The Huawei P50 is likely to land soon. Here’s everything we’ve heard about it so far.
The Huawei P50 could finally almost be here, with a later launch than we were expecting. The most likely date looks to be June 2 – which is very soon. The phone could be worth getting excited about too, as there’s talk of a massive camera sensor, a whole new operating system, and all-round flagship specs. Below, you’ll find everything we’ve heard about the Huawei P50 so far, including information on the likely release date and price. Then further down you’ll find our wish list for the range – which is likely to also include a Huawei P50 Pro and a Huawei P50 Pro Plus. We’re wishing for a lot here – the Huawei P40 and its siblings (the Huawei P40 Pro and Huawei P40 Pro Plus) were in some ways among the best phones of 2020 – they had superb cameras, plenty of power, and excellent battery lives. But they’re all significantly held back when it comes to software, so we’re hoping for a change on the P50. We’ll also be adding to this article as more rumors roll in, so make sure to check back often. It looks like the Huawei P50 will probably land at an event on June 2, as a teaser image showing what looks to be the phone’s camera block includes that date. That’s also when we’re expecting to see the Huawei Watch 3 and Huawei MatePad Pro 2 unveiled. The latest release date rumors also line up with that – though it’s worth noting that multiple previous rumors have already proven wrong. More generally, we’d also heard that the Huawei P50 range will arrive in the first half of 2021. That’s both vague and expected, but is just about in line with the leaks above, at least. In any case, we’d expect the phones to ship within two weeks of their announcement date, if not sooner, based on past form. As for the price, that’s unknown at the time of writing, but the Huawei P40 launched for £699 / AU$1,099 (around $900), so the Huawei P50’s price might be similar. Of course, that’s just the base model. The Huawei P40 Pro cost £899 / AU$1,599 (around $1,100) and the P40 Pro Plus was £1,299 (roughly $1,570 / AU$2,500), so expect prices to rise steeply for the Huawei P50 Pro and Huawei P50 Pro Plus. And as with the P40 range, these phones almost certainly won’t land in the US. Huawei has teased the Huawei P50 with some official images showing part of the back of the phone. You can see one of these below (and others further down in the camera section, as the camera is the definite focus here). The camera block takes up a lot of the top left corner of the rear, and it includes two large circles housing the lenses. Beyond that, the back and screen both look to be slightly curved, the device looks slim, and there’s a presumably metal frame and glass back. The gold color below is also presumably one of the shades that the Huawei P50 (or at least one of the models) will be offered in. That image probably isn’t of the Huawei P50 itself though, as based on rumors we’re only expecting the Huawei P50 Pro Plus to have a quad-lens camera, so that’s probably what we’re looking at here. Elsewhere, we’ve also had a close look at the likely design of the Huawei P50 thanks to leaked photos of a dummy unit, which you can see below. This isn’t the actual phone, but it’s a model – likely used by a case maker or other company – designed to represent the phone, and the details may well be accurate. You can see a camera block with two big circles, each housing two lenses, while the front has a flat screen and a punch-hole selfie camera. We’ve also seen renders of both the Huawei P50 and the Huawei P50 Pro, courtesy of Steve Hemmerstoffer (a leaker with a good track record). The images, some of which you can see below, match the dummy unit above, showing a huge camera block on both phones, with what looks to be two enormous lenses – though we know now that they house more than that. Additionally, both phones apparently have a glass back and a metal frame, but the frame is seemingly curvier on the P50 Pro.
