Everything you don’t know but you should know about the Huawei Mate 10 Pro - part 3

The other key element of the Mate 10 Pro is its wide screen - or Huawei FullView screen, as the company's marketeers will say. Unrelated to the fancy name, the ultra-trim bezel means that the 6-inch screen completely dominates the face side of the device. It is superb because there are not too many heads and shoulders, as you will find on the big Pixel 2 XL.

Huawei also joins other manufacturers in transitioning to an elongated screen, adopting a ratio of 18: 9 for better one-handed fit, with resolution loads for the first time in the Mate series. Yes, the 10 Pro stands out from the Full HD shackles of Mate 9, with a resolution of 2160*1080 which looks great (if it rings low on the vertical, it is because of the thin ratio 18: 9).

The special feature of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is the absence of physical buttons on the front. Many have become so accustomed to using a Home key, or even gestures, that the removal of such a key seems strange at first. Huawei has tried to tackle this problem with what they call a "floating key" - a software version of a home key, which you can position anywhere around the screen to meet your needs. Press to go back, press and hold to return to the Home screen, drag to open applications.

The idea of the floating dock is interesting, but the execution is not perfect: we think that Huawei should offer customized commands in the settings of this soft button, as you do in Windows for trackpad commands, for micro-adjust its sensitivity that a press needs to be - because we have too often moved the dock to a new position rather than dragging it. 

Everything you don’t know but you should know about the Huawei Mate 10 Pro - part 2

Huawei noted that the Mate 10 Pro uses 6H toughened glass, which makes it tougher than ever. But, as former users of Honor 9 - a device with a 6.7H glass in the front and back - we saw this phone, which we really loved and enjoyed, covered with all kinds of scratches. The Mate 10 Pro fought better over time, although a disastrous fall will cause a crack in the back glass (sad face) eventually.

One of the main features of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is that there are no physical buttons at the front (as is the case on the "standard" Mate 10 that does not arrive in the UK). The fingerprint scanner is conveniently placed at the back, under the dual camera layout - both are protruding slightly, to avoid touching them when searching for the recessed fingerprint scanner - which generally feels well positioned, if not a little too high at the back. It avoids the frankly insane positioning of the fingerprint scanner on the side of the camera, as is the case in the less pretty Samsung Galaxy S8.

Other features of Mate 10 Pro include dust and water tightness - which we found very handy when riding in the pouring rain with the phone in a back pocket. This feature is Huawei's excuse for not giving the Mate 10 Pro a 3.5mm headphone jack, although we think this is a nonsense charge. Twice in a week, our Bluetooth headphones do not have a battery, so we went to connect via the cable - only to remind us that there are none and, yes, we looked like a fool. But anyway, it is waterproof in a professional way, and also has the headphone jack, which is the best solution from the perspective of the users.

Everything you don’t know but you should know about the Huawei Mate 10 Pro - part 1

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. provides networking products and telecommunication solutions. The company conducts research and develops access to the Internet, the transmission network, servers, storage, security and other networking products. Huawei Technologies also offers business consulting, network integration, assurance, management, learning and service delivery services worldwide. Although Huawei has had its share of highs and lows since entering the smartphone market - the Mate 10 that has not quite reached the mark, especially on the reflection of the best and cheapest Honor 9 - this has not been a blip compared to Google's quality control issues with the LG Pixel 2 XL, or the silent plodding-along with the LG V30.

Do you see a theme developing? Yes, since 2017, it's "glass, glass, glass, glass, glass". The Huawei Mate 10 Pro joins the iPhone 8 Plus by adopting a glass back - which is beautiful thanks to its subtle curve and glossy finish. There is even a band at the back that crosses the cameras, to add a bigger definition.

At least, that's what the Mate 10 Pro will look like right out of the box. The obvious problem, as we have seen, is that the fingerprint needs to be erased in a few moments after each manipulation. This is not the worst of the worst, but we often polished it on our t-shirt before showing it to anyone. Of course, some people would not mind this little detail.

The another inevitable feature with glass is that it tends to spoil. Drop it and it will crash. Do not worry about it and it will have scratch anyway. But just take good care of it, for examples, use a nice phone case to protect the back, and it will keep new, shiny and pretty.