Huawei‘s CEO Yu Chengdong has continued to be the face of the company, reeling out the vision and plans the Chinese mobile phone giant hopes to pursue in the near, mid-term and long-term future. Just recently at the launch of the P10, he hinted that the company was working on a completely bezel-less phone which would take on the likes of the upcoming Galaxy S8 as well as the old birds like the Xiaomi Mi Mix and LG G6. Again, the CEO has unveiled the lofty plans of the company regarding the P10 and P10 Plus flagships which were unveiled in China a few days back.

Yu Chengdong recently disclosed that Huawei has set a tall target of 10 million-unit sales of the P10 and P10 Plus and even aim to surpass that figure in the long run. This sales target would have been easily achievable if only the design and hardware configuration of the P10 flagships were to be considered. The smartphones feature a design language and pack hardware which definitely elicits interests in them but the snag is their pricing, especially the P10 Plus.

The Huawei P10 started at 3,788 Yuan ($550) in China for the base 4GB + 64GB variant which is okay for a flagship but then, the price went on to peak at 5,588 Yuan for the 6GB + 256GB version of the P10 Plus. In fact, the P10 Plus started at 4,388 Yuan ($637) for the 6GB + 64GB version. It is uncertain if the Chinese market is ready for such huge price of over 5,000 Yuan for a smartphone. The Chinese smartphone market is a highly competitive market which has seen most OEMs adjusting their prices in order to compete favourably.

MUST READ: Huawei P10 Review: A Premium Dual Camera Monster

Perhaps, Huawei would be banking on its overseas sales to achieve this figures. The P10 and P10 Plus was first launched in Europe at CES 2017 and even though the price tags were costlier than the China edition, the device has received lots of positive reviews. The price tags mean Huawei is all set to compete on a level playing field with Apple and Samsung which it trails behind in the global standings. We’ll just have to wait to see how this plays out in the long run.

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Huawei P10 and Huawei P10 Plus, both these models were announced at MWC 2017 held in Barcelona, Spain. Now, these two models and their variants are also official in the company’s home country, China. The Huawei P10 comes with the same specs and features as the European version, however, the company, like tradition, has priced the variants much cheaper than its international price tag.

The phones will come in six different color options here in China, as opposed to eight internationally. The following are the Huawei P10 / P10 Plus colors launched in China: White Ceramic, Graphite Black, Dazzling Gold, Rose Dold, Greenery, and Dazzling Blue. The two colors not coming to China are prestige gold and mystic silver.

The Huawei P10 and the Huawei P10 will have five memory variants in total, two for Huawei P10 and three for Huawei P10 Plus.

The following are the Huawei P10 Prices in China:

4GB + 64GB version: 3,788 Yuan ($550)

4GB + 128GB version: 4,288 Yuan ($622)

The following are the Huawei P10 Plus Prices in China:

6GB + 64GB version: 4,388 Yuan ($637)

6GB + 128GB version: 4,888 Yuan ($709)

6GB + 256GB version: 5,588 Yuan ($811)

MUST READ: Huawei P10 Review: A Premium Dual Camera Monster

Note that, at the conference, Huawei didn’t mention a 4GB RAM version of the Huawei P10 Plus. So, for now, it looks like there will be just 6GB RAM variants of the larger device in China.

Huawei P10 Price in China vs Price in Europe

4GB + 64GB variant | China ~$550 | Europe ~$700

Huawei P10 Price in China vs Price in Europe

6GB + 128GB | China ~$709 | Europe ~$862

So, it looks like there’s about $150 pricing difference between each Huawei P10 / P10 Plus variant in China and Europe.

As for the specs, the Huawei P10 comes with scratch-resistant 2.5D glass with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The fingerprint sensor is now on the front and supports multi-gestures too. The phone is super slim as well, measuring just 6.98mm in thickness. The Huawei P10 comes with a 1080p 5.1-inch display while the P10 Plus features a 5.5-inch 2K display. Both the phones feature 20MP + 12MP Leica certified dual cameras at the back. The larger Huawei P10 Plus comes with a wider f/1.8 aperture. Both the models have Kirin 960 underneath with 4GB and 6GB variants. Other features include fast charging support, Full Netcom connectivity, 4.5G LTE etc. So, basically, the features of the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus China variants are the same as the European models.

