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 making their mark on the Chinese market.
Currently, Huawei has launched the P50 Pro and P50 Pocket on Malaysian soil and will soon expand its availability to more global markets. To be mentioned, the company also announced the unveiling of these flagship phones in Europe on January 26, 2021.
These two Huawei smartphones are packed with high-end features and offer a whole new user experience. Of these, the Huawei P50 Pocket is the company’s first flip-style foldable smartphone that folds vertically inward.
Price and availability:
Huawei P50 Pro:
- Huawei P50 Pro (8GB + 256GB) is priced at RM4,199 (882 euros) [Link]
Huawei is giving away freebies worth up to RM2,100 and pre-order for Huawei P50 Pro starts January 12 and lasts until January 21, 2022.
Huawei P50 pocket:
- Huawei P50 Pocket White (8 GB + 256 GB) is priced at RM 5,999 (1262 euros) [Link]
- Huawei P50 Pocket Premium Edition (12 GB + 512 GB) is priced at RM 7,299 (1536 euros) [Link]
Huawei is giving freebies up to a total value of up to RM2,700 with the Huawei P50 Pocket and pre-order is available from January 22 to February 13, 2022.
So, without further ado, let’s explore the Huawei P50 and P50 Pocket in detail.
Huawei P50 Pro:
The Huawei P50 Pro smartphone comes with a 6.6-inch OLED display with resolutions of 2700 x 1228p, 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sample rate, 1.07 billion colors and a 450 PPI brightness.
This smartphone spans 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 with octa-core processor and Adreno 660 GPU. Besides, it comes pre-installed with EMUI 12.
In terms of storage, the P50 Pro offers 8GB of RAM and 256GB of built-in internal storage and packs a 4,360mAh battery that supports 66W super-fast charging and 50W wireless charging.
On the back, the Huawei P40 Pro has a quad camera system consisting of a 50MP True Chroma Camera, 40MP True Chroma Camera, 13MP Ultra Wide Angle Camera, and Camera 64MP telephoto lens with LED flash. While the front side has a 13MP selfie camera with autofocus mode.
Connectivity options include 4G network, WLAN, Bluetooth 5.2, Support BLE, SBC, AAC, LDAC. In addition, it has a USB Type-C ear plug, a USB Type-C charging port and a USB 3.1 GEN1 port.
Huawei P50 pocket:
The Huawei P50 Pocket smartphone sports the main screen with a 6.9 inch main screen that folds inward and a 1.04 inch cover screen is placed on the back to show you notifications and other information.
The main display features a resolution of 2790 x 1188 pixels, a refresh rate of 120 Hz, a high-frequency PWM dimming of 1440 Hz, a touch sampling rate of 300 Hz and 442 PPI. While the cover screen has a resolution of 340 x 340p, a refresh rate of 60Hz, a touch sampling rate of 120Hz, and 328 PPI.
The P50 Pocket is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G processor, comes pre-installed with EMUI 12 operating system, 8GB / 12GB RAM and 256GB / 512GB internal storage.
Speaking of battery, this phone packs a 4000mAh battery that supports a 40W super fast charger. Connectivity options include WLAN, Bluetooth 5.2 and more.
The Huawei P50 Pocket has a powerful camera system that includes a 40 MP True-Chroma camera (f / 1.8 aperture), a 13 MP ultra wide-angle camera (f / 2.2 aperture) and an Ultra Spectrum camera of 32 MP (f / 1.8 aperture). On the front side, you will see a 10.7 megapixel front camera to give you high quality selfies.
