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The Huawei P50 and P50 Pro have been officially announced in China. Both phones come with high-end specifications and work with Harmony OS, Huawei’s own operating system.

These are the Huawei P50 and P50 Pro

The Huawei P50 and Huawei P50 Pro are the first high-end phones from the Chinese manufacturer to be delivered with its own Harmony OS. In addition, there are a number of premium cameras on the P50 and the other specifications, just like those of the P40 and P30 series, also belong to the top segment.

Harmony OS

First of all, Harmony OS because that is the operating system of Huawei that replaces Google’s apps and services because the US government sees no reason to remove Huawei from the Entity List. That means that apps like Google Maps, Google Drive, Google Keep and Google Calendar are not on these phones. Huawei does provide alternatives for this app and our Androidworld Reader can also be found in Huawei’s App Gallery. Harmony OS now works with all smart devices and the new P50 smartphones are also equipped with it.

Cameras

The P50 Pro has two particularly large circular cutouts for the cameras. There are no fewer than four on the back. The telephoto camera can zoom in up to 3.5 times without loss of quality. After that, the camera can digitally zoom in up to 100 times.

• 50 MP main camera (f/1.8, OIS)
• 40 MP black and white camera (f/1.6)
• 13 MP ultra wide-angle camera (f/2.2)
• 64 MP telephoto camera (f/3.5, 3.5x optical zoom, OIS)

The P50 has a similar camera cutout, containing one less camera. This phone has a 50MP main camera, a 12MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom and a 13MP ultra-wide angle lens. Both have 13-megapixel selfie cameras.

Two types of chipsets

Huawei has equipped part of the P50 series with its own Kirin 9000 chips and part with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 chipset. Since the end of last year, Huawei has been allowed to buy chips from this supplier again. Both phones have 4G in the specification list, there is no 5G support. This is special because most phones in this segment have been supporting the fast 5G network for quite some time. The P50 Pro is available with 8 GB or 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage, while the P50 is available with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.

The Huawei P50 Pro has a 6.6-inch OLED display (1228p) with a refresh rate of 120 Hz. The P50 has a slightly smaller 6.5-inch OLED display (1224p) with a refresh rate of 90 Hz. The P50 Pro has a 4,360 mAh battery, and the P50 has a 4,100 mAh battery. Both can be quickly charged with 66 watts and the P50 Pro can also be charged wirelessly with 50 watts. There is an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance for both phones.

Prices and availability

The Verge says that the Huawei P50 Pro with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage costs about 780 euros and will be on sale in China on August 12. The P50 with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage costs 585 euros and will go on sale in September. It is unclear if and when the flag sheep will be announced outside of China.