SpecEagle review · Huawei

Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design review: A Porsche Design Mate 50 with leather back and variable aperture.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2022·$1,800
Overall
76/100
Class rank
#19 of 21
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

A luxury Porsche Design Mate.

Mate 50 RS Porsche Design wrapped the Mate 50 in leather-and-glass luxury at $1,800 — a status flagship with variable-aperture imaging and satellite messaging.

01Display

84/100

84/100 trails the 88-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.

TypeLTPO OLED, 120 Hz, curved
Size6.74 inches
Resolution2,616 × 1,212 px

02Camera

80/100

80/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.

Main50 MP, f/1.4–f/4.0 variable + OIS
Telephoto64 MP (3.5× periscope OIS)
Ultrawide13 MP
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

78/100

78/100 trails the 83-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G
RAM12 GB
Storage512 GB

04Battery

76/100

76/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.

Capacity4,700 mAh
Wired66 W
Wireless50 W

05Build

88/100

88/100 puts it above the 85-point average for flagship phones of 2022.

06Value

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2022 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • Porsche Design luxury leather/glass back.
  • Variable f/1.4–f/4.0 main.
  • 64 MP 3.5× periscope.
  • BeiDou satellite messaging.
What doesn't
  • $1,800 luxury pricing.
  • 4G only.
  • No GMS.
  • China-only.
Cross-shop it against
iQOO 12
$580 · score 92/100

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 21-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .