Honor flagship mobile phone: In-depth review of Honor 50 Pro after half a month of use. How is the performance?

Since the Honor 50 series was officially released on June 16th, it has attracted everyone’s attention. Since the official sale, according to the first sales report released by Honor, the Honor 50 series sold 500 million yuan on Tmall and JD.com in just one minute, and the sales of the 50 series are very hot. The Honor 50 Pro, like the previous digital series, still focuses on camera imaging (12-megapixel one-stop vlog video lens) and industrial design. I also bought the Honor 50 Pro and used it as my main machine for nearly half a month. .

First of all, the Honor 50 Pro has a highly recognizable appearance. From the front, the curved surfaces on both sides reach 75 degrees. It feels round when you hold it, and it feels very good to hold it in your hand. There is a sense of high-end without borders, and the body weight of 187g makes it feel "light as if there is no bones". Speaking of this, some friends think that I am bragging, because before this, I have only used half-pound phones, whether it is my Xiaomi 10 or Xiaomi 11 Pro. When you pick up the Honor 50 Pro, you will find that you just fell in love. It was the first time I held my girlfriend's hand.

So what are the advantages and disadvantages of Honor 50Pro? Next, Guoguo Xiaowanzi will briefly talk about the actual use experience.

First of all, Honor 50 Pro is the first model released by Qualcomm’s latest generation 6nm 5G SoC Snapdragon 778G. It marks that Honor has officially turned to an unforeseen new track. In the 5G era, 100W ultra-high power fast charging has reached the industry limit, and 100 million pixels is also the "standard configuration" of flagship phones.

Design and appearance: The appearance and texture are still the biggest killers

In fact, starting from the generation of Honor V40, the screens of Honor mobile phones have completed a leap in quality.

In addition to supporting screen fingerprint unlocking, this screen also supports the screen-off display function.

The Honor 50 Pro’s 6.72-inch curved OLED screen has 1.07 billion colors and supports DCI-P3 wide color gamut. Its screen resolution is 2676 1236 pixels and PPI is 440, so the visual experience of text display clarity is very good. At the same time, Honor 50Pro also has a 120Hz refresh rate and a 300Hz touch sampling rate. Users can get a smoother and smoother operating experience when sliding their phones.

Honor 50Pro comes in four colors: First Snow Crystal, Bright Black, Summer Amber, and Black Jade Green. The one I have is called Black Jade Green. The surface of the body has been highlighted. According to different angles Under different lighting conditions, it can reflect different visual effects, giving it a dazzling sense of sight.

In order to make the body thinner and lighter, Honor 50Pro has a thickness of only 8.05mm. At the same time, the design of the 3.5mm headphone jack has been cancelled, and the overall body has been controlled at 187g.

The bottom of the Honor 50Pro fuselage integrates the SIM card slot, microphone hole, type-C charging hole and speaker *** 4 holes. It is a unified standard design for the current flagship level.

Disadvantage: Not dual speakers

Looking at the details, the Honor 50 Pro frame has tried its best to reduce the black edges of the screen, and at the same time deepen the screen surface gap. The combination of the two makes the black edges visually The look and feel is further reduced. As mentioned at the beginning, the Honor 50 Pro is a 75mm curved screen with just the right curvature. The curved surface has a deeper bending depth (3.59mm), and the black border is as narrow as 1.31mm. When viewed from the front, the visual impression is that the entire phone is a screen.

Since its independence, Honor has inherited and inherited Huawei’s design philosophy. Almost every flagship version will lead the industry trend, and this time the Honor 50 Pro’s body material is made of high-gloss glass. , while improving the hardness of the phone, you don’t have to worry about scratches from accidental bumps in daily use. It will look new even if it is used for a long time. Moreover, the beauty of glass exudes a luster that cannot be compared with plastic.

Honor 50Pro is designed with six cameras on the front and back

Each lens performs its own role and is highly playable. It has 100 million pixels and six cameras on the front and rear. Multiple lenses can be used simultaneously. Recorded for Vlogging.

This time Honor 50 Pro brings a new design model - such as the camera module on the back, which strives to maximize the balance between the huge lens module and the harmonious appearance, allowing the camera module to There are two large round symmetrical parts, the upper one is the main camera, and the lower big circle with four small "circles" is the secondary camera (the flashlight is also included).

