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Huawei Mate 50 series official announcement: September 6, 2022
Huawei’s Mate 50 series has finally got a launch date and the company has decided to launch its new Mate 50 series on September 6, 2022. Judging from the official poster, a round of golden rings rises from the top of the mountain, which may imply that the Mate 50 will continue the classic back star ring design.
As per the last leak, the Huawei Mate 50 series will launch four models, Mate 50, Mate 50 Pro, Mate 50 RS Porsche Design, and Mate 50 E, the first three models will be equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 flagship processor.
It is worth mentioning that one of the biggest changes in the Huawei Mate 50 series is that the Pro version returns to the notch design. In addition to supporting 3D face unlocking, it will also bring practical functions such as face payment.
The new Huawei Mate 50 series will use BOE’s new screen and support a 1-120Hz LTPO adaptive refresh rate, the phone was rumored to support up to 2160PWM high-frequency dimming.
It is worth noting that the logo of Huawei Image XMAGE, a brand new brand that Huawei just released earlier this month, appears in the center of the camera module of the phone.
As far as the camera specs are concerned, it was said to get a switchable aperture – f/1.4 and f/4 – for the 50MP main camera. On the Mate 50 Pro and Mate 50 RS that should be an IMX800, on the vanilla model it should be the IMX766 instead.
As for the selfie camera, it will be a 13MP unit with a 3D sensor for face unlock on the Pro and RS models.
All phones are expected to use 66W fast charging for the 4,500mAh batteries on the Pro and RS (plus wireless charging), and 4,400mAh on the vanilla model.
According to the official information, the Huawei released the delisting announcement of its Petal Mail App. The full text of the announcement is as follows: [translated]
Thank you for your continued attention and support to the Huawei Petal Mail App. In order to better adapt to the changing needs of product experience, service content and local markets, we have made strategic adjustments to the Huawei Petal Mail App.
The Petal Mail App will officially switch to the Email App on December 31, 2024, and the Petal Mail App will no longer be available for download from the App Store. The Petal Mail App you have installed can be used normally. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can continue to view, send or receive emails in the pre-installed Email App on your Huawei phone or use a computer browser to open the Petal Mail official website ( https://www.petalmail.com ), and your emails and personal data will not be lost.
Huawei released the Mate 70 series of mobile phones, with a starting price of 5,499 yuan. At present, the prices of spare parts for the new Mate 70 series have been announced on Huawei’s official website.
Huawei Mate 70 lineup repair spare parts prices announced
Battery and motherboard
Mate 70
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2499
12GB+512GB — 2899
12GB+1TB — 3599
Mate 70 Pro
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2899
12GB+512GB — 3299
12GB+1TB — 3999
Mate 70 Pro+
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 4399
16GB+1TB — 4899
Mate 70 RS
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 6499
16GB+1TB — 6999
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Huawei officially announced the new FreeBuds Pro 4 headphones. This is the first TWS headset equipped with HarmonyOS NEXT and will be officially launched at the Huawei Mate Brand Festival on November 26.
As can be seen from the poster, the headset adopts an in-ear design with black and gold color matching, and the overall shape is similar to the previous generation. With the support of the new system, FreeBuds Pro 4 is expected to bring more functional upgrades.
For reference, Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 was released in September last year with an initial price of 1,499 yuan . It is equipped with the Kirin A2 chip that uses Polar code, supports Star Flash connection core technology and Bluetooth technology, and the new L2HC 3.0 protocol.