Huawei‘s Mate series is back, two years after the Mate 40 lineup was introduced globally.

(Update, November 16: Our Huawei Mate 50 Pro camera review is up!)

(Update, November 7: The Huawei Mate 50 Pro is coming to the Philippines!

(Update, November 1: The Huawei Mate 50 Pro is the new No. 1 camera phone on Dxomark!)

Newly launched in China is the Huawei Mate 50 series, which comprises the Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design, Huawei Mate 50 Pro, Huawei Mate 50, and Huawei Mate 50E. Only the latter, the most affordable of them all, relies on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G chip, but the rest use a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4G SoC.

The new smartphones are all powered by XMAGE, the imaging brand it launched in July following the news that Huawei already parted ways with German camera and optics manufacturer Leica. Below is the press release Huawei sent us at the time.

The three highest-specced variants of the Huawei Mate 50 series debut Beidou Satellite Message, which gives the phones the ability to still send text and location information even if there’s no signal.

The RS Porsche Design and Pro models have a lot in common, from the 6.74-inch 120Hz OLED display to the 4,700mAh battery that supports up to 66 watts of wired charging and 50 watts of wireless charging. However, the Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design gets a periscope telephoto macro camera to go along with a 50-megapixel main sensor and a 13-megapixel ultrawide lens; more RAM — 12GB, to be exact; and a more premium design. As it should be, as it’s at the top of the pecking order here.

SEE ALSO: Huawei Mate 40 Pro long-term review: Big hardware, big performance

The vanilla Huawei Mate 50 features a bit-smaller, 6.7-inch 90Hz OLED screen; a camera system on the back that’s similar to that of the Pro model; and a smaller battery capacity at 4,360mAh. It lacks a 3D TOF sensor on the front.

The Huawei Mate 50E, on the other hand, shares almost the same specs as the Mate 50, except that it doesn’t have a 12-megapixel telephoto shooter and support for satellite communications — besides using a midrange instead of a flagship processor, of course, as we already mentioned earlier.

So, how much are these four? Check out their respective prices in China below:

• Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design
  • 12GB/512GB: ¥12,999 (roughly P106,629 in Philippine pesos and $1,864 in U.S. dollars)
• Huawei Mate 50 Pro
  • 8GB/256GB: ¥6,799 (P55,757 or $975)
  • 8GB/256GB (faux leather): ¥6,999 (P57,395 or $1,004)
  • 8GB/512GB: ¥7,799 (P63,957 or $1,118)
  • 8GB/512GB (faux leather): ¥7,999 (P65,596 or $1,147)
• Huawei Mate 50
  • 8GB/128GB: ¥4,999 (P40,984 or $717)
  • 8GB/256GB: ¥5,499 (P45,084 or $789)
  • 8GB/256GB (faux leather): ¥5,699 (P46,725 or $817)
  • 8GB/512GB: ¥6,499 (P53,288 or $932)
  • 8GB/512GB (faux leather): ¥6,699 (P54,927 or $961)
• Huawei Mate 50E
  • 8GB/128GB: ¥3,999 (P32,790 or $574)
  • 8GB/256GB: ¥4,499 (P36,892 or $645)

Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design specs

• 6.74-inch curved OLED screen, 2616 x 1212 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch-sampling rate
• 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4G processor
• 12GB RAM
• 512GB storage
• Triple 50-megapixel main, 13-megapixel ultrawide, 48-megapixel telemacro rear cameras with adjustable physical aperture
• 13-megapixel front camera + 3D TOF sensor
• Under-display fingerprint sensor
• 4,700mAh battery with 66-watt USB-C fast charging, 50-watt wireless charging
• IP68 dust and water resistance
• EMUI 13
• Colors: Ink Blue, Purple

Huawei Mate 50 Pro specs

• 6.74-inch curved OLED screen, 2616 x 1212 resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch-sampling rate
• 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4G processor
• 8GB RAM
• 256GB/512GB storage
• Triple 50-megapixel main, 13-megapixel ultrawide, 64-megapixel telephoto rear cameras with adjustable physical aperture
• 13-megapixel front camera + 3D TOF sensor
• Under-display fingerprint sensor
• 4,700mAh battery with 66-watt USB-C fast charging, 50-watt wireless charging
• IP68 dust and water resistance
• EMUI 13
• Colors: Black, Silver, Orange

Huawei Mate 50 specs

• 6.7-inch OLED screen, 2700 x 1224 resolution, 90Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch-sampling rate
• 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4G processor
• 8GB RAM
• 128GB/256GB/512GB storage
• Triple 50-megapixel main, 13-megapixel ultrawide, 12-megapixel telephoto rear cameras with adjustable physical aperture
• 13-megapixel front camera
• Under-display fingerprint sensor
• 4,360mAh battery with 66-watt USB-C fast charging, 50-watt wireless charging
• IP68 dust and water resistance
• EMUI 13
• Colors: Black, Silver

Huawei Mate 50E specs

• 6.7-inch OLED screen, 2700 x 1224 resolution, 90Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch-sampling rate
• 6nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G processor
• 8GB RAM
• 128GB/256GB storage
• Dual 50-megapixel main, 13-megapixel ultrawide rear cameras with adjustable physical aperture
• 13-megapixel front camera
• Under-display fingerprint sensor
• 4,360mAh battery with 66-watt USB-C fast charging
• HarmonyOS 3.0
• Colors: Black, Silver, Purple

Main image via Weibo

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