Dual rear camera has 108 MP 8 MP 2 MP 2 MP camera.

Although the round "big eyes" on the rear camera are particularly eye-catching, another thing worth boasting about is that the color of the camera module is highly consistent with the back cover of the fuselage, coupled with the perfect hardware The layout is reasonable and the complex elements are simplified and organized, so the entire fuselage looks more harmonious and integrated.

The Honor 50 Pro I bought is made of black jade green between dark blue and dark green, which is more suitable for male and female users who are low-key yet stable.

After buying the Honor X20 SE for my mother-in-law a few days ago, my wife was also jealous, so after buying the Honor 50 Pro, I tried it as my main phone for a few days before giving it to her.

In the front camera located on the upper left side of the screen, Honor 50 Pro uses a dual-camera design with a 32-megapixel high-definition lens and a 12-megapixel Vlog video lens. Currently, there are not many models on the market that use front-facing dual cameras, and the benefit is that, as introduced at the Honor 50 series launch conference, it brings more gameplay and benefits in taking selfies and VLOGs. experience.

In short, the appearance design of Honor 50Pro makes the phone more recognizable.

In terms of current flagship camera systems, basically the main camera has a 100 million high-pixel mode, and the pixels shot by the Honor 50 Pro in the normal mode are 3904*2928. If the 108MP mode is turned on, you can Take photos with 12032*9024 resolution.

This is also the time when Honor changed its track after being separated, and tried to open up another route in the imaging system that is different from the past.

Under the specific camera module, the main camera of Honor 50 Pro has an increased CMOS of 100 million pixels, a 1/1.52-inch photosensitive area, and a large aperture of F1.9. In addition, there is an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens on the back, with a 112° wide angle and F2.2 aperture. The remaining depth-of-field lenses and macro lenses can also participate in imaging some necessary scenes.

Normal shooting

Normal shooting mode

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Normal mode shooting

10x Main Camera

Judging from the actual photo taking effect, the image processing of Honor 50 Pro is more "low-key" than before, which is different from the high contrast and high saturation that I once loved. Current photo processing is more inclined to restore it to the naked eye, and the algorithm even tends to weaken contrast and saturation. As for the color accuracy of the wide-angle lens, it can be consistent with that of the main camera. Only the contrast and saturation change slightly, but they are all within the normal range.

Night mode on

Night mode off

As can be seen from the picture above, the entire night scene sampled photo becomes brighter, and the entire viewing range Buildings are also processed more clearly, noise is well controlled, and the overall photo looks significantly better. However, it takes about 4 seconds to take a night scene photo like this after turning on the night scene mode. At the same time, the photo taken will not display the watermark information of the photo, and the same is true for the macro mode.

Ultra-wide-angle shooting

In addition to being suitable for taking pictures of your favorite scenery and buildings, the ultra-wide-angle camera is also very suitable for group photos, especially group activities, family and friend gatherings, family outings, etc. , no longer will half of the face be shown on the screen~~

For example:

The source of the picture was taken by the people and Xiaobei invaded and deleted

Speaking of mosaics, I have to mention the image editing function of Honor 50pro. When saving, there will be a small pop-up window which is particularly considerate. It will prompt you whether to overwrite the original image or save it separately. This is based on my personal experience. It said that it has reduced the number of steps to go through the photo album to delete photos.

The Snapdragon 778G and its ISP equipped on Honor 50 Pro support 192 million pixel single camera, or 36MP 22MP dual camera, or 22MP triple camera, so Honor 50 Pro is more than enough to process image data, and the default image output speed It's pretty fast too.

Macro mode shooting

Comparing the next normal mode shooting, you can see that the macro mode shots are very impressive.

Another major highlight of Honor 50 Pro is the built-in one-stop Vlog shooting function, which are “multi-lens video recording” and “micro-film template”.

Many young people today like to use Vlog as a new way to express themselves on the Internet and in their circle of friends.

