Honor 50
The Honor 50 is a line of smartphones made by Huawei under their Honor sub-brand, included in the flagship "N" series. The line consists of "Honor 50", "50 Pro" and "50 SE". They were presented on June 16, 2021.[1] Also on September 23 of the same year, the Huawei Nova 9 and Huawei Nova 9 Pro (stylized as HUAWEI nova 9 and HUAWEI nova 9 Pro), which are very similar to the Honor 50 and Honor 50 Pro respectively. Honor explains the similarities between the smartphones by the fact that they were developed before the Honor spin-off from Huawei.
Brand | Honor |
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Manufacturer | Huawei |
Series | Honor N Huawei Nova |
First released | Honor 50 & 50 Pro & 50 SE: June 16, 2021 Nova 9 & 9 Pro: September 23, 2021 |
Predecessor | Honor 30 |
Successor | Honor 60 |
Type | Phablet |
Mass | Honor 50 & Nova 9: 175 g (6.2 oz) 50 Pro: 187 g (6.6 oz) 50 SE: 191 g (6.7 oz)< br/>Nova 9 Pro: 186 g (6.6 oz) |
Operating system | Initial: Honor 50 & 50 Pro & 50 SE: Android 11 + Magic UI 4.2 Nova 9: Android 11 + EMUI 12 / HarmonyOS 2.0 Nova 9 Pro: HarmonyOS 2.0 |
CPU | List
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GPU | Honor 50 & 50 Pro & Nova 9 & 9 Pro: Adreno 642L Honor 50 SE: Mali-G68 MC4 |
Memory | Honor 50 & 50 SE & Nova 9 & 9 Pro: 128/256 GB 50 Pro: 256 GB UFS 2.1 |
Battery | All models: non-removable, Lithium polymer Honor 50 & 50 SE & Nova 9: 4300 mAh Honor 50 Pro & Nova 9 Pro: 4000 mAh |
Charging | Honor 50: fast charging at 66 W, 70 % in 20 min (advertised) Honor 50 Pro: fast charging at 100 W, 100 % in 25 min (advertised) Honor 50 SE: fast charging at 66 W, 75 % in 20 min (advertised) Nova 9: fast charging at 66 W, 60 % in 18 min , 100 % in 38 min (advertised) Nova 9 Pro: fast charging at 100 W, 100 % in 20 min (advertised) |
Sound | USB-C |
Rear camera | List
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Front camera | Honor 50 & 50 Pro: 108 Mp, f/1.9 (wide-angle), 1/1.52", 0.7 µm, PDAF + 8 Mp, f/2.2, 120˚, 17mm (ultra-wide) + 2MP, f/2.4 (macro) + 2MP, f/2.4 (depth sensor) Honor 50 SE: 108 MP, f/1.9 (wide angle), 1/1.52", 0.7 µm, PDAF + 8 MP, f/2.2, 120˚, 17 mm (ultra-wide) + 2 Mp, f/2.4 (macro) Nova 9 & 9 Pro: 50 Mp, f/1.9, 23 mm (wide-angle), PDAF + 8 MP, f/2.2, 120˚, 17 mm (ultra-wide) + 2 MP, f/2.4 (macro) + 2 MP, f/2.4 (depth sensor) LED flash, HDR , panorama Video: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS |
The phone is the first Honor device to include google apps by default and to be released outside of China.[2]
Specifications
Platform
Honor 50 series smartphones were released on Magic UI 4.2 based on Android 11. The global version of Honor 50 includes Google Play services.[3]
The Chinese versions of the Huawei Nova 9 and Nova 9 Pro have been released on HarmonyOS 2.0. The global version of Nova 9 was released on EMUI 12 based on Android 11. Models do not have Google Play services.
References
- Skripin, Vladimir. "The Honor 50 series was presented — Snapdragon 778G, 100-watt charging and the return of Google services - ITC.ua". itc.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- Porter, Jon (2021-10-30). "Honor 50 review: lose a Huawei, gain a Google". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- "Honor dons novelty mustache, unveils first new phone with Google Apps". Android Police. 2021-06-16. Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- "120 Hz, 100 MP and 100 W for 580 dollars. Honor 50 and Honor 50 Pro smartphones are presented". iXBT.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-17.