This year Huawei not only launched a new flagship foldable phone, but it also came up with an affordable variant of this phone. It is the only company which released two clamshell foldable phones this year, one of which came to the global market as well. The flagship is the Huawei P50 Pocket: yes, the Chinese giant decided to launch it under the P50 series because it is similar to the other variants. The affordable model is the Huawei Pocket S, with inferior specifications and a better price. But which are the differences between these two phones and which one should you choose? We will try to answer this question through this comparison between the specifications of the Huawei P50 Pocket and the Huawei Pocket S.

Huawei P50 Pocket vs Huawei Pocket S

Huawei P50 Pocket Huawei Pocket S
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 170 x 75.5 x 7.2 mm,
190 g		 170 x 75.5 x 7.2 mm,
190 g
DISPLAY 6.9 inches, 1188 x 2790 pixels (Full HD+), OLED 6.9 inches, 1188 x 2790 pixels (Full HD+), OLED
PROCESSOR Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, octa-core 2.84 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G, octa-core 2.4 GHz
MEMORY 8 GB RAM, 256 GB – 12 GB RAM, 512 GB – nano memory card slot 8 GB RAM, 128 GB – 8 GB RAM, 256 GB –  8 GB RAM, 512 GB – nano memory card slot
SOFTWARE HarmonyOS 2.0 or EMUI HarmonyOS 3.0
CONNECTIVITY Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS
CAMERA Triple 40 + 13 + 32 MP, f/1.8 + f/2.2 + f/1.8
10.7 MP f/2.2 front camera		 Dual 40 + 13 MP, f/1.8 + f/2.2
10.7 MP f/2.2 front camera
BATTERY 4000 mAh, fast charging 40W 4000 mAh, Fast Charging 40W
ADDITIONAL FEATURES Dual SIM, reverse charging, foldable phone Dual SIM, reverse charging, foldable phone

Design

The Huawei Pocket P50 Pocket and the Huawei Pocket S have exactly the same form factor, the same look, and even the same dimensions. They are clamshell foldable phones, so they are able to reduce their dimensions up to a half of a normal phone thanks to their foldable displays. I personally prefer the Huawei P50 Pocket due to the more beautiful color option with a very good texture, but for the rest, these two devices have the same design. They are identical in terms of dimensions, thickness, and weight, and they have the same display diagonal and the same battery as well.

Display

There are no differences between the displays of these handsets because they feature exactly the same panel. On the internal part, there is a foldable OLED display able to show up to one billion colors with a diagonal of 6.9 inches, a Full HD+ resolution of 1188 x 2790 pixels, and a 120 Hz refresh rate. Even though it is an OLED panel, the fingerprint reader is not inside the display but it is side-mounted on the power key. On the external part of these two phones, there is a circular OLED mini display with a diagonal of 1.04 inches and a resolution of 340 x 340 pixels. This external display can be used while the smartphone is folded to take selfies, see notifications, and as a smartwatch. It is very small, so it will not useful if you want to use single apps on it. Note that the Huawei P50 Pocket has stereo speakers, while the Huawei Pocket S does not.

Specs & Software

The most important advantage of the Huawei P50 Pocket is definitely the hardware department. It is powered by the flagship-class Snapdragon 888 mobile platform built with a 5 nm production process and sporting an octa-core architecture composed of a Cortex X1 core running at a maximum frequency of 2.84 GHz, three Cortex A78 cores running at 2.42 GHz, four Cortex A78 cores running at 1.8 GHz, and an Adreno 660 GPU. Alongside the chipset, there are up to 12 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of native storage you can furtherly expand through a nano memory card slot. The Huawei Pocket S is powered by a midrange-class Snapdragon 778G chipset paired with 8 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of expandable storage. On the other hand, the Pocket S runs a more recent software version out of the box: HarmonyOS 3.0 instead of HarmonyOS 2.0.

Camera

These phones are equipped with the same main camera sporting a 40 MP resolution, as well as the same ultrawide sensor with a 13 MP resolution. But the Huawei P50 Pocket adds a third sensor which is a 32 MP portrait camera on the rear side, while the Pocket S only comes with the two rear sensors already mentioned.

Battery

The batteries powering these phones are the same: two units with a capacity of 4000 mAh. It is a capacity below the average if we consider other phones, but it is very good for a foldable phone as foldable phones have no much space available for batteries. The two handsets feature 40W fast charging and reverse charging.

Price

The current starting price of the Huawei P50 Pocket roughly translates into €890 or $890 (prices vary depending on the market, in Europe, you can find it for less than €700), while you need about $820 or €820 to purchase the Huawei Pocket S. The Huawei P50 Pocket wins the comparison because its price is not exaggerate and it features a better processor and camera setup.

Huawei P50 Pocket vs Huawei Pocket S: PRO and CONS

Huawei P50 Pocket

PRO

  • Better chipset
  • Wider availability
  • Additional rear camera
  • Stereo speakers
  • Up to 12 GB of RAM

CONS

  • Price

Huawei Pocket S

PRO

  • More affordable
  • HarmonyOS 3.0 out of the box
  • Same displays as the P50 Pocket
  • Same design and main camera

CONS

  • Limited availability
  • Inferior hardware

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