Okay so I used the z10 for about an hour and I can give you my initial verdict.
First, build quality was good enough. The metal sides do give the phone a premium feel but the back plastic felt a bit cheap. The phone was also slim and light weight. 8/10
Second, display in 20k was great. It was sharp 1080p, had great viewing angles and was bright. But the display contrast was average, colors had a punch in them but black levels were not as deep. 8/10
Third, the software experience was not good. The phone was not optimised. There were occasional lags and things stuttered a bit like they were not fluid. It's vanilla android with a bit of qmobile customization, like one can tweak the scroll animation of homescreen or opening of launcher. The UI icons were also ugly. Though the hardware is good but qmobile seriously needs to work on software. One thing good though was that qmobile is providing bug fixes through software updates on z10 and that fixed the battery drain, which @s15 had mentioned earlier. Lastly phone had some useful gestures like if we draw C on lock screen it opens up flash and it also has double tap to wake and lock the phone. 5/10
Fourth, camera of z10 is capable enough. The phone took nice photos from rear camera. Pictures were detailed though the colors were a bit off and pictures seem to be a little bit noisy. The front camera is fantastic, it's great for selfies and front flash helps in low light. However, the camera interface was bad, it was confusing and a bit laggy though not a deal breaker. 7/10
Fifth, battery according to my cousin is good, it gives close to 4 hours screen on time. The battery is improved after the software update which z10 got right after the launch. 7/10
Lastly, in 20k range it is a good phone just the deal breaker is the terrible UI. If one can live with it by installing a launcher then this phone is great. It has all the features from LTE to dual sim and offers good display, build quality and camera in one package.
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