Huawei P50 Pro

Huawei P50 Pro

 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 dxo mark 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 phone'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 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 ca 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.

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