after many delays due to chipset shortages and of course the current u.s trade bans
the huawei p50 pro is finally here and even though there is no set global launch date yet
i've managed to get my hands on one here in china quite early i have the kirin 9000 powered huawei
p50 pro with me here today which reflects the prices in the top right hand corner i'm not too
phased about having the kirin 9000 chipset variant since it's still an incredible powerhouse but i
am pretty bummed that none of the p50 series devices have 5g connectivity thanks once again
to the current us trade bands the p50 pro has topped the leaderboards in terms of display and
optics on dxomark and i have no doubt that it will deliver with the return of the monochrome
camera and refined punch hole notch the huawei p50 pro has a lot to offer without the support
of 5g and google services the p50 pro has to truly outperform in other areas
and i am extremely excited to see if it does and if so has the legend truly been reborn
the huawei p50 pro comes in four different color variants you can pick it up in pearl white charm
pink gold and black or the version that i have which is indeed coco gold it looks absolutely
phenomenal and shimmers from all different angles this one doesn't change color on different angles
but it does shimmer in the light quite a fair bit and has quite a bit of reflections coming
off of it slap on that cheap cover that you get in the box which is indeed silicon it takes away
some of its flare but it's good to have on day one though the back is absolutely phenomenally stylish
i must say that that camera module looks a tad bit like a stove with a 4 360 milliamp hour battery
under the hood with 66 watt wide charging and 50 watt wireless charging a kira 9000 cpu with
a max clock speed of 3.13 gigahertz lp ddr5 ram ufs 3.1 storage ip68 dust and water resistance
4g unfortunately wi-fi 6 bluetooth 5.2 and of course nfc unfortunately no gorilla glass this
time around thanks to u.s sanctions once again though we do have protected glass from huawei
themselves on the front and back and of course an aluminum frame splitting the two apart it is
just 8.5 millimeters thick and just 195 grams in weight we have a 13 megapixel ultra wide sensor
alongside a 50 megapixel custom made main sensor a 40 megapixel monochrome main sensor in order to
get more depth in terms of detail and of course bokeh effect as well and last but not least we
have a periscope telephoto camera which is indeed 64 megapixels comparing it to the likes of the
galaxy s 21 ultra on the left hand side and iphone 12 pro max on the right hand side the p50 pro in
the middle looks slightly more saturated than those two but it does indeed have quite a bit
more depth and doesn't look as flat when taking a picture of my camera over here once again
great depth you tell me which one you think looks the best moving on to ultrawide all of them with
very similar megapixel counts over here i must say that the huawei actually seems a tad brighter than
the rest of them the s21 ultra has a 108 megapixel sensor which we're using here at full capacity the
huawei has a 50 megapixel sensor once again using at the max megapixel cart in this photo and the
iphone is sticking to 12 megapixels since there is no option for pixel binning when putting down the
shots the samsung drops down to 12 megapixels but bins nine to one times and the huawei drops four
to one times down to 12.5 megapixels once again the iphone cannot be pixel bend down
you get a slight haze effect when looking at the clock at the center over here on the huawei device
which is slightly apparent on the samsung but not apparent at all on the iphone the reason
why i zoomed in the first shot by just 2.5 times is because the iphone's telephoto 12 megapixel
sensor kicks in at 2.5 x optical zoom the samsung and huawei are sitting at digital over here which
is why you can see slightly more detail on the iphone though i must say that the two on the left
aren't doing a bad job in terms of digital zoom zooming in by three times since the samsung's
first telephoto camera kicks in at three times zoom the huawei is still sitting at digital over
here and the iphone is using the telephoto camera but going all the way to digital zoom since it's
surpassed it's 2.5 x mark looking at the quality of ear you can clearly see that the samsung is
picking up a tad more detailed than the other two now jumping up to an odd 3.5 x zoom is because we
have a periscope a camera on the huawei p50 pro this is actually a 64 megapixel camera been down
four to one to 16 megapixels it is shooting at optical zoom right now where the other two are
sitting at digital zoom and once again you can see the detail or shine through it is not only
brighter but once again picks up lights a tad better than the samsung though the iphone tends
to pick up slightly warmer colors and jumping into 10 times optical zoom on the samsung here
with its second telephoto camera which is indeed a 10 megapixel periscope camera it actually tends to
be slightly more washed out when compared to the huawei p50 pro the iphone looking the worst over
here i must say that even at 10 times digital zoom using the periscope camera on the huawei
looks fantastic and that is because it is using a 64 megapixel sensor whereas the samsung is just
using 10. taking photos at night over here well during the day but i closed the door in all the
curtains the huawei with night mode off looks like it is truly lit up it looks it's night
and day between it and the other two devices over here and when switching night mode on the huawei
actually looks a tad worse than the other two and worse than its previous shot as well where
the others tend to brighten up the shots a lot more compared to their previous photos
they're just as bright as the huawei however they have slightly more detail than the huawei though
the samsung is starting to pixelate we of course also have 4k 60fps video on all three devices
here with optical image stabilization and i must say i'm pretty darn impressed with the
huawei but the iphone is still the king of video of course the huawei also has a mono chrome sensor
and i just had to take a picture of my pc using it the huawei p50 pro is an absolute champ in the
camera department and i cannot wait to seriously deep dive into it in my full review we have a
power button on the right hand side next to that a volume rocker at the top we still have an infrared
blaster alongside that is the first dual stereo speaker and another one at the bottom of the phone
we have a usb type-c 3.1 port and we do have dual sim 4g over here and you can expand storage up
to 256 gigs the selfie camera has switched from the top left corner being in a pull shaped notch
rather for a punch hole notch at the top center of the screen in favor of better aesthetics but
we are losing a 3d face unlock over here and the selfie cam is kept at 13 megapixels with
an aperture of f 2.4 taking a selfie snap over here in great lighting conditions you can see that
the huawei looks slightly more washed out when compared to the samsung and the iphone and when
taking a look at a portrait shot over here i must say that the huawei has absolutely near to perfect
edge detection and the background blur looks so much more natural than the other two over here the
selfie camera may not be the best in the business but it certainly does a fantastic job nonetheless
building up the p50 pro for the first time over here and listening to its wonderful jingly tune
we are welcomed to harmony os 2.0 huawei's own made software they say that it is completely
their own foundation though it is truly a fork of android's open source code
it looks absolutely fantastic and it looks kind of like a mix between what ios and android has
to offer together you can make folders bigger so that you can just tap on icons instead of having
to go into the folder but there is no form of google services however google bought does work
and the play store doesn't work of course chrome doesn't work chrome beta doesn't work
the google app of course doesn't work either but youtube does work unfortunately you can't sign in
you can use that youtube app with the incredible hardware that this phone has to offer including
a qhd to full hd somewhere in between resolution 6.6 inch oled 20x9 curve display with 450 pixels
per inch 1 billion colors hdr 10 900 nits of peak brightness a 120 hertz refresh rate and 300 hertz
touch sampling rates the 120 hertz refresh rate has an option of being used in a dynamic scenario
where it can jump between lower frames and higher frames in order to preserve battery life
and feels ridiculously smooth it's good to see it bump up from last year's 90 hertz panels the
huawei p50 pros is stunning in terms of display and optics at the back i cannot wait to deep dive
into both of them and compare them to a fleet of different devices around make sure to like
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