Huawei has unveiled its first-ever flip-style foldable smartphone, called the P50 Pocket, in China as well as for global markets. The handset starts at CNY 8,988 (roughly Rs. 1,06,000) and went on sale in China on Thursday, i.e. December 23. It comes with an OLED main display, a circular secondary cover screen, a Snapdragon 888 processor, triple rear cameras, and 40W fast-charging support.
Huawei has launched three generations of Mate X series foldable smartphones, however, the P50 Pocket is the company's first flip-style foldable smartphone. It flaunts a patented multi-dimensional hinge design that leaves no visible gaps when folded, a custom-made 3D structured glass back design, an impressive camera module, and a top-tier processor. It will give fair competition to Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip3 model.
Huawei P50 Pocket features a clamshell-liked flip design, a punch-hole cut-out, a side-mounted fingerprint reader, and a multi-dimensional hinge design. On the cover, it has a circular, protruding camera module and a secondary screen that shows time, notifications, navigation, music player, etc. It can also be used as a mirror and for sunscreen detection.
The Huawei P50 Pocket bears a 6.9-inch Full-HD+ (1188x2790 pixels) OLED main display with an aspect ratio of 21:9, a 120Hz refresh rate, and 300Hz touch sampling rate. The 1.0-inch (340x340 pixels) OLED cover screen has a 60Hz refresh rate and 120Hz touch sampling rate. The smartphone comes in black, white, and gold color options.
The Huawei P50 Pocket is powered by a Snapdragon 888 processor, paired with up to 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage. At the heart, it runs on HarmonyOS 2.0. The smartphone offers support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, NFC, and a Type-C port. However, it lacks 5G connectivity support. It measures 7.2mm in thickness when unfolded and 15.2mm when folded.
Huawei P50 Pocket sports triple rear cameras, including a 40MP (f/1.8) primary sensor, a 13MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide lens, and a 32MP (f/1.8) "ultra spectrum" camera, which is said to boost color rendering. For selfies and video calls, it has a 10.7MP (f/2.2) camera on the main screen. The smartpacks a 4,000mAh battery with 40W fast-charging support.
Huawei P50 Pocket's standard edition is priced at CNY 8,988 (around Rs. 1,06,000) for its solo 8GB/256GB model. It is available in Black and White color options. The P50 Pocket Premium Gold Edition carries a price-tag of CNY 10,988 (roughly Rs. 1,29,700) for the 12GB/512GB configuration. It will go on sale in China today. Its exact global availability is yet to be announced.
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