You can read the full specs of the Huawei P10 here and Huawei P10 Plus here.

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At this year’s edition of Mobile World Congress, Huawei announced its main flagship for the year, the Huawei P10. The new king in the P-series brings a number of new features and so far has been getting positive reviews.

Huawei already announced the pricing for the P10 in Europe. The new flagship with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage will sell for 699 Euros (~$738/¥5160). However, the official price in Huawei’s home country, China, was not revealed.

A number of Chinese sites have been accepting pre-orders for the Huawei P10 with a deposit of ¥999 since they themselves do not know what price they will be getting it. The tradition is that Huawei phones are usually priced lesser in its home country than outside, so even with the deposit, they still won’t be paying as much as ¥5000.

According to info from an official distributor, the 4GB+64GB Huawei P10 will sell for ¥3699 (501 Euros/$535) while the 4GB+128GB version will sell for ¥4299 (582 Euros/$622). Considerably cheaper, right? But locals are not happy about the pricing.

The reason is because the 4GB+64GB Huawei P9 currently sells for ¥3388 ($490). That is just ¥311 ($45) lesser than the P10 with the same memory configuration. So they are wondering why the Huawei P9 is still so expensive. When the P9 launched last year, the official price was ¥3688 ($533). Comparing it to the price of the P10, that is a difference of ¥11 ($1.60). There is also a rumor that the Huawei P10 Plus with 6GB of RAM and 256GB of storage is not more than ¥5000 ($723).

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The Huawei P10 sports a 5.1-inch 1080p display, a Kirin 960 processor, an upgraded pair of Leica dual cameras on the rear (20MP+12MP) and an 8MP Leica camera up front as well. It’s fingerprint scanner is now in front and the battery has been bumped up to 3200mAh with Huawei’s SuperCharge technology.

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The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus are now set to make their grand entry into the Chinese mobile phone market on March 24. Huawei officially announced that sales activities would commence today on some e-commerce platforms including Huawei Mall, Jingdong, Amazon, Tesco, VMall and several other major Chinese stores. Already, the flagships are now up for pre-orders on these platforms.

The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus were spotted on VMall and according to the information on the products pages, interested customers would need to make a deposit of 999 Yuan along with their reservations. The reservations would be open until March 24 when the P10 and P10 Plus would officially go on sale.

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From the products page also, it could be gathered that the Huawei P10 is available in two storage versions with one having 4GB + 64GB and another with 4GB + 128GB.  It would be available in Dazzling Blue, Graphite Black, Rose Gold, Greenery, White Ceramic, Mystic Silver, or Prestige Gold. The ceramics White and green color is exclusively for the higher 4GB + 128GB model. On the other hand, the P10 Plus comes in 6GB + 128GB version as well as 6GB + 64GB storage and 6GB + 256GB emperor version. This configurations take things a lot further than the storage versions of the P10 Plus reeled out at MWC 2017. However, other specifications of the P10 and P10 Plus align with the ones we saw in Barcelona. You can read more about their specifications here.

The final price of both the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus in China is not yet announced but may likely hover around the 699 Euros (~$738) and 799 Euros (~$844) which the P10 and  P10 Plus launched with in Europe.

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Today is turning out to be very exciting. Fresh on the heels of the LG G6 launch is Huawei’s announcement of the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus, two greatly anticipated devices from the largest manufacturer in China.

The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus are the flagships for 2017 from the Chinese manufacturer and they will be taking over from the P9 and P9 Plus from last year.

Looking at the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus and it is obvious Huawei has borrowed the best features from top manufacturers. From the underglass fingerprint scanner similar to that of the Xiaomi Mi 5s to the attractive colors that pay homage to the Google Pixel, and the superfast charging technology that has a nearly identical tag to OnePlus 3′ “a day’s power in half an hour” Dash Charge technology.

