Plus.

 

You have to have a Plus model these days. The question is, does that just mean a bigger screen, or have other features been plussed too?...

 

 

The Huawei P10 Plus features a 5.5 inch display, which by today's standards, is not massively plussy. The standard P10 is 5.1 inches, so is 0.4 of an inch enough to justify an extra 200 bucks? Actually, for a lot of people it probably is. 

 

Don't get me wrong, the P10 is a truly excellent phone, powerful, fast, amazing camera, plenty of storage. It's just...

 

Little.

 

And to be honest, right at this point in time, people seem to prefer something with... girth.

 

So choose the P10 Plus and girth you get. Yet surprisingly light and extremely thin. This means even though it's a genuinely large phone, it'll still slide into a front pocket without too much difficulty - even if you're using the clear case included in in the box.

 

I won't get too bogged down (or blogged down) with the finer details involved with the operation of the P10 Plus, because in most respects, it really does work the same way as the Huawei P10. It has the same home key/fingerprint sensor setup and the same volume key and power button configuration on the right-hand side. 

 

It's really important you should know the power key on the P10 Plus is also red. Just as cool.

 

So other than a bigger screen, is there anything else for your extra two-hundie?

 

Well hang on a minute, because the screen isn't just bigger - it's better. 

 

Another high-profile phone to hit the market recently also offers a plus-size option, but while that screen is bigger, there are no more pixels so the picture quality certainly isn't any better. Not so with the Huawei P10 Plus. Here you jump from the P10's 1920 X 1080 display, with 432 PPI, to a significantly higher 2560 X 1440 screen which squeezes 540 pixels into that same square-inch. Admittedly, there are a lot of numbers there but you can definitely see a difference when you compare the two displays side by side.

 

The other major gain is the main camera's wider aperture. The dual-lens Leica on the smaller P10 was already pretty stunning, definitely among the top phone cameras on the market. The P10 Plus goes even further with noticeable advances in low-light shooting.

 

Whether you choose HDR mode (easily accessible with a swipe to the right) or you use Huawei's unique trick of the "Always-On" flash, those indoor, nighttime shots are now magical works of art instead of noisy, blurry mistakes, waiting to be deleted.

 

If you've ever missed that crucial blowing-out-the-candles moment because your phone was blinded by the candles and you couldn't see any cake, let alone the birthday blower, the P10 Plus captures everything in 20MP clarity.

 

So let's say that bigger, better screen is worth an extra $75 and the cooler camera another $75, is there something else about the P10 Plus that can convince you to part with $50 dollars more for the step up?

 

I believe battery-life is the answer.

 

A larger phone invariably means more space for a bigger battery. Yes a wider, taller screen takes more power to run, but while the P10 had me a little nervous about how much charge was left by the end of the day, the P10 Plus absolutely cruises through, with plenty of juice to spare.

 

Again, like the P10, the Plus fast charges and Huawei makes a big deal about the multiple layers of built-in protection against any potential overheating or overcharging issues.

 

So there's my 3-part $200 argument in a nutshell; bigger screen, specced-up camera, longer battery life.

 

If you're spending a thousand dollars on a phone you may as well go the whole hog and the Huawei P10 Plus still works out significantly cheaper than some of the other "Plusses" out there.

 

 

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