After almost 2 years since the reveal of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro back in November 2020, Huawei is due to finally lift the curtains of its next-generation of Huawei Mate 50 series of flagship smartphones next week September 6th 2022 (Tuesday) on a physical launch event in China.

Huawei had not shared much about the design or specific highlighting features of the upcoming Huawei Mate 50 series of smartphones in its official teasers this year. However, leaks and rumours have given us a general idea of what to expect from the Huawei Mate 50 flagships in 2022.

In this roundup article, we will share the number of members in the Huawei Mate 50 family, the features, and the specifications that are expected to be launched on these devices.

Huawei Mate 50 Series Feature Highlights

The Huawei Mate 50 family will consist of 4 devices: the standard Huawei Mate 50, the Huawei Mate 50 Pro, the Huawei Mate 50E, and the Huawei Mate 50 RS. 

In its official teasers this week, Huawei has revealed that the Huawei Mate 50 series will feature industry-breaking smartphone battery life never before seen in the industry before, boldly claiming that you can even use your phone to make calls when the battery is dead. Rumours also point to the Huawei Mate 50 series featuring satellite communication technology that allows for cellular calls and messages in very remote areas where there is no cellular 3G, 4G or 5G coverage.

As for the cameras, after the end of the partnership with German camera maker brand Leica, the Huawei Mate 50 flagships will now instead feature a camera setup co-engineered with XMAGE, the newly launched camera brand that wants to integrate its camera expertise into smartphone photography. In addition, Huawei has officially teased as well that physically variable apertures are coming to the Huawei Mate 50 family as well, providing better colour reproduction in both daylight and nighttime shots.

Under the hood, all 4 devices will feature 4G-only Qualcomm Snapdragon smartphone SoCs running the show, due to the US sanctions prohibiting Huawei from utilising 5G SoCs from Qualcomm. And the Huawei Mate 50 series of smartphones are the first Huawei smartphones to launch with HarmonyOS 3.0 out of the box.

Huawei Mate 50 Specifications

The cheapest among the family is the Huawei Mate 50E, which is equipped with Qualcomm’s mid-range Snapdragon 778G SoC that has only support for 4G network connectivity. The design of the Huawei Mate 50E is expected to be a glass and aluminium chassis, with flat aluminium sides and glass on the front and back. 

The device will sport a flat 1.5K AMOLED screen that has a resolution of 2800*1225, a punch hole located in the centre top of the display along with support for a 90Hz refresh rate. The rear camera setup will be a standard triple camera setup consisting of a standard wide-angle main, ultra wide-angle and telephoto lens. 

The Huawei Mate 50E is said to support wireless charging + 66W fast wired charging, and a 4400mAh battery. 

Meanwhile, the standard Huawei Mate 50, Huawei Mate 50 Pro and Huawei Mate 50 RS (Porsche Edition) will feature the powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC found in other competing Android flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, Realme GT 2 Pro, Vivo X80 Pro and the OnePlus 10 Pro. However, one big difference is that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in the Huawei Mate 50 smartphones are not 5G-capable, meaning that they only support 4G connectivity or older. And all models are said to have support for wireless charging and up to 66W fast wired charging.

But some rumours do point to the standard Huawei Mate 50 featuring last year’s Snapdragon 888 4G instead, which could be true considering the latter’s better power efficiency.

The Huawei Mate 50 is said to feature a curved 1.5K 90Hz AMOLED display with a punch-hole cutout in the centre, whilst the more premium Huawei Mate 50 Pro and Mate 50 RS will feature a curved 1.5K 120Hz AMOLED and could see the return of the notch. The notch is said to make way for Huawei’s next-generation of face recognition technology that allows users to quickly and securely access their smartphone with contactless biometric authentication.

As for the cameras, all of the higher-end Huawei Mate 50 flagships are rumoured to feature the flagship Sony IMX766 sensor with an aperture of f/1.5 and a max resolution of 50 MP. The highest-end camera setup on the Huawei Mate 50 series also points to a Sony IMX688 ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 5 times periscope OV64B telephoto zoom lens for versatility.

