Honor 50 review: The first post-Huawei Honor flagship — Google services finally back.
Honor's comeback flagship.
Honor 50 was the moment the brand re-entered Google's ecosystem after the Huawei split — same sleek hardware, full GMS. The Snapdragon 778G was modest for the price; for buyers who had wanted to leave Huawei without leaving the design language, this was the door.
01Display
80/10080/100 puts it above the 77-point average for mid-range phones of 2021.
02Camera
72/10072/100 puts it above the 69-point average for mid-range phones of 2021.
03Performance
68/10068/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.
04Battery
72/10072/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2021.
05Build
78/10078/100 puts it above the 75-point average for mid-range phones of 2021.
06Value
74/10074/100 puts it above the 71-point average for mid-range phones of 2021.
- First post-split Honor with full Google services.
- Curved 120 Hz AMOLED, 175 g, 66 W charging.
- 108 MP camera and 32 MP autofocus selfie.
- Independence from Huawei restored the global lineup.
- Snapdragon 778G is dated.
- Two filler 2 MP lenses.
- No IP rating, single speaker design.
- Support ended.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 8-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .