Last year’s flagship smartphone for Huawei was the P9, which brought us the dual-lens rear camera, engineered in collaboration with Leica. The phone offered new controls and shooting modes, and garnered a lot of attention for the Chinese manufacturer. The competitive price resulted in record local sales for the brand. Can the P10 of 2017 (and the P10 Plus iteration) capitalise or improve on this (relatively) new-found mainstream attention? After the dual-lens camera, where to next? Huawei’s answer seems to be: "It’s more of the same." It is sticking with what works, rather than offering a radically new device. The P10 packs in more camera tech as well as solid processing and storage, and it has a premium look and feel. The front lens also now bears the Leica stamp of approval. The P10 offers a whopping 8MP, and smart adjustments, such as an auto wide angle for group selfies, in the front camera. The rear camera is still the creative hub, though, with the dual lenses (12MP and 20MP s...
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