The Chinese brand Huawei has officially unveiled its luxury flagship smartphones, labeled Huawei Mate 50 Pro and Mate 50 RS Porsche Design. These devices will feature the latest Snapdragon processor, premium build materials, as well as a 120 Hz OLED display.
Huawei Mate 50 Pro and Mate 50 RS Porsche Design
What was expected has become reality, and the flagship smartphone series Huawei Mate 50 has been officially launched on the Chinese market. This series includes the Huawei Mate 50, Mate 50 Pro, and Mate 50 RS Porsche Design models. A mid-range smartphone is also expected to be part of the new lineup, labeled Huawei Mate 50e, with a Snapdragon 778G (4G) processor.
In this article, however, we’ll take a closer look at the two top-tier premium models Mate 50 Pro and Mate 50 RS Porsche Design. These smartphones have nearly identical technical specifications. However, Porsche Design adds an even more luxurious design, more RAM, and a different camera module setup.
The smartphones impress at first glance, from the front. Both devices offer a curved display, a high-quality metal build, and for design differences, we need to move to the back. The rear camera module of the Mate 50 Pro has a round shape with three cameras and an LED flash. The Mate 50 RS Porsche Design will feature a ceramic back panel and an octagonal-shaped camera module. It is said to resemble the dynamic design of super sports cars.
These are the technical specifications
Mate 50 Pro and Mate 50 RS Porsche Design will come with the same 6.74″ OLED display with Full HD+ resolution (2612 x 1212 pixels). This panel also includes a 120 Hz refresh rate, 300 Hz sampling rate, and 1440 Hz high-frequency PWM dimming. Advanced sensors for 3D face recognition are located in the display cutout. And the panel itself offers an in-display fingerprint reader beneath the screen surface.
Performance is handled by the current latest Snapdragon processor, labeled Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (Huawei supports only 4G). While the Mate 50 Pro comes with 8 GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256 GB / 512 GB UFS 3.1 storage, the Mate 50 RS Porsche Design takes these specs even further. It will offer up to 12 GB LPDDR5 RAM and 512 GB UFS 3.1 storage. The storage supports expansion via an NM memory card, up to 256 GB.
On the software side, these devices have the same feature set. It’s the pre-installed operating system HarmonyOS 3.0. The matching lineup continues with a 4700 mAh battery supporting 66 W fast wired and 50 W fast wireless charging. You’ll also appreciate DualSIM, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/x, Bluetooth 5.2, dual GPS, an NFC chip for mobile payments, and a USB-C connector.
The difference comes in mobile photography
If we look at the equipment of the Huawei Mate 50 Pro, it offers a 50 MPx main camera Sony IMX766 with optical image stabilization. This sensor is complemented by a 64 MPx periscope telephoto lens with optical image stabilization support and a 13 MPx ultra-wide sensor. The front camera offers 13 MPx resolution and is also complemented by a 3D depth sensor.
Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design replaced its periscope telephoto lens with a 48 MPx tele-macro camera with 35x zoom and optical image stabilization. Both devices offer a variable aperture from f/1.4 up to f/4.0. You’ll also get laser autofocus, a “Flicker” sensor, and up to 200x digital zoom. The integrated Huawei XMAGE image-processing technology will take care of the final photos.
Price and availability of the new Huawei smartphones
Huawei Mate 50 Pro will be sold exclusively in configurations with 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 512 GB storage. The selling prices for these configurations are 6799 Chinese yuan (~ 943 € / 977 USD) and 7799 yuan (~ 1132 € / 1121 USD). Color options will include Obsidian Black, Frost Silver, Streamer Purple, Daybreak Kunlun, and Kunlun Xiaguang. The “Kunlun” variants will be slightly more expensive—their price starts at 6999 yuan (~ 1016 € / 1006 USD) and 7999 yuan (~ 1161 € / 1149 USD).
The luxury Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design will be available exclusively in a 12 GB RAM + 512 GB storage configuration. It has a retail price of 12 999 Chinese yuan (~ 1887 € / 1 868 USD) and will come in Dark Blue Porcelain and Carmine Porcelain color options. Sales of this smartphone start in China on September 21, 2022.
Mate 50 Pro will be available starting September 28, 2022. Both devices can be pre-ordered on the Chinese market starting today. As for a possible global version, we currently don’t have any further information.
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