Huawei P50 review: Snapdragon 888 4G flagship with True-Chroma image engine.
Why the P50 mattered
The P50 launched as the first phone with HarmonyOS 2.0 — Huawei's home-grown OS replacing Android in name if not in foundation — and proved the company could keep its camera leadership running even with Snapdragon 888 4G silicon imposed by US sanctions.
01Display
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
02Camera
88/10088/100 puts it above the 85-point average for flagship phones of 2021.
03Performance
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
04Battery
76/10076/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
05Build
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
- HarmonyOS 2 introduced cleaner UI vs EMUI
- Camera ranked DXOMark #1 at launch
- IP68 sealing
- Snapdragon 888 4G — no 5G allowed under sanctions
- No Google Mobile Services
- Heavy 4G ceiling hurts resale
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 11-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .