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Huawei P50 Pro and P50 Pocket enters global market
On January 12, Huawei’s latest flagship smartphones – Huawei P50 Pro and P50 Pocket finally entered the global market. However, these premium smartphones were already marked their presence in the Chinese market.
Currently, Huawei has debuted P50 Pro and P50 Pocket on the ground of Malaysia and will soon expand its availability to more global markets. To be mentioned, the company has also announced to unveil these flagship phones in Europe on January 26, 2021.
Both of these smartphones of Huawei are cherished with high-end features and provide a whole new user experience. Among these, Huawei P50 Pocket is the first flip-style foldable smartphone of the company that folds inwards vertically.
Price and availability:
Huawei P50 Pro:
- Huawei P50 Pro (8GB+256GB) is priced at RM 4199 (882 Euro) [Link]
Huawei is providing freebies worth up to RM 2,100 and pre-order for Huawei P50 Pro start from January 12 and last till January 21, 2022.
Huawei P50 Pocket:
- Huawei P50 Pocket White (8GB+256GB) is priced at RM 5,999 (1262 euros) [Link]
- Huawei P50 Pocket Premium Edition (12GB+512GB) is priced at RM 7,299 (1536 euros) [Link]
Huawei is offering freebies total worth up to RM2,700 with Huawei P50 Pocket and pre-order is available from January 22 to February 13, 2022.
So, without further ado, let’s explore Huawei P50 and P50 Pocket in detail.
Huawei P50 Pro:
Huawei P50 Pro smartphone comes with a 6.6 inch OLED display with 2700 x 1228p resolutions, 120 Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate, 1.07 billion colors, and 450 PPI brightness.
This smartphone expands 158.8mm x 72.8mm x 8.5mm (Height x width x depth) and weighs around 195g approx. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G processor that has an octa-core CPU and Adreno 660 GPU. Also, it comes pre-installed with EMUI 12.
In terms of storage, the P50 Pro offers 8GB of RAM and 256GB of inbuilt internal storage and packs with a 4360mAh battery that supports 66W super-fast charging and 50W wireless charging.
On the rear side, Huawei P50 Pro has a quad-camera system consisting of a 50MP True chroma camera, 40MP True chroma camera, 13MP Ultra-wide angle camera, and 64MP Telephoto camera with LED flash. While the front side has a 13MP selfie camera with autofocus mode.
The connectivity options include 4G network, WLAN, Bluetooth 5.2, Support BLE, SBC, AAC, LDAC. Further, it has a USB Type-C ear jack, and USB Type-C charging port, and a USB 3.1 GEN1 port.
Huawei P50 Pocket:
Huawei P50 Pocket smartphone sports the main screen with a 6.9-inch mains display that folds inwards and a 1.04-inch cover screen is placed on the rear to show you notifications and other information.
The main screen comes with 2790 x 1188pixel resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate,1440 Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, 300 Hz touch sampling rate, and 442 PPI. While the cover screen has 340 x 340p resolution, 60 Hz refresh rate, 120 Hz touch sampling rate, and 328 PPI.
The P50 Pocket is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G processor, comes pre-installed with EMUI 12 operating system, 8GB/12GB of RAM, and 256GB/512GB of internal storage.
Talking about the battery, this phone packs with 4000mAh battery that supports a 40W Super fast charger. The connectivity options include WLAN, Bluetooth 5.2, and more.
Huawei P50 Pocket features a powerful camera system that includes a 40 MP True-Chroma Camera (f/1.8 aperture), 13 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera (f/2.2 aperture), and 32 MP Ultra Spectrum Camera (f/1.8 aperture). On the front side, you’ll see a 10.7-megapixel front camera to give you high-quality selfies.
A new Huawei phone with model number GOA-AL80U has received 3C certification in China with 100W super fast charger and it could be the Huawei Nova 11 Pro smartphone.
According to the information, Huawei GOA-AL80U has 20V/5Ak, which outputs 100W of super fast charging. A week ago, a similar model – GOA-AL80 received 3C certification.
It has a maximum output of 100W (20VDC, 5A) and also backward compatible with 66W (11VDC, 6A) and 10W (10VDC, 2A) charging outputs.
