SpecEagle review · Huawei

Huawei Pura 50 Pro review: Pura predecessor.

Item: Huawei Pura 50 Pro
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2022·$1080

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#105 of 210

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Pura 50 Pro precursor.

Pura 50 Pro was Huawei's SD 8 Gen 1 (4G) flagship — 50 W wireless and XMAGE periscope before the Kirin 9000 return.

01Display

84/100

84/100 trails the 86-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.

TypeOLED

Size6.6"

Refresh120 Hz

02Performance

80/100

80/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.

ChipsetSnapdragon 8 Gen 1 4G

RAM8 GB

Storage256 GB

03Camera

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2022 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Main50 MP

Ultrawide13 MP

Telephoto64 MP 3.5x

Front13 MP

04Battery

78/100

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

Capacity4,500 mAh

Charging66 W

Wireless50 W

05Software

74/100

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

What works

SD 8 Gen 1 (4G).
64 MP 3.5x periscope.
50 W wireless.
XMAGE cam.

What doesn't

No 5G.
No GMS.
$1,080 China price.
205 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? .