After being in limbo for 2 years, Huawei has finally made the Mate 50 series official with the vanilla, Pro, and ultra-premium RS variant. All three phones come with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor that’s limited to 4G connectivity, though they make up for it by having support for China’s BeiDou satellite system. All three support 66w wired and 50w wireless charging solutions.
Their main feature is the 50-megapixel main camera that has a variable aperture of f/1.4 to 4.0, which is adjustable by 10 steps. The main camera has OIS and laser autofocus and is accompanied by a 10-channel sensor. You also get a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera across the line.
The vanilla Mate 50 comes with a 6.7-inch 90hz OLED display, 4460mAh battery, and a 12-megapixel RYYB telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom. The Pro model has a 6.74-inch 120hz Curved OLED display, a large notch to house its 3D ToF sensor and 13-megapixel selfie camera, a bigger 4700mAh battery, and a 64-megapixel RYYB telephoto camera with 3.5x optical zoom. The latter is swapped with a 48-megapixel RYYB periscope camera with 5x optical zoom and macro on the top-end RS variant.
Like its predecessor, the RS variant has a ceramic body and a hexagonal-shaped camera module.
Huawei Mate 50 Specs
- Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor
- 8GB RAM
- 128GB/256GB/512GB internal storage
- 6.7-inch OLED display, 90hz refresh rate, 2700 x 1224 resolution, 10-bit color
- 50-megapixel f/1.4-4.0 main camera with PDAF and OIS; 13-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera; 12-megapixel f/3.4 RYYB telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom and OIS; XMAGE, laser autofocus
- 13-megapixel f/2.2 selfie camera
- 4G, LTE
- WiFi 6, Bluetooth, Satellite
- In-display fingerprint scanner, Stereo speakers
- 4460mAh battery
- 66w wired charging, 50w wireless charging
- HarmonyOS 3.0
Huawei Mate 50 Pro Specs
- Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor
- 8GB/12GB RAM
- 256GB/512GB internal storage
- 6.74-inch Curved OLED display, 120hz refresh rate, 2212 x 2616 resolution, 10-bit color
- 50-megapixel f/1.4-4.0 main camera with PDAF and OIS; 13-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera; 64-megapixel f/3.5 RYYB telephoto camera with 3.5x optical zoom and OIS; XMAGE, laser autofocus
- 13-megapixel f/2.2 selfie camera, 3D ToF Sensor
- 4G, LTE
- WiFi 6, Bluetooth, Satellite
- In-display fingerprint scanner, Stereo speakers
- 4700mAh battery
- 66w wired charging, 50w wireless charging
- HarmonyOS 3.0
Huawei Mate 50 RS Specs
- Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor
- 8GB/12GB RAM
- 256GB/512GB internal storage
- 6.74-inch Curved OLED display, 120hz refresh rate, 2212 x 2616 resolution, 10-bit color
- 50-megapixel f/1.4-4.0 main camera with PDAF and OIS; 13-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle camera; 48-megapixel RYYB Periscope camera with 5x optical zoom, macro, and OIS; XMAGE, laser autofocus
- 13-megapixel f/2.2 selfie camera, 3D ToF Sensor
- 4G, LTE
- WiFi 6, Bluetooth, Satellite
- In-display fingerprint scanner, Stereo speakers
- 4700mAh battery
- 66w wired charging, 50w wireless charging
- HarmonyOS 3.0
The Mate 50 starts at CNY 5000(Php 41.1k) for the 128GB variant, while the Mate 50 Pro starts at CNY 6800(~Php 55.9k) for the 256GB variant. The Mate RS, on the other hand, is priced at CNY 13,000(~Php 106.8k) for the 512GB variant. There’s no word yet on global availability as of now.