{"id":5822,"date":"2021-12-06T12:33:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T07:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2021-12-06T12:33:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T07:03:54","slug":"honor-50-review-a-contender-rather-than-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/honor-50-review-a-contender-rather-than-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor 50 Review: A Contender Rather Than Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Honor 50<\/strong> is the first major globally-launched phone by the Honor company since it released the Honor 20 in 2019. It\u2019s rare that you need to get into geopolitics at the outset of a smartphone review, but it\u2019s impossible to avoid with the Honor 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the first Honor-branded device to release outside of China since the brand spun out from parent company Huawei last year. This means that despite Huawei\u2019s continued presence, Honor is now able to include Google\u2019s apps and services on the new mobile phone. Honor is now on its own, without the backing of one of the most well-resourced technology companies in the world. As a result, while not a bad phone, <strong>the Honor 50 <\/strong>ends up not feeling competitive with other handsets in its price range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"rXn_yrjZEVc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HONOR 50 | Discover #HONOR50 in Frost Crystal\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rXn_yrjZEVc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honor 50 Colors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-white-color has-text-color is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\"><strong>Frost Crystal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-crystal.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full td-img-style-shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-crystal.png\" alt=\"Honor 50 Frost Crystal\" class=\"wp-image-5834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-crystal.png 192w, https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-crystal-144x300.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Emerald Green<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-Green.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full td-img-style-shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-Green.png\" alt=\"Honor 50 Emerald Green\" class=\"wp-image-5835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-Green.png 192w, https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-Green-144x300.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\"><strong>Midnight Black<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-Black.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default td-img-style-shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-Black.png\" alt=\"Honor 50 Midnight Black\" class=\"wp-image-5832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-Black.png 192w, https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-Black-144x300.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px;line-height:1.3\"><strong>HONOR Code<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-code.png\" class=\"td-modal-image\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full td-img-style-shadow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-code.png\" alt=\"HONOR Code\" class=\"wp-image-5833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-code.png 192w, https:\/\/gowarranty.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor50-code-144x300.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having access to these services, which include critical parts of the Android ecosystem like Google Play in addition to apps like Google Maps and YouTube, means that the<strong> Honor 50 <\/strong>is the first Honor phone in years to actually have a shot at being a viable purchase for customers outside of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Honor 50<\/strong> starts at an approximate of INR 37000 for 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, but stepping up to approximately INR 45000 gets you 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Regardless of which option you go for, you get the same Snapdragon 778G processor and a 4,300mAh battery that can be fast charged at up to 66W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Honor\u2019s phones<\/strong> have always been available with loud designs, and the <strong>Honor 50<\/strong> is no different. My model came in a shiny white colorway, with the letters \u201cHONOR\u201d tiled across its back, and there\u2019s also a garish sparkly silver color option available alongside more conventional black and green options. While I don\u2019t love the color options, I think Honor deserves credit for its approach to the <strong>dual-ring camera bump on the Honor 50<\/strong>, which is a lot more interesting than the generic rectangles found on the backs of most devices (Huawei\u2019s Nova 9 uses a very similar design, which Honor says is because the design was developed before the split).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around front, <strong>the Honor 50 has a 6.57-inch 1080p OLED display<\/strong>, with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a small centrally orientated hole-punch notch for the phone\u2019s 32-megapixel selfie camera, which moderately curves around the left and right edges of the phone. I can\u2019t fault the screen\u2019s rich blacks or vibrant colors, and the under-display fingerprint sensor is fast and responsive. If you don\u2019t like curved displays, then you won\u2019t like the Honor 50\u2019s, but at least the phone doesn\u2019t suffer from any palm-rejection issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 3240 \/ 1080;\" width=\"3240\" autoplay controls src=\"http:\/\/blog.gowarranty.