The charger model is HW200500C00 and it is the same charger used in Huawei Nova 9 Pro and later in Nova 10 Pro. Currently, there’s no proof of the identity of this upcoming smartphone tier but it could be the upcoming Huawei Nova 11 Pro. As it’s the only candidate for providing such fast charging output for the consumers.
Huawei Nova 11:
Past input reveals that Huawei could a new press conference on April 17 to launch Nova 11 series, Watch 4, and other smart devices for consumers.
A report shows that Huawei Nova 11 series will consist of three models – Nova 11, Nova 11 Pro, and Nova 11 Ultra. These phones will pack different specs, while the top ones will have ultra-grade technologies.
Huawei Nova 11 devices will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G chipset and improved network technologies.
Furthermore, these upcoming Huawei Nova devices will also bring satellite communication technology, which could be the first in mid-range smartphones.
Huawei will also upgrade the camera section with a high-quality lens. However, we need to know more information about the camera section of this midrange lineup.
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Huawei phones are made with the long-standing build quality. Despite two years of launch, Huawei Mate 40 Pro shows that it’s as valuable as iPhones for consumers.
The latest conversation came to light after people on Weibo started a discussion on research by a Chinese firm, BankMyCell. The study shows that iPhone’s depreciation rate is only half of Android’s.
The report is bundled from the year 2021 to 2022, it shows that iPhone retains its value the most. Meanwhile, Android’s value declines the fastest over 1 year of purchase. It even goes down by double digits within two years.
However, users are sharing different opinions on this matter such as: “What’s so good about depreciating Android in the smartphone industry?”
Some of those people said that the value of iPhones is indeed high. But there’s one Chinese smartphone company that can match Apple’s value retention rate and it is Huawei including the Huawei Mate 40 Pro.
According to the handheld smartphone platform, the second-hand price of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro is currently up to 7450 yuan (1082 USD). As a phone launched in 2020, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro is powered by an “out-of-print” Kirin 9000 chipset and supports 5G.
Additionally, some bloggers said that their Huawei Mate 40 Pro 5G has been used for more than a year. Yet, it can still sell for 3500 yuan (508 USD), which is comparable to an iPhone.
The Kirin is not available on new flagship devices nor the 5G connectivity. Also, the demand for this premium smartphone remained unchanged even after the Huawei P50 series and later Huawei flagship models.
Not only that, it has the fastest and smoothest user experience among all phones released in the same timeline. Therefore, Huawei Mate 40 Pro became the valuable choice for consumers in the Chinese market over Apple’s iPhones.
Huawei Mate 40 Pro specs:
The Mate 40 Pro packs a 6.76-inch display with an OLED panel and FHD+ (2772 x 1344 pixels) resolution. It has a 50 MP ultra vision camera system. There’s a wide front camera setup for better face recognition technology.
Huawei could equip its next flagship phone, Mate 60 series with a super powerful IMX9 series camera sensor, says a tipster related to this matter.
According to the information, Huawei started testing IMX 9 series sensor and speculated that the Huawei Mate 60 series could equip with this new super large camera tech. The tipster also mentioned that Huawei’s former subsidiary – Honor is also preparing a new device with the same sensor.
Despite having no clue about the IMX model, we can assume that the sensor may be IMX 989 because it’s the only 1-inch sensor that made it up to smartphones at the moment.
Looking at the advantages, the sensor allows smartphones to carry more room in the camera module as compared to predecessors. On the other hand, the size intake more light to capture bright images with fast readout speed.
The SONY IMX 989 also has a high dynamic range to enable better low-light performance and accurate color reproduction in photographs. While the use of Quad Bayer color filter array improves light sensitivity and reduces image noise.
With this sensor, the smartphone can perform fast autofocus with a combination of phase and contrast detection.
Huawei P60 series:
The latest Huawei P60 Pro is using IMX888, which is a 1/1.43-inch in size. Despite using a less powerful sensor, Huawei has optimized the entire image processing algorithm and improved the output manually.
The effect can be seen in ultra aperture photography. This reflects that Huawei is already using 1-inch sensor quality with IMX888 on Huawei P60 Pro. So, we can also come to the conclusion that Huawei Mate 60 could further empower the capabilities of the IMX9 series beyond stock features.
Release:
A past leak reveals that the Huawei Mate 60 series may launch in Q3 2023. It could be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and better camera specs. However, Huawei is yet to announce an official launch date.
Read more in the article linked below.