Huawei Mate 50 Pro review: First mainstream phone with variable-aperture main camera.
The phone that brought variable aperture mainstream.
Mate 50 Pro pioneered variable f/1.4–4.0 in a flagship. The 4G-only modem and no-Google services are the hard caveats.
01Display
82/10082/100 trails the 86-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.
02Camera
84/10084/100 puts it above the 79-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
03Performance
76/10076/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2022 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
76/10076/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.
05Build
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2022.
06Value
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2022 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- First variable-aperture main camera.
- IP68 + Kunlun glass.
- Top-tier OLED panel.
- 50 W wireless.
- 4G only outside China.
- No Google services.
- 8 GB RAM modest.
- Premium pricing.
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 210-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .