News & Reviews:   Huawei P50

It's the new year which means we are going to see some new smartphone designs. As reported earlier, the Samsung Galaxy S21 series will make its debut on 14 January 2021 and Huawei would usually follow up after that. While there isn't much news about the Huawei P50 series, the latest one just got leaked online.

Based on a statement by @RODENT950 on Twitter, it seems that Huawei’s upcoming chipset will be called the Kirin 9010 chipset, and it will be manufactured using 3nm process. While not much is exactly known in regards to which exact smartphone will come equipped with the aforementioned chipset, our source did mention that it will most likely be available on the Huawei P50.

Based on a statement by a user on weibo, it seems that Huawei might have plans to unveil the Huawei P50 series alongside a tablet that’s powered by the HarmonyOS next year. Unfortunately, there’s no official information in regards to the exact release date of the smartphone and the tablet, so you might want to stay tuned for that.

Based on a statement by MyDrivers.com, it seems that the upcoming Huawei P50 series smartphones could be capable of achieving millisecond focus, and it comes equipped with a liquid lens camera module. Based on the patent regarding the liquid lens, it seems that it functions by using electricity to change a liquid in the lens in order to adjust the focal length.

After launching the Mate 40 series and a 5nm chipset, HUAWEI might have started working hard again to bring the P50 series to the market early next year. It is reported that the Chinese tech giant will launch the P50 series in the first half of 2021.

According to The Elec, not only the HUAWEI P50 series will be launched in H1 2021, but will also feature the 5nm Kirin 9000 chipset. However, the CEO of HUAWEI Yu Richard has stated that the Mate 40 was the last to have Kirin 9000 on board. Therefore, it is unsure if the company has the interest to bring the legacy of Kirin 9000 to the next flagship series.

Based on a report by 36kr.com, it seems that the upcoming Huawei P50 series may use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset instead of HiSilicon Kirin 9000 chipset due to a trade ban set by the US. With that in mind, there is a huge possibility that the aforementioned smartphone series could be unveiled around Q1 2021 and it could come equipped with the top of the line Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset.

HUAWEI’s next flagship phone the HUAWEI P50 is officially reported to be the next flagship of 2021 coming with the same 5nm chipset as the Mate 40. But due to the licensing issue face from the United State, the company might not be able to use the HiSilicon chipset and may use a third party 5nm processing next year.

John Vinh from KeyBanc Capital Markets recently released a statement, claiming that there could be a possibility Huawei smartphones such as the Huawei P50 and Mate 50 series could come equipped with Qualcomm chipsets instead. This is largely due to the fact that the United States government unveiled a new set of rules which makes it harder for Huawei to access manufacturing hardware from the country.