Huawei P50 Pro introduced: New Leica Quad Camera and no 5G
from Fabian Menzel 
on July 29, 2021, 17:06 pm | Write a comment
We had to wait a long time, but today the time had finally come. Huawei officially introduced the new P50 series, consisting of a regular model and the Huawei P50 Pro. In this article we take a closer look at the Pro model.
The manufacturer does not use 5G, or is forced to do so, because the US sanctions make the purchase and manufacture of 5G SoCs impossible. For this reason, Huawei relies on both the Kirin 9000 4G and the Snapdragon 888 4G from Qualcomm for its new flagships.
Huawei P50 Pro: Design
Last year, Huawei introduced the so-called "quad edge design" with the P40 Pro series, in which the glass on the front is slightly rounded on all four sides. On the one hand, this looks extremely impressive, but on the other hand it also feels extremely high-quality and pleasant, especially when gesture control is activated and you close an app by swiping from the bottom edge of the screen. With the P50 Pro, however, the manufacturer decided to return to a normal edge design. Only on the left and right is the glass slightly rounded towards the frame. Another innovation concerns the cutout for the front camera. The predecessor had a very large cutout with several sensors in the left corner and in the predecessor this cutout moves to the middle in the form of a small hole for the front camera, which looks much more modern.
Let us now look at the back, which also has some new features compared to the P40 Pro shows. It is still made of glass and is slightly rounded on both sides. Unlike its predecessor, the surface is unfortunately no longer matt, but glossy. Customers can choose between five different colors: black, white, gold, pink and blue.
The P50 Pro has four cameras positioned in two huge black circles. Huawei itself calls this design the "Dual-Matrix Camera Design". Something like this was first seen in the Huawei Nova 8 series and more recently in the Honor 50 series.
Picture: Huawei
Huawei P50 Pro: Technical data
The display measures 6,6 inches, has a resolution of 2.700 x 1.228 pixels and supports a fluid refresh rate of 120 Hertz, which means that the smartphone can display 120 individual images per second. It is of course a high-quality OLED, which guarantees rich black and contrast values. An optical fingerprint sensor has also been integrated into the display.
The software used is HarmonyOS, which was introduced a few weeks ago. The battery has a capacity of 4.360 mAh and can be charged quickly with a cable with up to 66 watts. The matching power supply is unfortunately not included in the scope of delivery. Wireless charging is also supported, but with 50 watts a little slower than with the cable. As already mentioned, either the Kirin 9000 4G or the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G tinkers under the hood. Depending on the version, there is also 8 or 12 GB of RAM and 128, 256 or 512 GB of internal memory that can be expanded via an NM card.
Huawei's P series has always stood for new camera innovations and this is of course also the case with the P50 Pro. Huawei uses the IMX800 as the main sensor, which has a resolution of 50 megapixels and can capture a lot of light thanks to the enormous sensor size of 1/1.18″, paired with the bright aperture of f/1.8. There is also a 13 megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with a focal length of 13 mm and a monochrome camera with a resolution of 40 megapixels. In addition, the Huawei P50 Pro has a 64 megapixel zoom camera that enables a 3,5x optical zoom and can be digitally zoomed up to 100x. The front camera has a resolution of 13 megapixels.
Prices and availability
The smallest version with 128 GB of internal storage costs 5.988 yuan (equivalent to approx. 780 euros), Huawei charges 6.488 yuan (equivalent to approx. 845 euros) for double storage and 512 yuan (equivalent to approx. 7.488 euros) for 975 GB of storage Table to be laid. The premium models with 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of flash memory cost 7.988 yuan (equivalent to approx. 1.040 euros for the blue model) and an impressive 8.488 yuan (equivalent to approx. 1.105 euros for the black model). The P50 series was initially only presented for the Chinese market. However, Huawei confirmed a few weeks ago that the smartphones will also appear outside of China.