Huawei P10 Plus (graphite black) unlocked

Very good phone and great value for the money.

Has since stopped working. No parts available locally.

This phone was announced in February 2017 and has ben around in UK for the last few weeks.Screen -This 2k screen is good and attractive. But this display is not in the league of Samsung/ new Goolge Pixel . The maximum brightness level is very good. Its flat screen like a traditional phone.The size of screen is 5.5 inches diagonally.Has a Corning Gorilla 5 glass to the front.Build Quality-Very good. In par with most good phones, but not quite in the league of S8 or iPhone S7. Non removable back. Has an Aluminium back and this is similar to IPhone 6..Sound-Loud and clear. No issues, specially for a phone. Not as powerful as the dual speakers of say the Axon 7.But then its in par with the Samsung S7 series. Has a headphone jack, unlike IPhone 7. The bundled headphones do a fair job.Security features-Finger print sensor in front mounted on physical button as in IPhone 7, Galaxy S7. No iris scanner.Responsiveness-Very good, no lag at all. Have not had any issues so far with sluggishness or re-starts etc. However, some android phones get marginally slower after about 6 months of use.Added features-Micro SD slot is available to expand memory. But inbuilt 64GB storage is just adequate for photos etc, as well as some movies if you fancy.This phone is splash resistant.Cameras-Very good 20 MP + 12 MP, f/1.8, dual lens back camera. Very good photos in good daylight. Very good low light photos, and this is similar to Samsung Galaxy S7/S8 series.Has dual flash at the back as well.The front 8MP f/1.9 camera is good, but could have been better.Good for a quick selfie but nothing compared to the back camera.Guarantee-Huawei has 2 year manufacturer's warranty on the phone, and they are pretty good. But then it has to be bought through an authorised reseller. However, if it's fulfilled by Amazon, you would still have 1 year warranty from Amazon.Battery-Really good 3750 mAH battery. There is a quick charge function. But you may notice that all phones which have quick charge, are relatively faster at discharge too. You could easily make one day of use on this, if you are a casual user.Operating System-Runs Android 7.0 out of the box, and Huawei have tweaked the Emotion UI (EMUI) now, and it looks much better than when it originally did in the P8/P9 series. The OS is very much customizable.Similarities to Samsung S8/ LG G6-Both have USB C for charging and data transferBoth have Android 7.0 out of the box.Differences with Galaxy S8/LG G6-P10 plus is only splash resistant.LG G6 has an older Snapdragon 821 chipset, while S8 has latest 835 version. Huawei has Kirin 960 chipset. This does not have any noticeable lag, but if you want the latest and greatest, then you would need the S8.S8 has a super AMOLED display, while its a LCD display in LG G6. AMOLED displays have deeper blacks with better looking contrast.Price-The recommended retail price at present is £649, which is quite steep. But this is about £100 cheaper than all other modern phones like S8+, iPhone 7 plus but the same as the Sony Xperia XZ premium. Third parties are selling for lower prices than this.Should you buy this over S8+?This is a good phone, but the S8+ would have all newer internals and bigger, better screen which is very hard to ignore.Why 3 stars?Although this phone does a lot of things well, it does not have a "wow" factor to topple any of the giants. Although it is a bit cheaper than the well known phone models, the resale value is pretty abysmal, if you want to sell it one day. The phone does not feel much different from the P9 plus.When buying through third parties look at the following-Is it new or used?Are they locked/unlocked?Has it got a decent warranty?Do you get all original accessories with box?