A recent report revealed that the Huawei P50 Series, which includes the P50, P50 Pro, and P50E, no longer ships with the Leica camera lens branding on the back. This was expected since the German camera company switched allegiances to Xiaomi. Now, in the latest development, Huawei has delisted the P50 series from the global smartphone market. There is no official explanation for the delisting, but it may have something to do with the Leica brand.
Huawei Central reports that the Huawei P50 series has been removed from the company’s global smartphone portfolio. All the store pages are reported to return a “No results found” message when searching for the P50 series smartphones. As of now, Huawei has not revealed the reason behind the removal.
It could be due to the Leica branding on the back of the phones. For the unversed, Huawei has been co-developing its flagship cameras with Leica for the last 6 years. However, Leica ended its partnership with Huawei and joined hands with Xiaomi. In conjunction with this change, the P50 lineup marked the end of the brand’s partnership with the German company.
As mentioned, the Huawei P50, the P50 Pro, and P50E will no longer ship with the Leica logo. However, it is unclear why the company decided to remove the logo at this point. Although, it appears that the change has not affected smartphones’ camera hardware. The higher-end P50 Pro still has a 50 MP primary camera with OIS and an f/1.8 aperture, a 13 MP ultra-wide-angle sensor (f/2.2), a 40 MP B&W camera (f/1.6), and a 64 MP telephoto camera (f/3.5).
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