The Huawei Mate 50 Pro is as sweet as that proverbial forbidden fruit gets: banned from using Google services and available only in a few co...
Or at least so do people claim.
We are here to check about that in a direct comparison of this ambitious new camera phone by sanctioned company Huawei facing the popular Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max and Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. It's hard to find better camera phones on the market right now, and you might think that the iPhone and the Galaxy will have their way with this new Huawei, but you might be in for a surprise.
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Huawei Mate 50 Pro review
Galaxy S22 Ultra review
iPhone 14 Pro Max review
Camera Specs:
Before looking at the actual photos, here is a quick peek at the camera specs on the Huawei Mate 50 Pro vs iPhone 14 Pro and Galaxy S22 Ultra:
The Mate 50 Pro has four camera units on the back arranged neatly in a square, but one of them is actually a 3D ToF (time of flight) sensor for measuring depth and used in portraits for once.
The big highlight of this camera is the main camera with variable aperture. Samsung toyed with the idea a few years ago on the Galaxy S9 which could shoot at either f/1.5 or f/2.4, but the Huawei has ten steps that go in increments from f/1.4 to f/4.0. While the main camera is listed as 24mm, there is actually quite the difference in the actual perspective compared to the wider 23mm lens on say the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
You should not forget that Huawei uses its own sensor technology: unlike most camera sensors that use an RGB
The ultra-wide camera lives up to its ultra name with a very wide field of view.
But the real shocker is the periscope zoom camera. At merely 3.5X zoom, this periscope zoom camera might seem weak compared to the dual 3X + 10X zoom setup on the Galaxy S22 Ultra, but wait until you see the photos.
Finally, the 13MP front camera is the widest we have seen on a flagship phone in recent years. This is great for not just wider selfies but also video calls. In case you don't want the extra-wide perspective, you can easily use one of the toggles to switch to a more close-up view.
Outdoor Daylight Test
In broad daylight, the Mate 50 Pro captured pleasing photos that hit a good middle ground between the extremely saturated Galaxy and often overexposed and sharpened iPhone
How do you get a better picture than both the iPhone 14 Pro Max and the Galaxy S22 Ultra? Well, simple, you just have to match their strengths and do better at their weaknesses.
And that is exactly what the Mate 50 Pro does. The Mate was a very consistent performer, so we never worried one photo might look great and the next one bad. It outputs photos with pleasing colors which by default are just a bit more saturated and punchy than in reality, but it doesn't go overboard with saturation like the Galaxy does (however, you do have a "vivid" color option in the menu, if that's your cup of tea).
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