That isn’t to say the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus bring nothing new to the table. They have partnered with Leica again on the cameras and have even extended it to the camera in front. They have also thrown in water-resistance which would have been a major deal breaker if it were missing.

Huawei P10

The Huawei P10 packs a 5.1-inch 1080p display (sadly no Daydream support) with Gorilla Glass 5, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of built-in storage. There is an octa-core Kirin 960 processor and a Mali G71 MP8 GPU. It has dual SIM support with one slot doubling as a microSD card slot that takes up to 256GB cards.

Huawei continues its partnership with Germany’s Leica and they are calling it Leica Dual Camera 2.0. The rear cameras are a combination of a 12MP sensor that shoots in color and a 20MP monochrome sensor. Both have f/2.2 apertures and there is laser focus, optical image stabilization, PDAF and dual LED flash. The Leica treatment has been extended to the 8MP f/2.2 front camera too.

The Huawei P10 is equipped with a 3200mAh battery with Huawei’s SuperCharge which provides a day’s usage just by charging for 30 minutes.

Huawei has ditched the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner for a front facing one embedded under the front glass just like in Xiaomi’s Mi 5s. Swiping on it will bring up recent apps, holding it down will take you home, and tapping it will take you back.

Huawei P10 Plus

The bigger sibling is the Huawei P10 Plus and it shows it in a lot of ways. First the screen is bigger at 5.5-inches and the resolution has been bumped up to Quad HD (2560 x 1440). The P10 Plus  also gets 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, though there is a 4GB/64GB variant as well. The camera sensors and the processor are the same but its Leica cameras are called Lecia Dual Camera 2.0 Pro. I guess the Pro comes into play in the f/1.9 aperture and autofocus feature of the front camera.

The phone sports a larger 3750mAh battery and this means it also weighs more at 165g compared to the 145g weight of the P10. Huawei says the “P10 Plus is the world’s first 4.5G LTE smartphone with the potential to reach up to 600Mbps on CAT12”. The P10 Plus is also water resistant.

Extra Features

The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus will come with EMUI 5.1 based on Android 7.1 Nougat. The new UI has a special feature that lets the theme on the phone blend with the color of your phone. EMUI 5.1 will be available to some other phones such as the Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro/Porsche Design and Huawei Nova to name a few.

Both devices feature NFC, USB Type-C and have global connectivity support.

The Huawei P10 and P10 Plus are available in eight different colors. You can choose any color from Dazzling Blue, Graphite Black, Dazzling Gold, Rose Gold, Greenery, White Ceramic, Mystic Silver, or Prestige Gold.

Huawei P10 and P10 Plus Price

The Huawei P10 will sell for 699 Euros (~$738) while the P10 Plus will be priced at 799 Euros (~$844).

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The Huawei P10 and Xiaomi Mi 6 are two of the major flagships set to come out of China this year. Sadly, unlike their predecessors they will sell for a higher price.

Industry sources have cited an increase in the cost of certain phone components, some which have seen a 100% increase in price. This coupled with the current exchange rate will affect the prices of devices this year. Mobile phone manufacturers are therefore under pressure to increase the price of their devices, so as not to make losses.

Industry analyst @Kevin king diary took to Weibo today to express his views on the matter. According to him, in the last couple of months we have seen phones priced at 1000 yuan increase by 100 Yuan. Price of mobile components such as memories and displays have also increased due to the exchange rate. Manufacturers might not have increased the price of their devices in years due to the high profit margins recorded with flagship devices but since the price of components have increased, they have no choice but to do so now.

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He also said the Huawei P10 and Xiaomi Mi 6 will be priced higher this year. The Huawei P10 will cost 3488 Yuan (~$507) for the 4GB + 32GB version. That is 300 Yuan (~$44) more than the P9 with the same memory configuration sold fr last year. Same also applies to the Xiaomi Mi 6 which will start at 2299 Yuan (~$334), a 300 Yuan increase compared to the Mi 5 released last year.

