Here’s everything you wanted to know about Huawei’s first flip phone, the Huawei P50 Pocket.
Huawei today launched the P50 Pocket, its newest foldable smartphone, a week after its first appearance in a leaked image. The device is Huawei’s third foldable smartphone after two Mate X models, but is the first one to boast a clamshell design. Although it ostensibly competes against the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 and the Moto Razr, the trade ban on Huawei ensures that these devices may never be sold alongside each other in the West. Nevertheless, if you’re interested in what the Huawei P50 Pocket has on offer, here’s everything you need to know. The Huawei P50 Pocket goes on sale in China starting December 23,2021, and comes in two variants: The standard Huawei P50 Pocket in an 8GB + 256GB configuration and a pricier Huawei P50 Premium Edition that comes in a 12GB + 512GB option. Both variants — at least for the time being — will be exclusively sold in China, with Huawei announcing no plans for an international launch. Here are the pricing details with their approximate prices in U.S. dollars. The Huawei P50 Pocket is significantly pricier than the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3, which starts at $999 in the U.S. While sharing its form factor with the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and the Moto Razr (2020), the positioning of these devices couldn’t be more dissimilar. While the Galaxy Z Flip 3 has fairly succeeded in being a premium, feature-rich smartphone that also happens to fold, the Huawei P50 Pocket is almost being marketed like a piece of jewelry, an accessory to your lifestyle. The standard variant of the phone gets what Huawei calls a 3D micro-sculpture design that helps the phone set itself apart from anything else on the market.