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/honor-50-design.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Honor 50\u2019s screen has a 120Hz refresh rate<\/strong>, which makes it feel fast to use and smooth to look at, and the Snapdragon 778G processor happily keeps up, even while the screen quickly scrolling through visually intensive apps like Twitter. I had no problems with performance during my time with the phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rest of the specs are more basic. There\u2019s no IP rating for dust and water resistance and no wireless charging, and when it comes to audio, the phone outputs sound from a basic downward-firing speaker. It\u2019s loud enough for listening around the house, but you\u2019ll be reaching for a pair of headphones in noisier environments. Honor includes a pair of USB-C headphones in the box, which is fairly unusual these days, and almost makes up for the lack of a headphone jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Honor\u2019s Magic UI software, which runs atop of Android 11 on the Honor 50<\/strong>, is broadly inoffensive. However, it has its annoyances and, by default, is set up in a way that I think most people are going to want to tweak. For starters, <strong>it uses Microsoft\u2019s SwiftKey rather than Google\u2019s Gboard keyboard<\/strong> that we believe that a good percentage of Android users will be more familiar with this keyboard. There are also a ton of stock Honor apps that we disabled in couple of days during testing, and we don\u2019t love the way Honor\u2019s software defaults to eschewing Android\u2019s typical app drawer for an iOS-like home-screen. It\u2019s easy enough to rectify with some tweaks, but it feels a little heavy making it a difficult to carry around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have no complaints with the battery life of the Honor 50, averaging a little over seven hours of screen on time between charges. We never had to put the phone on to charge at the end of the day with less than 40 percent charge remaining. The mobile phone supports 66W fast charging via an included charger that\u2019s branded as Honor\u2019s own \u201cSuperCharge\u201d charging standard. Honor claims the included charger can get the phone from 0 to 100 percent charge in 45 minutes (unfortunately, we were unable to verify this claim &#8211; seems exaggerating). But a full charge in under an hour is nothing to be sniffed at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The headline camera specs of the <strong>Honor 50 appear to be impressive at first glance, but the devil\u2019s in the detail<\/strong>. Yes, it\u2019s a 108-megapixel quad-camera array, but there\u2019s no telephoto camera, and beyond the main sensor, the three additional cameras are a comparatively low-resolution 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle, a 2-megapixel macro, and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things don\u2019t get off to a great start with the Honor 50\u2019s main camera. Even in daylight, there can be a distinct lack of detail in its shots, like in the shot of the black cat above, where there\u2019s very little definition or texture in its fur. Colors are vibrant at the risk of being a little oversaturated, and faces come out looking a little too bright and texture-less. White balance is at least pretty natural, and I think selfies come out generally looking OK, helped by the fact that there\u2019s an easily accessible shortcut to turn on background blurring and a beauty mode slider (if that\u2019s a feature you\u2019re interested in).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Low light performance leaves a lot to be desired, where the <strong>Honor 50 produces shots that are dark and muddy<\/strong>. However, the bigger problem with Honor 50 is that the phone takes way too long to take photographs in low light. When trying to take a shot of a group of people at a party, the Honor 50 refused to take a photo for several agonizing moments, which is far longer than people at a party are willing to wait to have their photo taken for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a crowded part of the market, and simply having access to Google\u2019s apps and services isn\u2019t enough to make an impact. Honor\u2019s software can feel bloated, and its camera is sluggish and lacking in detail. Speedy 66W fast charging and a slick 120Hz display aren\u2019t enough to distract from the fact that <strong>the Honor 50 has some weak spots when compared against the best midrange handsets available.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At its starting price, we can say that the <strong>Honor 50 is a comfortably midrange device<\/strong>. But there are a lot of established mobile phones available at similar prices which can be more competitive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honor might be a viable purchase now that it can once again include Google\u2019s apps and services on its devices. But it has more work to do if it wants to be truly competitive. The real issue with the Honor 50 is that it doesn\u2019t do enough to distinguish itself from the available competition. With so many competitive mid-range mobiles on the market nowadays, the phone doesn\u2019t have any unique selling points or strengths that make it easy to recommend. It\u2019s a jack of all trades, but a master of none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honor 50 is the first major globally-launched phone by the Honor company since it released the Honor 20 in 2019. It\u2019s rare that you need to get into geopolitics at the outset of a smartphone review, but it\u2019s impossible to avoid with the Honor 50. 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