For example, for many self-media friends, shooting VLOG is a hobby and a side job. If done well, it can also be an extra income. For example, the well-known Li Ziqi's shooting style is the pastoral life that everyone yearns for. For example, there are many authors on agriculture, rural areas and rural areas, such as Huanong Brothers, I am Cousin-in-law, etc. There is also a versatile handicraft master "Handmade Geng", as well as outdoor video bloggers and so on. Sometimes you need some professional equipment to complete shooting and editing to produce a satisfactory video, but it is a surprise that Honor 50 Pro can simplify VLOG video shooting.

As mentioned at the beginning, the two front cameras of Honor 50Pro are specially designed for selfies and VLOGs. This is also something that most flagship phones on the market currently do not have. Most of them focus on the rear. The camera and stack are mainly placed on the rear. Honor is able to capture amazing photos in the field of selfies, which is why it is liked by many young people.

Honor 50Pro chooses to make a breakthrough from the perspective of a dual-camera system, equipped with a 32MP pixel high-definition lens and a 16MP pixel video lens to form a dual camera.

In the front camera, the angle of view of 100 corresponds to the focal length of an ordinary 135 camera, which is about 16mm, so this lens is a super wide-angle lens. The advantage is that the focal length is small and the viewing angle is very wide, which means that when shooting, more elements will be captured in the main part of the lens.

Because I got married and had children too early, I can no longer find the shadow of my little fresh meat on my body, so I can’t share the videos I shot with you. It’s really not possible to be on camera, so as not to affect everyone’s enjoyment.” Feeling".

At the same time, when shooting VLOG, an ultra-wide-angle lens is used to shoot videos. No matter whether it is a person or an object in the lens, in addition to capturing more scenes, it can also have a "face-slimming" effect when taking selfies to show yourself. The "small face"~~

This is true even when shooting with friends at a dinner party. You don't have to worry about the effect of the people outside the C position being deformed, and you don't have to worry about too many people not being able to fit into the shot.

This cannot be replaced by panoramic photography.

There are multiple functions in multi-lens recording, such as front/back, back/back, picture-in-picture, etc., to meet different shooting scenes and modes, and can be adjusted at any time during the shooting process. The video speed is doubled, and the camera can be switched and zoomed in at will. There will be no interruption during the entire recording process, and this should be Honor’s current “unique” feature.

There are multiple functions in multi-lens recording, such as front/back, back/back, picture-in-picture, etc., to meet different shooting scenes and modes, and can be adjusted at any time during the shooting process. The video speed is doubled, and the camera can be switched and zoomed in at will. There will be no interruption during the entire recording process, and this should be Honor’s current “unique” feature.

The Honor 50 series is equipped with the world’s first Qualcomm 6nm new U Snapdragon 778G, which is nothing new. In order to achieve stronger performance, a dual VC liquid cooling high thermal conductivity graphene three-dimensional cooling system is used, which also has GPU Turbo X technology. The benefit is that the Honor 50 Pro can handle high frame rates more efficiently during games. The game screen was actually tested by My King Technology in "Peace Elite". In 90 frame mode, the average frame rate reached 89.82, and in terms of heat dissipation, it did indeed achieve what was said at the press conference. An hour of high frame rate gaming phones did not The "Fire Dragon" is so "hot", which also benefits from Honor's ability to optimize the processor.

And the maximum temperature evaluation of the body of Peace Elite at the highest quality for one hour (novice evaluation)

After playing Peace Elite for one hour and controlling the heat at the highest quality, Honor 50 Pro ranked first Five.

In previous tests using "Genshin Impact", the highest temperature on the front of Honor 50 Pro was 38.7, the highest temperature on the back was 36.1, the highest temperature on the top was 39.9, and the highest temperature on the bottom was 30.0. For "Genshin Impact", the highest temperature is For games that load the hardware, the overall temperature can be controlled below 40°C.

According to the test results of AnTuTu, the performance of the Snapdragon 778G equipped on the Honor 50 Pro has exceeded that of many models equipped with the Snapdragon 888. In fact, it does not mean that the 778G is better than the 888. Well, judging from the running scores, the Honor 50 Pro only scores in the 50s and tens of thousands, while most Snapdragon 888 models score 700,000 to 800,000. There is a huge gap between the two. However, the Snapdragon 778G is stable. There is nothing radical about the overall experience, and there are no major faults. It is a solid and stable model.

