Watch: HUAWEI Mate story—10 generations of game-changing innovations

Personally, the HUAWEI Mate Series is one of my most highly anticipated phone releases each year.

History of Mate

Starting with the first Mate in 2013 to the Mate 40 Pro in 2020, the "phablet" series of the tech giant always have a world-first or never before seen innovation on commercially released mobile devices.

However, this trend stopped when HUAWEI failed to release a Mate last year, 2021.

But in this year 2022, the company released the Mate 50 Series first in China. AND recently, the tech giant announced that it is now official for the Philippine market too.

Anyway, before we do a round-up of what the Mate 50 Pro has to offer, let's take a look back at the innovations that the Mate Series presented through the years.

Watch: HUAWEI Mate story—10 generations of game-changing innovations

HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro Specs

Display: 6.74-inch Kunlun Glass protected (3D curved OLED screen w/ up to 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate, 1440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, 2616 x 1212 resolution at 428 ppi

CPU: 3.19GHz 4nm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 octa-core processor

GPU: Adreno (new-gen)

RAM: 8GB RAM

ROM: 256GB/512GB expandable via NM card slot up to 256GB

Back Camera: 50MP f/1.4 to f/4.0 Ultra Aperture Camera w/ phase focus + contrast focus, OIS, AIS + 13MP f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle w/ AF + 64MP f/3.5 Telephoto w/ OIS + LED flash

Selfie Camera: 13MP f/2.4 Ultra-Wide-Angle + 3D Depth Sensing Camera

Battery: 4,700mAh w/ 66W SuperCharge + 50W Wireless SuperCharge + Reverse Wireless Charging

OS: EMUI 13

Connectivity: WiFi 6, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.2 BLE (SBC, AAC, LDAC), NFC, GPS (L1 + L5), A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou (B1I + B1C + B2a), Galileo (E1 + E5a), QZSS (L1 + L5), NavIC, dual SIM

Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic, pressure

Others: In-Display fingerprint sensor, IR Blaster, IP68 water and dust resistance, stereo speakers, USB-C, Colors: Black, Silver, Orange

Dimensions: 162.1 x 75.5 x 8.5 mm

Weight: 205 g (Vegan Leather) 209 g (Glass)

Price: PHP 58,999 (Glass 256GB), PHP 68,999 (Vegan Leather w/ Kunlun Glass 512GB)

Our thoughts on the Mate 50 Pro

The Mate Series in PH!

Similar to all the Mates we tried in the past, the HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro delivered some of the most exciting innovations we’ve seen on a smartphone.

It is one of the most attractive phones we have tested this year as it made us enjoy its use of a very durable yet attractive-looking body, the powerful XMAGE aperture cameras, the strong hardware, and the software tricks that HUAWEI implemented to make the lives of its users easier.

This is a worthy 10th gen successor of its storied Mate series.

Anyway, in the Philippines, the HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro is available in two variants.

The regular glass model with 256GB storage is priced at PHP  58,999 while the version with Vegan Leather, Kunlun Glass, and 512GB storage retails for PHP 68,999.

Build/Design - 4.75

Multimedia Experience - 4.75

Cameras - 4.75

Performance - 4.5

Average - 4.68/5