The great peculiarity of the new phones of the Chinese brand is that they no longer depend on Huawei. Sanctions from the US government have restricted supplies to Huawei on the grounds that the company is a threat to national security and, therefore, the brand sold its second firm claiming that it would not have shares or participate in the management. of the new company Honor.
Due to this movement, the smartphones that are now re-launched to the market enjoy all Google services, that is, they can use the Play Store and the rest of the Internet giant’s applications as before all the controversy began.
Features of the Honor 50 SE
The phone maintains the design line of the new family of smartphones, with a camera module where two large circles predominate while on the screen we have a hole at the top to house the selfie sensor. Due to the use of an IPS panel, the fingerprint reader moves to the side of the phone, above the power button.
Screen
The smartphone has a flat screen developed with IPS technology that has a FHD + resolution of 2388 x 1080 pixels and has a screen density of 352 dpi. It has 16 million colors, different color calibration modes and reading mode to reduce blue light when the light falls and thus protect our eyes.
Performance
MediaTek is, in this case, in charge of ensuring good mobile performance, in addition to offering compatibility with 5G networks, both SA and NSA. The smartphone mounts a 6nm Dimensity 900 CPU that is configured with 8 cores (2 x ARM Cortex-A78 at 2.4 GHz and 6 x ARM Cortex-A78 at 2 GHz) . The GPU is the Mali-G68 MC4
Regarding the memory configuration, we can only buy the phone in stores with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage.
With GPU Turbo X, a unique graphics acceleration technology, this mobile takes gaming to a whole new level, as it has been designed to increase performance, reduce power consumption and create a smoother and more stable gaming experience for the users.
Camera
The entire HONOR 50 series adopts the same classic and timeless ring design around the camera, so this time the sensors are not encompassed within them in the same way.
The main sensor is 100 MP and allows you to record videos in 4K and enhance them automatically, as with photos, thanks to its AI tools. It is followed by an 8 MP wide angle, a 2 MP macro sensor and a 2 MP focus assist lens, the same 3 sensors found in the rest of the smartphones of the family.
In front, in the perforation housed in the upper edge of the screen, there is a 16 MP lens for selfies, with AI tools to beautify the face, which allows you to record clips in 1080p at 30 fps.
Battery
The best part of the phone’s energy section is the fast battery charge, which with 66 W of power is a load to fully charge the 4,000 mAh cell of the Honor 50 SE in less than an hour. In fact, just by connecting the phone to the charger for 15 minutes, we would already have enough energy to watch videos for several hours.
Connectivity
At the wireless level we have compatibility with 802.11ac (5GHz), 802.11b (2.4GHz), 802.11g (2.4GHz) and 802.11n (2.4GHz) networks, but what stands out the most about the phone in this regard is the compatibility with 5G networks, in addition to LTE. We also have NFX, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS with A-GPS, Glonass, Beidou and the different motion sensors, ambient light, etc.
As far as the phone’s connectors are concerned, there is no headphone port but there is a USB Type-C for charging and data transfer and being able to connect the headphones with an adapter.
Software enhancements
The entire honor 50 series is compatible with the recently updated Magic UI 4.2 system, which is based on 100% licensed Android 11. Among the novelties of this system we find multi-screen collaboration, compatibility with dual 5G and Link Turbo, which allows an excellent network experience in almost all scenarios and the possibility of using all kinds of apps.
Many differences from the standard Honor 50
Although they retain the same design, the differences between the Honor 50 SE and the standard Honor 50 are many. In fact, although in the back we see the double encapsulation of cameras, there are really only two lenses, 100 MP and 8 MP, while the macro and the focus aid sensor are located outside. In return, the best performance model mounts a higher quality main sensor.
But the camera is not the only thing that changes, so does the battery, which in this model is 300 mAH lower and loses the 100W fast charge. Even so, it is possible to charge the cell more than quickly with its 66W technology.
The screen also changes radically. Here we have a 6.78-inch LCD panel with FullHD + resolution while the Honor 50 uses a somewhat smaller panel, but with great incentives such as OLED technology and a high refresh rate of 120 Hz. Under this screen the processor also changes radically, mounting a MediaTek Dimension 900 versus the new Snapdragon 778G. Of course, the two chips offer 5G connectivity.
The front camera also sees its resolution reduced by half in the “SE” model, to 16 MP, the memory is only 8 + 128 GB and the fingerprint sensor, instead of being set under the screen glass, is located on the side of the phone.
Honor phone price
The Honor 50 SE is available in China for RMB 2,399, which is around 310 euros in exchange. At the moment we do not know when it will arrive in Spain, but it could do so next month in the same colors that we find in the eastern country, that is, white, black and blue.
