After many months of waiting, the big day has come - the Huawei P50 series of flagship terminals has officially started! The new lineup also marks a premiere, so it includes the first phones with pre-installed Harmony OS 2.0 operating system. This year's camera phone is Huawei P50 Pro which we have details about below.
Design and display
Huawei P50 Pro is made of aluminum and glass, with glass on the front and back and an aluminum frame in between. It is available in shades such as black, gold, white, pink and blue, and it measures 158.8 x 72.8 mm and is only 8.5 mm at the waist. At the same time, it weighs 195 grams and is IP68 water resistant . The panel is OLED, 6.6 inches diagonally and curved sideways.
It offers a resolution of 2700 x 1228 pixels. The pixel density is 450 ppi, has a refresh rate of 120 Hz and a touch sampling rate of 300Hz. It also supports up to 1.07 billion colors and wide viewing angles. The single selfie camera is framed in a polka dot cutout and centrally located. At the back we also notice a generous module, the phone inaugurating the Dual-Matrix design, and the fingerprint sensor is optical, being placed under the screen.
Hardware
It seems that the wait was worth it, and Huawei has managed to include Qualcomm processors in its devices. However, the P50 Pro comes in both Snapdragon 888 CPU and Kirin 9000 CPU versions, both made on a 5nm process. Unfortunately, there are versions that only support 4G LTE connectivity, not 5G. Configurations include 8 GB of RAM and 128 or 256 GB of storage. However, there is also a variant with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage .
The room
Huawei P50 Pro has a 13 MP selfie camera in front of it. This year it is unique and centered on the top. In the back, however, we have a quad setup integrated in a module in the shape of the number "8". Like last year, the setup is made in collaboration with Leica. The design is really unique from behind. At the top we find the 50 MP main sensor with f / 1.8 aperture, omnidirectional PDAF, OIS and laser autofocus.
Also here is a 40 MP B / W (Monochrome) sensor with f / 1.6 aperture, but also the 13 MP ultrawide sensor with f / 2.2 aperture. At the bottom we see the periscopic sensor with f / 3.5 aperture, PDAF and OIS. It offers 3.5x optical zoom and up to 100X digital zoom (focal length is 90mm).
The camera allows shooting 4K or Full HD at 30 or 60 FPS, but also slow-motion in Full HD quality, 960 FPS. Huawei promises us an excellent low-light capture and a unique 100X zoom through which we can photograph even the moon very clearly. We also receive functions such as Selfie slow-motion, Smart wide-angle, eye tracking autofocus, portrait mode, panorama, fun AR, time-lapse . There are also smart filters, smiley face capture, selfie mirroring.
Software and others
As expected, Huawei P50 Pro is running Harmony OS 2.0. It also marks a premiere, being one of the first phones with this new operating system on board. So far I have had a first contact with the Huawei Watch 3 Pro smartwatch, but I also saw it in action with the Huawei MatePad 11 tablet. It is a minimalist OS, very intuitive and fluid. Huawei has also managed to create an entire ecosystem, and the phone can sync with the company's notebooks or tablets.
The battery of Huawei P50 Pro is a 4360 mAh unit, and the charging is done at 66W per wire. However, we also receive wireless charging at 50W, but also reverse charging through which we can power other devices . At the base we find a USB-C port, and the phone also offers NFC, Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. The sound is played through a system of two speakers, one at the bottom and one at the top.
Price and availability
The series is currently in China. Huawei P50 Pro will be available for pre-order starting tomorrow, the first units will be delivered starting August 12. Here are the marketing prices: