Last month, Honor — the smartphone brand that became independent from Huawei earlier this year — launched its flagship Honor 50 series smartphones. It announced three devices under the lineup — Honor 50, 50 Pro, and 50 SE.
The smartphones went on sale in China a couple of weeks ago and the company and during the first sale of the series, the company claimed that it managed to sell units worth more than 500 million yuan (approx. $77 million) within a minute.
Now, the company has confirmed on Weibo that the 12GB RAM model of the Honor 50 will be available for purchase in China from 16th July. It will be priced at 3,399 yuan which roughly converts to $525. For reference, 8GB +128GB model costs 2,699 yuan (~$417) while the 8GB + 256GB model is priced at 2,999 yuan (~$463).
Coming to the specifications, the Honor 50 features a 6.57-inch OLED curved screen that supports a 120Hz screen refresh rate and 300Hz touch sampling rate. Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G mobile platform, which uses 6nm process technology and a Kryo 670 architecture.
The CPU is made up of a single 2.4GHz super core, three 2.2GHz large cores, and four 1.9GHz small cores. For graphics, the 5G-enabled processor integrates the Adreno 642L GPU. It also comes with Honor’s GPU Turbo X and Link Turbo technologies.
In the camera department, the phone features a 100-megapixel primary sensor, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, a 2-megapixel macro lens, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. On the front side, there’s a 32-megapixel snapper for taking selfies.
The smartphone is running the Android 11 operating system out-of-the-box with the company’s own Magic UI 4.2 custom interface. The device is powered by a 4,300mAh battery that supports 66W fast charging technology.
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