,	O
Dual-SIM	O
,	O
aptX	B-Algorithm
HD	O
,	O
good	O
performance	O
,	O
very	O
fast	O
quick-charge	O
technology	O
,	O
water	O
and	O
dust	O
proofing	O
(	O
IP67	O
)	O
,	O
high	O
build	O
quality	O
,	O
exact	O
location	O
determination	O
and	O
excellent	O
voice	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