For more details such as the design, pricing and colour options of the Huawei Mate 50 series, stay tuned to our coverage of the Huawei Mate 50 series launch event next Tuesday, September 6th!

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Huawei, the Chinese-based consumer electronics tech giant, will launch its latest flagship smartphone series, the Huawei Mate 50 lineup next week Tuesday on September 6.

As we are only a week away from the launch of the smartphone series, Huawei has started to drip feed the highlighting features of the Huawei Mate 50 smartphones to its fans on its official social media accounts.

In an official Chinese social media Weibo post by the brand today, Huawei officially teases that the Huawei Mate 50 series of smartphones will feature ground-breaking battery endurance never seen before in a smartphone. The company advertises the feature with the slogan “Even when your phone has run out of battery, your phone still has the energy to go further”.

As reported earlier by ITHome, the Chinese news site cited industry sources that Huawei has developed an “emergency battery mode” in Harmony OS 3 designed for the Huawei Mate 50 series. Unlike competing ultra battery saver modes from its competitors, Huawei’s upcoming emergency battery mode can still allow users to scan QR codes and make calls even when the phone is supposed “out of battery”.

The technology scene in China has been speculating what Huawei’s emergency mode may look like. Some proposed the idea that the smartphone reserves 5 percent of the power for emergency calls and QR code scanning services: some proposed the idea to set the smartphone voltage to a very low level at a certain time before the power is turned off, such as setting the voltage from an idle 3.2 V to below 2.8 V, so as to squeeze out tens of hundreds of mAh of power for emergency use.

In simpler terms, the emergency battery mode has some examples where it could be useful for interested buyers. For instance, after the smartphone has run out of power, you can enable emergency mode and scan the nearest QR location code and enter a nearby electronics store to borrow a power bank.

The Huawei Mate 50 series is confirmed to be the first smartphone to feature Huawei’s next-generation Harmony OS 3 operating system, as well as the first Huawei flagship smartphone series to feature a flagship camera setup co-engineered with mobile photography brand XMAGE. 

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Huawei, the Chinese-based consumer electronics tech giant, will launch its latest premium smartwatch – the new Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2022) on its July 27th (Wednesday) launch event alongside Huawei’s next-generation operating system, HarmonyOS 3 and its latest 11-inch MatePad Pro 2022 tablet computer.

On Huawei’s official Chinese Weibo account, the brand shared a teaser video showcasing the upcoming highlighting features of the new Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2022).

The new Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2022) is the annual refresh of Huawei’s premium smartwatch series, the Huawei WATCH, with its predecessor being last year’s Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2021). Although this year, it is rather strange that Huawei did not opt for the names, Huawei WATCH 4 Pro or Huawei Watch 5 Pro, for its latest premium smartwatch, which could indicate that the Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2022) is a side grade.

According to ITHome, the Chinese technology news media outlet reports that the new Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2022) is to feature Huawei’s own self-developed standalone watch navigation system that enables bikers and runners in the city to keep track of where they are currently and where they are heading on the watch’s display itself independently. 

The upcoming smartwatch also supports ECG functionality based on earlier reports from the outlet. The ECG functionality enables smartwatch users to quickly and accurately track down their current health status which includes heart rate and blood pressure levels.

The new Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2022) is the sequel to last year’s original Huawei Watch 3 Pro (2021). The Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2021) was officially released in the Chinese market on June 2, 2021. It featured a premium chassis that includes the glass front, ceramic back, and titanium metal frame. It is 5 ATM water-resistant (50m water resistant) whilst being rather lightweight compared to its flagship competitors at 63 grams.

The Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2021) also supports eSIM along while the display up front is a 1.43-inch circular AMOLED that has a resolution of 466 x 466 pixels. The smartwatch is packed with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage. It runs on Huawei’s self-developed HarmonyOS 2.0 operating system.

The new Huawei WATCH 3 Pro (2022) launch event will be held on July 27th Wednesday at 7:30 pm Beijing Time (GMT +8) / 5 pm New Delhi Time (GMT +5:30) and 12:30 pm London Time (GMT +1). To know more about the device and its pricing details, stay tuned to Gizmochina as we will be covering the launch here on our website as well!

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