Huawei announces the 'Mate 50' series, a smartphone compatible with satellite communication and equipped with a camera with aperture, but not compatible with 5G due to US sanctions

Huawei, a major Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer, has announced the ' Mate 50 ', ' Mate 50 Pro ' and ' Mate 50 RS ' smartphones that support satellite communication. The announced smartphone is equipped with Qualcomm's high-performance SoC ' Snapdragon 8 + Gen 1 ' and a camera with an aperture that can physically adjust the f-number, etc., and the high calculation processing performance and camera performance are appealing. However, due to the sanctions imposed by the United States, it is not compatible with 5G communication.

HUAWEI Mate 50 - HUAWEI Global
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/phones/mate50/

HUAWEI Mate 50 Pro - HUAWEI Global
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/phones/mate50-pro/

PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 50 RS - HUAWEI Global
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/phones/porsche-design-mate50-rs/

Huawei unveils new flagship smartphone that supports satellite communications, but lacks 5G connection owing to US sanctions | South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3191566/huawei-unveils-new-flagship-smartphone-supports-satellite

'Mate 50' looks like this. There are two colors, 'Black' and 'Silver', and the back is equipped with a 50MP main camera, a 13MP wide-angle camera, and a 12MP telephoto camera.

The color of 'Mate 50 Pro' is three colors of 'Black', 'Silver' and 'Orange'. The main camera and wide-angle camera are the same as the 'Mate 50', but the number of pixels of the telephoto camera has been enhanced to 64MP.

'Mate 50 RS' is a smartphone that collaborated with Porsche Design , a subsidiary of Porsche known for manufacturing luxury cars, and has a lineup of two colors, 'Ink Blue' and 'Purple.' The main camera and wide-angle camera are the same as the 'Mate 50', and the 48MP telephoto camera is equipped with a macro function.

The main camera of the 'Mate 50' series is equipped with aperture blades, and it is possible to change the f value between 1.4 and 4.0. This allows you to optically adjust the degree of blur in your photo.

In addition, the 'Mate 50' series supports satellite communication using the ' BeiDou Satellite Positioning System ', a satellite positioning system independently developed by the Chinese government, and can send messages even in places where it is not possible to connect to a mobile line. is. In addition, the 'Mate 50' series has features suitable for flagship smartphones, such as 'equipped with Qualcomm's high-performance SoC' Snapdragon 8 + Gen 1 ',' 'equipped with a 6.7-inch OLED display,' and 'waterproof and dustproof performance equivalent to IP68.' Although it is equipped, it does not support 5G communication. The South China Morning Post points out that the reason why the 'Mate 50' series does not support 5G communication is that 'the United States' restrictions on semiconductor shipments to Huawei are affecting.'

The 'Mate 50' is 4999 yuan (about 103,000 yen), the 'Mate 50 Pro' is 6799 yuan (about 140,000 yen), and the 'Mate 50 RS' is 12,999 yuan (about 268,000 yen). It will be sold. However, the release in Japan is undecided.