Huawei P50 Pro, P50 Pocket and GT Runner smartwatch announced

Huawei P50 Pro

Huawei presented new smartphone and smartwatch models that evolve the Chinese company's product line, in particular with the Huawei P50 Pro, P50 Pocket and the GT Runner smartwatch.

Huawei P50 Pro is the new flagship which stands out for the True to Life camera, with the new HUAWEI XD optics that promise significant innovations also thanks to the new image processing and detail rendering systems HUAWEI XD Optics and HUAWEI XD Fusion Pro incorporated in a dual camera system Dual-Matrix Camera matrix.

Huawei P50 Pro Powered by EMUI 12, the HUAWEI P50 Pro software enables a new user-centric interaction mode.

"The HUAWEI P series has always been devoted to our passion for photography is looking for the best quality, aesthetics and photographic experience. " - declared Pier Giorgio Furcas, Deputy General Manager Huawei CBG Italia. - "The new HUAWEI P50 Pro represents a new chapter in the history of Huawei camera excellence, as well as a paradigm shift in mobile photography, design aesthetics and experiences in all scenarios. Incorporating HUAWEI XD Optics into a smartphone for the first time around, we're continuing to make the impossible possible by kicking off a new era of smartphone photography. "

Huawei P50 Pro boasts a 6.6-inch OLED display at 120 Hz and resolution 2700 x 1228px, 450ppi, with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G processor, IP68 certification and 8 GB of RAM with 256 GB of expandable storage with NM card.

Huawei P50 Pocket is an elegant folding smartphone with clamshell movement, characterized by a particularly refined design especially in the body on the back, equipped with various floral-like patterns and a secondary circular display placed under the module rear cameras.

Huawei P50 Pocket The P50 Pocket is also based on a Snapdragon 888 4G, EMUI 12, 8 GB of RAM and 256 or 512 GB archive, with a 6.9 inch OLED display at 120 Hz. Also in this great care has gone into the cameras, with the rear assembly comprising a 40 MP True-Come, 12 MP Ultra Wide and 32 MP Ultra Spectrum.

"For the HUAWEI P series we have continued to explore the potential to combine aesthetics, technology and smart photography. With the HUAWEI P50 Pocket, we have taken this world one step further and managed to offer an improved foldable design, as well as a better photographic experience for more exciting and engaging interaction, "said Pier Giorgio Furcas, Deputy General Manager Huawei CBG Italia.

Finally, the Huawei Watch GT Runner is the first professional running smartwatch from the Chinese company, designed for "scientific training", it seems. The new Huawei smartwatch offers a very accurate location system, a scientific training program and up to two weeks of autonomy, also taking advantage of the new HUAWEI TruSeenTM 5.0+ heart rate monitoring technology, which offers dynamic monitoring of heart rate and SpO2 .

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Huawei P50 Pocket rivals Z Flip 3 in design, but not price

The Huawei P50 Pocket, the company’s fourth folding smartphone, will be released globally, and will be joined by the P50 Pro. We’re going to talk about both, but let’s start with the P50 Pocket. You may have already read about it, and that’s because it was announced in China at the end of December 2021, at which time it wasn’t clear whether the phone would make it any further globally.

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Huawei now says the Pocket will get a phased release internationally in two versions. The standard phone will cost 1,299 euros, which is about $1,465, while the Premium Edition with a special design costs 1,599 euros, or about $1,800. A U.S. release almost certainly won’t happen, but you’d be able to import one, though it won’t support all LTE bands and doesn’t have 5G at all. Its main rival, the similarly shaped Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3, starts at $999, and comes with Google Play plus a local warranty. For comparison, it costs 1,049 euros in Europe.

No 5G, but robust hardware

The global launch of the P50 Pocket doesn’t bring with it any change in specification, meaning it still uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor. It remains very capable, but inside the Pocket, it is joined only by a 4G modem and not a 5G modem. This aside, the P50 Pocket has plenty of things going for it.

It opens to show a 6.9-inch OLED screen with a 21:9 aspect ratio and a 120Hz refresh rate, while on the outside is a small, and rather cute, 1.04-inch circular cover screen under the camera module. It consists of a 40-megapixel main camera, a 13MP wide-angle camera, and a 32MP Super Spectrum camera. It has an unusual Fluorescence Mode, where colors are accentuated for a very different look. Other features include a 4,000mAh battery with 40-watt SuperCharge fast charging, face unlock, a fingerprint sensor, and a choice of a white finish or a special Premium Edition in gold.

P50 Pro also goes global

The P50 Pocket isn’t the only phone Huawei is releasing globally. Remember the P50 Pro? It was announced in July 2021 and has now been given a release date outside China. It will cost 1,199 euros, or about $1,350. The specification is the same as the model revealed last year, and it is also powered by a Snapdragon 888 with 4G. The family resemblance between the P50 Pro and P50 Pocket is evident when you look at the unusual circular camera module.

Both smartphones use Huawei’s own HarmonyOS software and do not come with Google Mobile Services or Google Play. Instead, they use the Huawei App Gallery and a selection of Huawei apps to cover essentials like navigation. While the amount and usefulness of apps available has improved, big-name apps, including many social networks, are still missing.

The final release dates have not been confirmed at the time as of this writing. Huawei says the P50 Pro and P50 Pocket will be available to buy in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, but does not provide specific regions.

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