Despite all the difficulties caused by the U.S. ban, Huawei managed to launch its flagship phones starting in 2021. The series P50 It consists of two variants: Huawei P50 Y Huawei P50 Pro, but none of them come with 5G support due to the ban.
If we exclude this absence, they are among the best smartphones in the Android world and even among the best smartphones in terms of camera. But what are the differences between the two variants?
OR Huawei P50 it’s thinner, lighter, and slightly more compact than its Pro variant. Huawei P50 Pro It has a design that stands out more, because its screen with curved sides gives the smartphone more elegance. OR Huawei P50 Y P50 Pro They are waterproof phones with IP68 certification and can withstand water up to 1.5 meters deep for up to 30 minutes. At the rear, they have a unique camera layout made up of two circles, including camera sensors and an LED flash. They have very narrow bezels and a hole display with a hole placed right in the center.
The differences between the screens of these two phones are minimal. Both come with OLED panels that are capable of displaying up to 1 billion colors, as well as Full HD + resolution and an in-screen fingerprint scanner for authentication. OR Huawei P50 Pro has a 6.6-inch curved screen, while the P50 It has a flat screen with a diagonal of 6.5 inches. Lastly, they have different refresh rates: the P50 version is only 90Hz, while the P50 Pro variant is 120Hz. Basically the displays are more or less at the same level and unless you are a very demanding user and play a lot, the panel P50 it should be sufficient for the average user.
Although they are different variants of the same series, the Huawei P50 and P50 Pro have the same chipset: the snapdragon 888 gives Qualcomm operates at a maximum clock frequency of 2.84 GHz. The chipset is paired with up to 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of internal storage in the Huawei P50, while the P50 Pro It comes in a top configuration with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. Note that the Huawei P50 Pro It also comes in a variant with the Huawei chipset Kirin 9000. the variant snapdragon 888 will only hit the market in December, while the version Kirin 9000 available soon. OR Huawei P50 Y P50 Pro They have expandable storage thanks to a nano memory card slot, but none of them are 5G compatible: they only bring 4G connectivity.
Phones work with HarmonyOS 2.0 instead of Android, but you can run Android apps. In the global market, they do not come with support for Google mobile services, but they will have Huawei mobile services installed.
The camera is the most important difference between Huawei P50 Y P50 Pro. The flagships come with the same main sensor with a resolution of 50 MP and OIS, but they have different secondary sensors. What Huawei P50 Pro, we have a 64 MP periscope sensor, a 13 MP ultra-wide camera, and a 40 MP monochrome camera. The P50 version has a 12 MP periscope sensor and a 13 MP ultra-wide camera – a lower setting compared to the P50 Pro. According to DxOMark, the Huawei P50 Pro is the best smartphone for photography, thus surpassing the Xiaomi MI 11 Ultra.