HUAWEI Philippines launches its best smartphone to date, the Mate 50 Pro.
The HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro was first introduced alongside the vanilla Mate 50 back in September. Being a HUAWEI flagship, it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 sans 5G connectivity.

Everything is impressive across the board. There’s a tall and fast 6.74-inch OLED screen with a smooth 120Hz refresh rate and an under-display fingerprint scanner.
Plus, an IP68 rating for being dust and water-resistant, and a fast 67W wired charging and a speedy 50W wireless charging. Unlike its Chinese counterpart, the Mate 50 Pro will run on EMUI 13 instead of HarmonyOS 3.0.

It may not be from the P-series, but this latest Mate still has an interesting set of cameras. The main one uses a 50-megapixel sensor with optical image stabilization and sits behind a lens with a variable aperture of f/1.4-f/4.0.
The main shooter is joined by a 64-megapixel sensor with a periscope lens that can do 5x of optical zoom and a 13-megapixel ultra-wide. On the front, we have a 13-megapixel camera for selfies, next to a TOF (time-of-flight) sensor for 3D face unlock and portrait mode.

The HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro (8GB+256GB) in Black and Silver has an SRP of Php58,999 in the Philippines. On the other hand, the more premium Orange Vegan Leather edition with 8GB + 512GB is priced at Php68,999.
Pre-order this high-end device from November 18 to 24 to get a free HUAWEI Watch GT 3 and 6 months of 200GB Huawei cloud benefits.
Huawei Mate 50 Pro Specs
- EMUI 13
- Dual SIM, Dual standby
- 6.74-inch OLED display, 2616 x 1212 pixel resolution, 428ppi
- 120Hz refresh rate
- 3.19GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 octa-core processor
- 8GB RAM
- Adreno 730 GPU
- 512GB internal storage, expandable via NM card up to 256GB
- 13-megapixel + TOF front cameras, ultra-wide
- 50-megapixel (PDAF, OIS, Laser AF, variable aperture f/1.4-f/4.0) + 13-megapixel (ultra-wide, PDAF) + 64-megapixel (5x periscope telephoto) rear cameras, LED flash
- IP68 water and dust resistance
- Stereo speakers
- No headphone jack
- Under-display fingerprint scanner
- HSPA+, 4G LTE
- WiFi 6, dual-band
- Bluetooth 5.2
- GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC
- NFC
- IR blaster
- USB Type-C
- Colors: Orange, Purple, Silver, Black
- Dimensions: 162.1 x 75.5 x 8.5mm
- Weight: 205g
- 4,700mAh non-removable battery, 66W wired, 50W wireless fast charging