Honor 50 review: specs, battery & used prices

Summary

The Honor 50 is the brand's first post-split mainstream hit: a curved 6.57-inch 120 Hz OLED, 66 W charging and a 108 MP main camera, built around the Snapdragon 778G. It was never officially distributed in the United States — American units are imports without local warranty support — which shapes the entire ownership proposition. Our everyday score of 62/100 and charging score of 47/100 describe a stylish upper-mid-ranger with one genuine talent.

Display and design

The 6.57-inch curved OLED at 120 Hz with a 525-nit rating is the design centerpiece — slim bezels, gentle glass curves, 175 g. The 57/100 screen score is honest for the class: fluid and pleasant, not a brightness champion. There is no IP rating, which is typical of the segment it was built for.

Performance

The Snapdragon 778G is solid upper-mid-range silicon: everyday 62/100, gaming 14/100. Daily use is fluid; sustained gaming is not this phone's register. Import buyers should also weigh software support pragmatically — Honor's update commitments for this generation were modest, and that runway is now spent.

Camera

The 108 MP main sensor headlines, flanked by an 8 MP ultrawide and a 2 MP macro: a 38/100 score that reflects good daylight detail from the main camera and modest everything else. Without OIS, the 4K30 video is steady-hands territory.

Battery and charging

Here is the talent: a 4,300 mAh battery (26/100) that refills at 66 W (47/100) — a full charge in well under an hour, which few 2021 phones at any price could match. For a phone bought as an import, the charger that ships with it matters more than usual.

Verdict

We track no meaningful US secondhand supply — the phone was never sold here — so the honest reference is the $350 import price for the 6/128 configuration, which is fair value for the display and charging speed. The calculus is simple: if fast charging and a curved screen appeal and a no-warranty import does not, it is a reasonable buy; if local support matters, the same money buys a used mainstream alternative with an official history.