Huawei P50 Pro hands-on review

28 January 2022


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No 5G just as nearly all phones now support it? No Google play? This phone unfortunately is going nowhere;

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    • Anonymous
    • d%$
    • 30 Jan 2022

    I will buy Huawei to support them.
    plus, i like P50 Pro

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      • Anonymous
      • 7Wg
      • 30 Jan 2022

      YUKI93, 28 Jan 2022The lowlight and daylight 10x zoom photos really don't... moreLol, wait for GSMarena to criticize these photos as "too soft" in their official review. Such is the state of today's photography standard in smartphones, preferring oversharpened, edge-enhanced painting over mimicking what our eyes see.

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        • Anonymous
        • 7Wg
        • 30 Jan 2022

        Very interesting. I find the main camera samples very natural looking by today's standards. Zoom in and I don't notice those oversharpening, edge enhancement and other drawbacks of today's smartphone image processing, while noise is handled really well.

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          • Anonymous
          • IVV
          • 30 Jan 2022

          My last phone was the p30 pro.... The last Huawei phone with gms... It is indeed one of the best phone I had... But without gms, a lot of apps here just doesn't work well here... Sorry Huawei...

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            • 29 Jan 2022

            Anonymous, 29 Jan 2022I guess you don't use international banking, watch pro... moreLol. Most of the banking apps (I'm speaking at least for Bulgaria and Hungary) are on AppGallery along with Revolut.
            And why should one uses Google Pay? Nobody can give a good argument.

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              • 29 Jan 2022

              Vdk, 29 Jan 2022Device comes a year late... Competition will bring new dev... moreI have P40 Pro and actually I'm disabling 5G option. I tried to be on 5G a few times, but in the most places the 5G network was pretty bad and where there was nice coverage, I couldn't take the difference between 4G and 5G speed.

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                • yalim
                • Jhx
                • 29 Jan 2022

                Solid hw,cropped software,high price.classic huawei.it is always a pass outside china.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • XMr
                  • 29 Jan 2022

                  I tot someone photoshop the 2 big round thingy behind of the phone...... turn out it wasnt.....

                    Vdk, 29 Jan 2022Device comes a year late... Competition will bring new dev... moreHow?
                    Huawei is not in any dilemma for tech age agreed the company was placed on deliberate ban to stop their advancements on mobile phone businesses. As you argued about lack of 5g antenna in their phones it doesn't make any difference because many countries would not adopt this in the next three years and by then Huawei is back fully with their recent happenings.

                      Dazed1, 28 Jan 2022Lol Kirin processing is no where near QC, the problem is Hu... moreWrong.

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                        • 29 Jan 2022

                        Roheschiel , 29 Jan 2022I'm huawei fanboy.. And i reallllllyyyyy love all hua... moreDon't let the dxo score fool you , I'm a current mi 11 ultra user and where I see the difference is in everyday use with the camera. Huawei generally gets more consistent better results (better algorithm) where as the mi 11 ultra needs a few pics to get 1 good picture. Gimmicky features like the 50mp camera setting and what not hardly show a difference with going full auto.. being an ex Huawei user(p30 pro) I root for Huawei now but might root for Xiaomi in another year or so.. they sure are getting there.

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 29 Jan 2022

                          Anonymous, 29 Jan 2022Great phone, but not as ground breaking as the P30 Pro was..Best Huawei ever

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                            • Vdk
                            • LgR
                            • 29 Jan 2022

                            Device comes a year late... Competition will bring new devices soon...No 5g... Its 2022 not 2019...
                            Huawei is out of the tech race

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                              • Roheschiel
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                              • 29 Jan 2022

                              I'm huawei fanboy..
                              And i reallllllyyyyy love all huawei products..
                              Especially kirin version of all products..
                              But when i saw p50 camera score in dxomark, i got shocked..
                              Because it's only 1 point different with mi 11 ultra..
                              And yet.. Mi 11 has google :0

                                PcM, 29 Jan 2022I don't see how the B&W photos are upscaled '... moreYou are absolutely right about that! Force of habit, I guess. Thank you!

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                                  • mTw
                                  • 29 Jan 2022

                                  I don't see how the B&W photos are upscaled 'slightly'.
                                  If the B&W camera omits the Bayer filter and it's full-res is 40 MP, then it just means it doesn't downscale to 1:4 (but to some other ratio).

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                                    • 29 Jan 2022

                                    darkmoon, 29 Jan 2022snapdragon 888 its support google gms?What has CPU to do anything with supporting GMS lol?

                                      snapdragon 888 its support google gms?

                                        For a while i considered P40Pro as my best camera phone, however, even if P50Pro is intriguing enough, the price point isnt. Where im at, it is preselling for about $1100 for 256GB. I hope they just brought down the price to the 700-800 range.

                                        Unfortunately installing GMS is a drag since you use 3rd party sideloaders. The mate40 didnt last me 2 months cause I wasnt even able to sync my google contacts and calendar with it (im not sure if its possible with harmony)