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A new set of renders has leaked suggesting Huawei has got the P10 and a P10 Plus variants in the works. The Huawei P10 had been making the rounds of late with leaked details coming out left, right and centre. The P10 was recently leaked as coming with more paint jobs and also with a highly sophisticated audio system developed in partnership with Yamaha and Harman Kardon.

Perhaps buoyed by the successful outing so far of the Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro, the latest leak suggests that Huawei is planning to launch the P10 in two variants. One of the P10 variants comes with a straight display, while the other variant would have a curved edge screen.

Both versions feature dual Leica cameras at the rear but the difference lies in the P10 having a straight screen and the P10 Plus having a curved display. In addition, the Huawei P10 Plus also sports a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor while the P10 packs only a front fingerprint sensor. It is not known if the P10 Plus also has a front fingerprint sensor as it still has a home button at the front. The rear camera on the P10 Plus also has a uniquely designed round flash. The P10 comes with full network support and has a model number VTR-AL00 while the P10 Plus also with full network support comes with model number VIC-ALoo.

Read More: Huawei P10 Could End Up Being Much More Costlier Than The P9 (Rumor)

The apertures up front on the P10 Plus is quite different from the P10, opening up the possibility of the device having an iris scanner, in addition to the front camera and PDAF. The Huawei P10 is expected to be launched at MWC 2017 where all the facts and features of the flagship would be made bare.

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Up until last year, Huawei’s Mate series was considered to be the flagship phone lineup and its sibling, the Huawei P-series hardly received any attention. That was not surprising, given that the Huawei P8 models were decent but nothing out of the ordinary. But things have changed with the Huawei P9, and it is heard that the phone is selling very well, thanks to the powerful Kirin processor inside as well as the Leica certified dual 12MP cameras at the back.

Naturally, the next generation model in the P-series, most likely called as the Huawei P10 should come with better specs. Even the dual Leica branded cameras on the phone is expected to be upgraded. The upgraded specs would probably call for an increase in the price tag, but as of now, we are clueless about any exact figures.

In case you are preparing to get hold of the Huawei P10 when it launches at MWC 2017, then it’s worth mentioning that a new rumor states that the P10 will be quite costly. In fact, Ricciolo, who leaked this information says that the Huawei P10 will be the most expensive P-series phone till date. But he adds that it would be cheaper than the exorbitantly priced Huawei Porsche Design model (~$1500). Well, that was kind of obvious, wasn’t it? Even after hearing this, I still hope that the base model starts at less than $800. In case you are wondering, the current Huawei P9 32GB model starts at around $650.

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Specs wise, the Huawei P10 is expected to come with a 5.5-inch display with 2K resolution. The phone’s design is reported to be similar to the existing P9 and we did see a couple of new renders of the upcoming flagship a couple of days back (added at the end of this article).

RELATED: Huawei P10 Renders & Concept Video

Since the Huawei P10 is expected to be unveiled at MWC 2017, more info about the phone should be on its way soon.

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We have recently been inundated by leaks of the Huawei P10 billed for launch early next year. The P10’s renders have severally been leaked showing us some key features on the design that the device would sport on launch day. The news seem to have rocked the boat and have affected the price of the Huawei P9. The P9 has seen a slash in its price online.

If not for anything, the Huawei P9 stands out because of its dual Leica cameras that is capable of delivering stunning shots with Bokeh effect. The P9 also packs several features onboard that sets it out as as a powerful flagship.

The P9 was released in April this year and sure deserves the 3088 Yuan ($477) price tag the standard version launched clutching. That price has seen a downward spiral since then, berthing at around 2,988 Yuan. But an online mall in China has been spotted to have listed the Huawei P9 for as low as 2,299 Yuan for the standard version having 3GB RAM + 32GB ROM.

It’s not certain, though, that the rumor about the P10 is responsible for the P9’s price cut because the next flagship won’t drop until next year. But we hope the price cut continues so some of us won’t need to sell an organ to get one.

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