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The Note 8's rendition was a bit blurrier, but the punchier colors are the mark of a phone that's been better designed for low-light photography.Īnd then, of course, there's the S Pen, which unlocks a unique interface for Samsung's users.

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While I appreciate the crispness the Mate 10 Pro delivered here, the result is much too dim, with a blue cast that doesn't pull much color out of the shadows. It's an impressive showing for Huawei's camera technology against a really strong competitor in the Note 8, though the white balance on the Mate 10's shot seems a bit too warm and dramatic.įinally, this late-afternoon scene is an excellent test of the low-light capabilities of both handsets, as well as their HDR modes. The Mate 10 Pro's image is sharper and yet less noisy, especially when you focus on the deep-blue sky.

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The Samsung's more realistic colors and skin tone made all the difference.Ĭompared to the previous portraits, the differences between these skyline photos are less immediately noticeable, but reveal themselves as you pick apart the details. What's more, despite the Mate 10 Pro's on-board smarts, the Note 8 still delivered the better selfie. It's a great idea in theory, though it's hard to say how effective the NPU is in such circumstances, mostly because the feature cannot be turned off and you can't compare before and after shots. The NPU can recognize certain objects, like people, landscapes, nature, food and so on, and tune exposure parameters automatically in each instance to deliver a better shot, no matter which of the handset's cameras you're using. However, Huawei has a secret weapon in the form of that Neural Processing Unit inside the Kirin 970. I prefer the perspective of the Note 8, though the Mate 10 Pro wins some points back with a slightly more vibrant image that reins in the highlights, particularly the sunlight falling on Henry's face.īoth the Mate 10 Pro and the Note 8 rely on 8-MP front-facing cameras. The narrower field-of-view of the Note 8’s telephoto shooter allowed me to capture a more conventional portrait of my colleague Henry, compared with the zoomed-out frame of the Mate 10 Pro. The wide angle-versus-telephoto distinction is an important one, particularly when it comes to Portrait Mode - something both of these phones support. Unlike the Mate 10 Pro, both the Note 8's rear cameras have OIS. Meanwhile, the Note 8 uses two 12-MP lenses - one with an f/1.7 aperture, and another telephoto shooter with an f/2.4 aperture. However, only the former lens has optical image stabilization. Huawei has elected to go with a 12-megapixel main sensor paired with a 20-MP monochrome one, both of which have superwide apertures of f/1.6. The Mate 10 Pro and Note 8 compare favorably in the camera department. Unfortunately, seeing as how we've only had our unit for two months, not two years, we can't substantiate that second claim. Called NPU for short, this subprocessor specializes in AI-focused applications, like identifying subjects through the phone's camera, or monitoring how you use your Mate 10 Pro over time to shift resources and keep it running faster for longer. However, the Huawei has one ace up its sleeve Samsung doesn't: the Kirin 970's Neural Processing Unit.

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We never encountered lag when gaming on the device, but competing Android flagships, including the Note 8, have outscored the Mate 10 Pro by anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 points in 3DMark's Ice Storm Unlimited test of graphic prowess. If the Mate 10 Pro has any deficiencies, it’s in the graphics department.

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It was similarly swift in transcoding 4K video to 1080p via the Adobe Premiere Clip app, finishing that task 6 seconds faster than the Note 8.Īdobe Premiere Clip Transcoding (Sec:Min) In fact, the Mate 10 Pro outperformed not only Samsung's phablet in Geekbench 4, but Google's Pixel 2 as well. Consider the Mate 10 Pro the exception to that trend.įeaturing Huawei's own Kirin 970 system-on-chip and 6GB of RAM, the Mate 10 Pro proved to be every bit as powerful as the Snapdragon 835-powered Note 8 in our testing. Many flagship Android phones might look and feel different, but when it comes down to the underlying processor, they're typically driven by the same Qualcomm chipset. (Numbers closer to 0 are better in the latter test.) The Mate 10 Pro still performed very well, but its scores of 147 percent and 0.6, respectively, weren't enough to earn it the win here.

It reproduced 204 percent of the sRGB color space in our testing, and notched a Delta-E accuracy rating of 0.5. Comparing color gamut and reproduction, the Note 8 demonstrated a slight advantage in both categories. Both screens exceed the 433-nit brightness average for smartphones, with the Note 8 coming in just a bit more vibrant.

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