Huawei’s flagship P50 Pro actually launched last year in China, but it’s finally arrived in the UK and wider Europe. It will not be on sale in the US due to the ongoing restrictions imposed by the US government. And it’s those same restrictions that make this phone so problematic.
There are no Google services for one thing, meaning no Gmail, no YouTube and, crucially, no access to the Google Play Store. There’s also no 5G connectivity, which is certainly a deal-breaker for a flagship phone in 2022. We’re seeing some type of 5G on even budget handsets now.
That might be more forgivable if the P50 Pro were cheap, but at 1,199 euros (which converts to about $1,335 or £1,000) the Huawei P50 Pro is more expensive than the iPhone 13 Pro and quite a bit more than the superb Google Pixel 6 Pro. It’s hundreds of dollars more than the excellent OnePlus 9, too; a phone that does have 5G and Google services, and has the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor as the P50 Pro, along with a great camera and awesome battery life….ReadMore…
