News & Reviews:   Huawei Mate 10 Pro pre-order

The US government's ban on Huawei which forced Google to sever ties with Huawei have left many smartphone owners worried. Initially, Google had removed Huawei devices from their Android Q list but we’re beginning to see some Huawei devices making a comeback onto said list.

If you’re a Huawei Mate 10 Pro or P20 Pro user and you’ve been waiting since August for that GPU Turbo update to arrive, finally you can get downloading as the update has rolled out (or at least it has for our devices). For the Mate 10 Pro you can expect a 339MB download with GPU Turbo and the Game Suite for better overall gaming along with the usual Google Security updates. Other phones should also be getting the update soon as well.

While GPU Turbo has arrived for the Honor Play, a new schedule has appeared indicating that the Huawei P20, Huawei P20 Pro, Huawei Mate 10, Huawei Mate 10 Pro, Huawei Nova 3 and Huawei Nova 3i could be getting their GPU Turbo updates in August 2018. In addition, the schedule also indicates that GPU Turbo will also support both PUBG Mobile and Mobile Legends for more stable and smoother graphics performance.

Starting 10 July 2018, Huawei has announced that the Huawei Mate 10 Pro will be selling at RM2699 which is a full RM400 cheaper. Don’t forget that the GST is currently at 0% so act fast if you want to get the Huawei Mate 10 Pro at the lowest price possible.

OpenKirin is a project to bring stock Android ROMs as well as other ROMs such as the LineageOS, Resurrection Remix OS, and CarbonOS into the Huawei and Honor ecosystem. As for now, the project currently supports 17 phones and tablets that are running the EMUI 8, notably the Huawei Mate 10, Huawei Mate 10 Pro and the Honor View 10. Unfortunately the project only lasts until 22 July 2018 so be quick if you’re interested in flashing your EMUI devices. You can check out the complete list of supported devices and downloadable ROMs on the OpenKirin website as well as guides to install the custom ROMs as well.

After the announcement of Huawei's GPU Turbo, slides from mydrivers have appeared indicating that the first Huawei smartphone to get the GPU boosting technology may be the Huawei Mate 10 series on top of other updates. As a refresher, GPU Turbo increases the efficiency of the GPU coupled together with EMUI to help make the overall device 60% more efficient and reduce power consumption by up to 30% as well.

We recently spotted someone selling a Huawei Mate 10 Pro for RM379 (normal RRP RM3099) and a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 for RM509 (normal RRP RM3999). Suffice to say, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is, so BE ALERT! Don't just rush, rush and buy, buy just because the price looks good but you can see why below.

In a span of 5 weeks, Huawei UK utilized the built-in AI (Artificial Intelligence) on the Huawei Mate 10 Pro's Kirin 970 processor to allow the smartphone to basically drive a car and intelligently avoid obstacles like cats and dogs. You can see how it all went on below and while it does not show actual road driving (come on, they only had 5 weeks) it is a very big accomplishment, and we hope to see more such features coming for the upcoming Huawei P11 / P20.

As mentioned in our previous post about a pink Huawei Mate 10 Pro, Huawei Malaysia has made it official so starting on 8 February 2018 onwards, the new Pink Gold limited edition will be available for RM3099. On top of that, there is also a social contest on their Facebook page and everyone who participates will stand a chance to win a Huawei Watch Swarovski edition that's worth RM2299.

The Huawei Flagship Store in Pavilion Elite recently showed off pictures of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro in pink. According to their Facebook page, you can pre-order it now but stocks are definitely limited so if you're looking to get an AI-driven Valentine's gift in pink then you should probably pay a visit to the Huawei Pavilion Elite flagship store soon.