Honor 50

The Honor 50, launched on June 25, 2021, presents a sleek design with a focus on display and camera capabilities. Its dimensions measure 160mm in height, 73.8mm in width, and 7.8mm in depth, with a weight of 175g.

Build Quality

The device sports a slim profile at 7.8mm and feels relatively light at 175g. It employs a 2.5D curved glass screen with a frameless design, and scratch resistant. Color options include Midnight Black, Frost Crystal, Amber Red, Emerald Green, and Honor Code. The phone has a cooling system and lacks a notification LED. The phone uses a USB Type-C 2.0 port with OTG capability, but does not offer display port functionality or any other accessory connector.

Screen Quality

The Honor 50 boasts a 6.57-inch OLED display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of 392 ppi. This 10-bit panel supports 1 billion colors, and a 120Hz refresh rate ensures smooth visuals. The display also features a 300Hz touch sampling rate, Always-On Display, DCI-P3 color gamut, and DC dimming. It lacks HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision support. The screen utilizes a water drop notch.

Camera Performance

The rear camera system is a quad setup led by a 108MP primary lens with a Samsung S5KHM2 ISOCELL sensor, f/1.9 aperture, 0.70µm pixel size, and 1/1.52" sensor size utilizing 9-in-1 pixel binning. Additional rear cameras include an 8MP ultrawide lens with f/2.2 aperture, a 2MP depth sensor with f/2.4 aperture, and a 2MP macro lens with f/2.4 aperture. The selfie camera is a 32MP sensor using a Samsung JD1 ISOCELL sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 0.70µm pixel size, and 4-in-1 pixel binning.

Video recording capabilities include 4K at 30fps and 1080p at 30/60fps, all with electronic image stabilization (EIS). Slow motion recording is available at 240fps. Camera features include digital zoom, autofocus (including PDAF and continuous autofocus), touch focus, continuous shooting, geotagging, panorama, HDR, face detection, various scene modes, RAW capture, and a night mode.

Software Experience

The Honor 50 ships with Android 11. The specific version of Android is the base release, with no maximum version specified.

Battery Performance

The phone is equipped with a 4300mAh Li-Polymer battery that supports 66W fast charging. The battery is non-removable, and reverse charging is available. There is no wireless charging functionality.

Value for Money

The Honor 50 falls into the medium price category, with variations based on RAM and storage configurations. Specific pricing details are:

• 8GB/128GB: Ranges from approximately $186.52 to $369.50. These prices can vary based on region and retailer.

The device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm) chipset, featuring an octa-core CPU (1x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78, 3x2.2 GHz Cortex-A78, and 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A55) and Adreno 642L GPU. Benchmark scores using Antutu v10 place its performance at 582766. The phone is available in multiple configurations: 6GB/128GB, 8GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB, and 12GB/256GB depending on region. It utilizes UFS 3.1 storage, but does not have a microSD card slot.

Connectivity features include dual SIM support, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 with APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC codecs, and extensive GPS support. Network bands include 5G, 4G LTE, 3G, and 2G. It includes standard sensors like an under-display fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor, and compass.