On September 6, 2022, Huawei introduced their Huawei Mate 50 smartphone. The phone has a 6.70-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1224×2700 pixels and a refresh rate of 90 Hz. The Huawei Mate 50 is driven by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor. It features 8GB of RAM out of the box. There is a 4460mAh battery inside the Huawei Mate 50, and it is not removable. Both standard and Huawei's proprietary fast charging methods are available on the Huawei Mate 50.
The Huawei Mate 50 has a 50-megapixel main camera, a 13-megapixel (f/2.2) camera, and a 12-megapixel (f/3.4) camera, all located on the device's back. It has a 13-megapixel sensor and an f/2.4 aperture in its single front-facing camera.
The Huawei Mate 50 has 128GB of built-in storage that can be expanded with a microSD card (up to 256GBGB) via a dedicated slot and runs MIUI 13, which is based on HarmonyOS. You can use two different SIM cards at once with the Huawei Mate 50. The phone supports Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM formats. It weighs 206.00 grams and has dimensions of 161.50 x 76.10 x 7.98mm (height x width x thickness). A variety of colors, including Kunlun, Frost Silver, Kunlun Xiaguang, Obsidian Black, and Streamer Purple, were introduced in DayBreak. For resistance to dust and water, it has an IP68 rating.
The Huawei Mate 50 supports 4G LTE on both SIM cards, as well as Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, GPS, Bluetooth v5.20, NFC, USB Type-C, and more. The phone's sensors include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a compass/magnetometer, a proximity sensor, a temperature sensor, a fingerprint reader, and a compass/magnetometer.
The phone costs about 720 EUR in the United Kingdom.
Technology | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / CDMA2000 / LTE |
2G |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) CDMA 800 |
3G |
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1x |
4G |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 - International 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 - China |
Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A |
Announced | 2022, September 06 |
Status | Available/Release on 28 September 2022 |
Dimension | 161.5 x 76.1 x 8 mm (6.36 x 3.00 x 0.31 in) |
Weight | 202 g / 206 g (7.13 oz) |
SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Type | OLED, 1B colors, 90Hz |
Size | 6.7 inches, 108.9 cm2 (~88.6% screen-to-body ratio) |
Resolution | 1224 x 2700 pixels (~442 ppi density) |
Protection |
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins) Huawei Kunlun Glass |
OS | EMUI 13 (International); HarmonyOS 3.0 (China) |
Chipset | Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ 4G Gen 1 (4 nm) |
CPU | Octa-core (1x3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3x2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510) |
GPU | Adreno 730 |
Card Slot | NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot) |
Internal |
128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM UFS 3.1 |
Triple |
50 MP, f/1.4-f/4.0, 24mm (wide), PDAF, Laser AF, OIS 12 MP, f/3.4, 125mm (periscope telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom 13 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), PDAF |
Features | LED flash, panorama, HDR |
Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, 1080p@960fps, gyro-EIS |
Single | 13 MP, f/2.4, 18mm (ultrawide) |
Features | HDR, panorama |
Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps |
Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
3.5mm Jack |
No 32-bit/384kHz audio |
WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
Bluetooth | 5.2, A2DP, LE |
NFC | Yes |
USB | USB Type-C 3.1, USB On-The-Go, Display Port 1.2 |
Radio | No |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS. Up to tri-band: GLONASS (3), BDS (3), GALILEO (2), QZSS (2), NavIC |
Infrared port | Yes |
Sensors |
Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum BDS Satellite Message (sending only) |
Battery Capacity | Li-Po 4460 mAh, non-removable |
Charging |
Fast charging 66W Fast wireless charging 50W Reverse wireless charging 5W |
Colors | Black, Silver, Purple, Orange |
Models | CET-AL00, CET-LX9 |
UK | About 720 EUR |