The Huawei P50 and P50 Pro are

HarmonyOS HarmonyOS (HMOS) () is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei to collaborate and interconnect with multiple smart devices on the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. In its current multi-kernel design, the operating system selects ...

-based high-end smartphones manufactured by

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. Unveiled on 21 July 2021, they succeed the Huawei P40 in the P series. In March 2023 Huawei will release thei

Huawei P60 Series Xmage.

Specifications

Hardware

Unlike the Huawei P40 hardware, the P50 uses the

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SM8325 888 4G processor. The P50 operates on

Octa-core A multi-core processor is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit with two or more separate processing units, called cores, each of which reads and executes program instructions. The instructions are ordinary CPU instructions (such a ...

(1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680) which is an upgrade from the previous version on the P40. The P50 operates on the Adreno 660

GPU A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed to manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device. GPUs are used in embedded systems, mobil ...

. The phone has 8GB ram only and has 128 GB or 256 GB storage space which allows for more storage and smooth run of the device. Expansion is supported up to 256 GB via Huawei's proprietary Nano Memory card. The P50 display was upgraded by 0.4 from the previous P40 which had 6.1 for display. The new 6.5 inches (101.6 cm) 88.0% screen-to-body ratio with a resolution of 2700 x 1224 pixels

OLED An organic light-emitting diode (OLED or organic LED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is a film of organic compound that emits light i ...

with a 1B color and 90Hz refresh rate. The P50 model has an optical (under-screen) fingerprint sensor. The P50 uses a 4100 mAh non-removable battery, an upgrade from its previous 3800 mAh on P40.

Camera

The Huawei P50 series features Leica optics. The wide lens on P50 and P50 Pro is a new "True-Form" 50 MP IMX766 sensor. Unlike the P40, whose wide lens uses an "Ultra SuperSpectrum"

image sensor An image sensor or imager is a sensor that detects and conveys information used to make an image. It does so by converting the variable attenuation of light waves (as they pass through or reflect off objects) into signals, small bursts of curr ...

, P50 uses traditional RGGB sensor instead. The P50's rear camera array consists of a 50 MP wide lens, a 13MP 16mm ultrawide lens and an 12MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom. For P50 Pro, 50 MP wide lens now has optical image stabilization. The 13 MP ultrawide is now wider in 13mm, the periscope telephoto now has a 64 MP sensor at 3.5x and an additional 40 MP monochrome sensor to capture more light. The software is also improved with a new Golden Snap feature that takes a burst of HDR+ photos and automatically picks the best shots. A

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studio light will be available as an accessory as well.

Software

The device runs on HarmonyOS 2.0. The P50 series support

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uses

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as its main

app store An App Store (or app marketplace) is a type of digital distribution platform for computer software called applications, often in a mobile context. Apps provide a specific set of functions which, by definition, do not include the running of the co ...

. Furthermore, a new app known as

Petal Search History In 2019, multinational technology company Huawei was affected by the sanctions enforced during an ongoing international trade ban. Huawei’s new and upcoming Android smartphones were denied access to Google Mobile Services. Due to ...

was introduced, which includes web search via France-based

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and Russia-based

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, as well as the ability to search for third-party apps via other Android app stores and APK mirroring websites.

References

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