hauwei uses the kirin chipset which does do well in some benchmark tests, but under performs in others.
Samsung flag ships use a Samsung or Qualcomm chips which have performance differences
my new moto is fu*k what a salesman wants to sell me.

best phone of 2017 chipset shootout

The p10 is way better than a sh*tty a5 to be fair. Maybe that's what he meant

didn't polo get a p10 to review ? oh. that's a mate 10 pro

I recently had a Mate10 Pro for review along side my Galaxy Note8, my conclusion is that Huawei are hot on Samsung and Apple's heels. In actual fact in some areas like 4G reception, Heat Management and Battery Life, the Mate10 Pro outperformed both the Galaxy Note8 and the iPhone X (used my mother's iPhone X, did some comparison shots to).

Huawei's only problem is their EMUI, it feels so unfinished, lacking the more complete feel that Samsung UX has. For example the Navigation keys (Home, Back and Task switch button), in the Samsung you can swipe them up and they gracefully disappear automatically when they dont get used, in the Huawei this function is clunky and requires you to make them go away everytime, so I just left them there and lost screen real estate.

The Huawei Kiran chipset is a beast, and a cool beast at that, that thing never EVER got warm even in areas with awful 4G reception, in fact the Huawei handled Network functionality incredibly well, reminiscent of Nokia's and Motorolas of the early 2000s - this maybe partly due to Huawei having built a lot of the networking equipment for carriers, they have a ton of IP in this area, and I can confidently tell you now, they will probably own this area for a long time to come.

Anyway, Huawei South Africa took their Mate10 Pro back, I will be receiving a P Smart for review next and then after that will be getting their new flagship (P11 or P20, or whatever they call it, in March). So let me know if you guys got any questions. . For what it's worth, if the Huawei Mate10 Pro had the SPen and Display of the Note8, I'd be rocking the Mate10 Pro as my phone.

The beasts

The Note8 really has presence of all 3, but the ergonomically the Mate10 Pro takes it, it's the best in terms of size ratio to the display, very easy to hold

I have the hauwei nexus 6p and it has been faultless so far.

the 6p is a great phone, I'd probably have one now if it had a card slot.

Must admit Mel that the only draw back with it. But with that said all of my stuff is either on google drive, or cloud based apart from mp3's

Yeah i gave up the card. I can still pick stuff off the cloud and bung it on a card via the laptop. All the brat's photos are on cards, which i use to take to the printers occasionally (can't beat having the essentials on paper).

I've had many phones by Sony , LG , Nokia , Samsung, etc. But the best is my Huawei p9 lite. And I'm thinking seriusly about buy another one phone like mate 9 lite or p10 smart. Regards.

..exactly what Polo said; Mate 10 Pro is a piece of a beauty..I've got me the blue one from the day of its release ..all working fine, plenty of memo and ram, big display, nice cameras (doubt are exactly made by Leica..rather that Leica was a 'silent partner ..advisor..mentor' here..but still photos are fine) aand so on, so on..great phone..

I got the Huwai P8 Lite 2017, compared it to my mates S8 and it's pretty much the same, good phone very responsive

Sorry for bumping the post but, I have a question that I would like to ask here, rather than create a separate post. Has anyone of you guys used (or heard from a friend of yours about) Huawei Mate 10 Lite OR Honor 9 Lite? I'm thinking of getting a new phone on a budget.
P.s.: I'm currently using a Galaxy S5. The main reasons I'm thinking about upgrading are 16GB of internal storage and 2 megapixel selfie shooter.

@polo_011 bro what are your thoughts about the P Smart? what should one choose from Mate 10 Lite, Honor 9 Lite P Smart?

Huawei Mate 10 lite PhoneArena Review

Honor 9 lite TechRadar Review

there's a few videos comparing these two phones but most seem to be in Hindi or have no dialogue at all...

I'm too lazy to dredge up their specs side by side on GSMArena for you but that could help if needed.

haha thanks for the effort. :)
I've compared them side-by-side on Gsmarena.com know their specs but I wanna know if anyone here has used these (or one of these) in real life. If so, what are their opinions?