SpecEagle review · Honor

Honor 50 SE review: A Dimensity 900 mid-ranger with a 120 Hz LCD and 66 W charging.

Item: Honor 50 SE
Rating: 60
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2021·$350

Overall

60/100

Class rank

#79 of 105

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

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The verdict, up front

A 66 W 5G value mid-ranger.

Honor 50 SE brought 66 W fast charging and 108 MP camera to the upper mid-range at $350 — solid post-divestiture value.

01Display

72/100

72/100 trails the 76-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2021.

TypeIPS LCD, 120 Hz

Size6.78 inches

Resolution2,388 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

64/100

64/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2021.

Main108 MP, f/1.9

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro2 MP

Selfie16 MP

03Performance

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.

ChipsetDimensity 900 5G

RAM6 / 8 GB

Storage128 / 256 GB

04Battery

70/100

70/100 is one of the weaker battery results among mid-range phones of 2021 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Capacity4,000 mAh

Wired66 W SuperCharge

05Build

68/100

68/100 trails the 73-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2021.

06Value

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.

What works

66 W charging at $350.
120 Hz LCD + 108 MP camera.
Stereo + jack.
Dimensity 900 5G.

What doesn't

LCD only.
Mid-tier chip.
2 MP macro filler.
MagicOS heavy.

Cross-shop it against

Reno 7 Pro 5G

$549 · score 78/100

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