This is also entirely due to Honor inheriting Huawei’s technical team. The GPU Turbo Snapdragon 778G can be regarded as an upgraded version of Snapdragon 768G in terms of specifications. This is Qualcomm’s first time using TSMC’s 6nm process technology. The CPU part consists of four 2.4Ghz A78 large cores and four 1.8Hz A55 small cores. In some aspects, it is better than Snapdragon 780G, and it integrates Adreno 624L GPU, which improves the image rendering performance by 40%.

In terms of AI, Snapdragon 778G supports the new sixth-generation Qualcomm AI engine, integrated AI acceleration architecture, and integrated Hexagon 770 DSP digital signal processor, with a computing power of up to 12 trillion operations per second, which makes the The performance of one generation has been doubled.

Overall, the Snapdragon 778G platform is also very powerful and stable among the sub-flagship teams. It is relatively "stable" in most application environments (including large-scale mobile games)!

For example, after playing "Peace Elite" for 1 hour in the lowest smooth quality mode with 90 frames of extreme frame rate, the performance of monitoring frame rate and temperature measurement is as follows:

Throughout the test During the process, Honor 50 Pro can still maintain full frame rate operation, with an average frame rate of 89.8 frames, and the body heat performance is around 44.7. The fact that Honor 50 Pro can perform so well in game stability is also due to The performance tuning and cooling solutions are well done.

In fact, it can be summed up in one sentence. Optimization capabilities are sometimes more important than hardware!

When talking about mobile phone battery life, the inevitable topic is battery. The Honor 50 Pro is equipped with a 4000mAh battery. For current 5G mobile phones, the 4000mAh battery is basically standard, and it cannot be said to be a large capacity. However, the battery of the Honor 50 Pro adopts a single-cell dual-circuit multi-pole design, which is a multi-channel charging mode, which is higher than the traditional single-cell dual-channel charging specifications.

The current fast charging technology mainly includes two types: single battery cell and dual battery cell. In terms of technology storage and configuration, Honor is very good in the industry.

The 100W charging head equipped with Honor 50 Pro has reached the ceiling of the industry. According to my own actual measurement, (without professional equipment, the time may vary, so please bear with me). Because the charge of Honor 50 Pro is really too big,

According to my normal charging operation, it takes about 10 minutes to charge 50% of the battery, and it can be fully charged to 100% in about 28 minutes (I watched videos for a while~ ).

However, according to tests by some experts, it can be fully charged to about 79% in 20 minutes, and normally it can be fully charged to 100% in 25 minutes.

According to the HDR 40 frame setting of "Peace Elite" that I am currently obsessed with, the longest one game lasts is about 25 minutes, and the fastest is about 5 minutes. On average, one game consumes about 5 minutes of electricity. , it uses about 25% of the battery in an hour. In fact, this battery life performance is already very impressive, so you don’t have to worry too much about battery life.

Basically, as long as you are not an enthusiast, you can use the phone normally to chat, watch videos, and play games for one day, which means you can charge it once a day.

This performance can be said to be in the first echelon among current mainstream flagship phones.

Let’s talk about the complaints about the Honor 50 Pro. First, it does not have dual speakers, second, it is not equipped with the current mainstream flagship chip, and third, it does not have a telephoto lens.

If you are choosing a machine, or buying a machine for daily gaming, it is recommended that in addition to looking at the chip, you should also check whether the manufacturer equipped with this chip can provide complete supporting facilities and processors. Optimization plan, and the Honor 50 Pro can have stable and durable performance in high-load game mode, which exactly illustrates this problem.

Generally speaking, the main highlight of Honor 50Pro is that it has a 1 billion color super-curved screen. In addition to looking very high-end, the picture quality is also very good. It also supports 120Hz high screen refresh, performs well in comprehensive performance optimization, and supports multiple games to run stably in high frame rate mode. With 100 million pixels and six front and rear cameras, it is very versatile for taking selfies and VLOG videos. It supports NFC, has a linear motor, and has 100W wired fast charging, charging 100 in 25 minutes, so you don’t have to worry about battery life.

If you like super-curved screens and are interested in the phone’s appearance, feel, screen eye protection, game cooling performance, power consumption, battery life, fast charging, etc., then Honor 50 Pro is an ideal phone. cell phone.