Small. Fancy. Cheap. Huawei's Y6 Pro (2017) is the manufacturer's latest Y-series model. We liked the entry-level smartphone's fancy metal case, its very decent hardware, and its compact size. Unfortunately, we also found one particular issue with lots and lots of room for improvement.

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With the Y6 Pro, Chinese manufacturer Huawei is expanding its affordable Y-series. Unlike its non-Pro namesake, the Huawei Y6 Pro (2017) is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and an Adreno GPU. In addition, its case is made mostly of metal instead of plastic, and it includes a fingerprint-reader to boot. Similarities between the two phones include the 5-inch display and the remaining technical specifications.

Equipped with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of expandable storage (Micro SD cards up to 128 GB are supported), the Huawei Y6 Pro (2017) also includes a 13 MP main rear-facing camera with PDAF autofocus and a 5 MP selfie-camera at the front.

Case

Made mostly of metal, the Huawei Y6 Pro’s case is available in black, silver, or gold, and at only 144 x 71 mm the phone is surprisingly compact. Nevertheless, the phone’s bezels seem comparatively large, and its display-to-body ratio is only 67.5%. At only 145 g it is very pleasant to hold in the hand.

For an entry-level device, build quality and choice of material were better than expected. The two buttons on the right-hand side of the device - the power button and volume rocker - are a tight fit and easy to reach, and they offer comfortably firm feedback and actuation.

Connectivity

For its price-point, 16 GB of eMMC storage is decently sized. Out of the box only 10.2 GB is available to the user, though. Storage can be expanded via Micro SD card (up to 128 GB); however, it cannot be formatted as internal storage.

The Huawei Y6 Pro (2017) is charged via the Micro USB 2.0 port at the bottom that does not support external peripherals such as keyboards or thumb drives via USB-OTG. Wireless display-streaming via Miracast worked flawlessly.

Software

The preloaded Android 7.0 operating system comes with Huawei’s in-house user interface EMUI 5.1 on top, and the device’s security patch level was up to date (September 2017). Whether or not Huawei is planning to update the phone to Android 8.0 Oreo has not yet been determined. Considering the smartphone’s price-point it is highly unlikely though.

Compared to stock Android, Huawei’s user interface has been heavily modified. In addition, several applications are preloaded on this device out of the box. Fortunately, they can be uninstalled.

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