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Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design review: Porsche-styled Mate 50.

Item: Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design
Rating: 84
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2022·$1700

Overall

84/100

Class rank

#38 of 210

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Porsche Mate 50.

Mate 50 RS Porsche Design crowned Huawei's 2022 line — variable-aperture pioneer + BeiDou satellite SOS in nano-ceramic.

01Display

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2022.

TypeLTPO OLED

Size6.74"

Refresh120 Hz

02Performance

82/100

82/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G

RAM12 GB

Storage512 GB

03Camera

88/100

At 88/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2022 — 9 points above the cohort average.

Main50 MP variable f/1.4-f/4.0

Ultrawide13 MP

Periscope64 MP 3.5x

Front13 MP

04Battery

78/100

78/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.

Capacity4,700 mAh

Charging66 W

Wireless50 W

05Software

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2022.

What works

Porsche Design RS branding.
First variable f/1.4-f/4.0 phone.
BeiDou satellite SOS.
Nano-ceramic option.

What doesn't

$1,700 RS premium.
No 5G.
No GMS.
216 g.

Cross-shop it against

Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro

$649 · score 89/100

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