Huawei P10 Plus Review
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Huawei P10 Plus
RM 3099
Pros
- Excellent build quality
- Excellent accessories package
- Accurate & fast fingerprint scanner
- Great 5.5-inch Quad-HD 1440p IPS display
- Excellent rear camera
- Great front camera
- Excellent performance
- Great battery life
- Fast charging
Cons
- No IP-rated dust & water resistant
- Proprietary fast charge
- Buggy and battery drain machine learning algorithm*
Camera
Camera
The Huawei P10 family is equipped with Leica Dual Camera 2.0. If you have not noticed, it is the same camera module as the Huawei Mate 9. I have no idea why would Huawei equip the Leica Dual Camera on the Mate series but let us just leave the topic for another day.
While the P10 family receives the camera upgrade to second generation Leica Dual Camera, the P10 Plus gets an extra perk for having the higher grade lens, the SUMMILUX-H f/1.8 instead of the regular SUMMARIT-H f/2.2. This means that the P10 Plus can gather 2/3 stop of extra light than the standard P10. I’d call this the Leica Dual Camera 2.5 because the sensor still remained the same 20-megapixels monochrome and 12-megapixels colour combination.
The camera app is snappy and easy to use with loads of useful features.
The highlight of the app is the addition of the portrait mode which is extremely useful for taking great portraitures. The portrait mode uses face recognition technology and applies spot metering to the face, then the camera app will automatically adjust the image brightness so that the face of the subject is properly lit.
Apart from portrait mode, I also take a lot of still life and landscape photos. The Leica Dual Camera 2.0 uses the dual camera setup that enhances the image details and contrast.
Focusing is fast on Huawei P10 Plus because it uses the hybrid autofocus system. It combines the use of contrast detection, phase detection and laser autofocus to achieve fast and accurate results. Just, however, it is not the fastest AF around because of the existence of Dual PDAF system. Nevertheless, it still gets the job done.
Full-size photos – Flickr Album
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