Mid-range · 2021

Honor 50

Name: Honor 50
Brand: Honor
Price: 240000 NGN
Availability: InStock

From ₦180,000 to ₦280,000 · 10 sellers·Last checked 1d ago

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A26 Camera shares the Xiaomi 11T's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 66W fast charging

Extras Reverse wireless charging, Cooling system

Watch out No more updates, Waterdrop notch

6.57″ AMOLED · 120Hz

778G 5G 6 / 128 GB

4300 mAh 66W charging

108 MP 3 rear · 32 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Honor 50 looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.57″ · OLED · 1080 × 2340 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.57"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2340 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

748 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm) · 8-core 2.4 GHz · Adreno 642L

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

AnTuTu

582,766

v10

GeekBench

2,971

Graphics test

GFXBench 27 fps

CPU

8-core, 2.4 GHz

GPU

Adreno 642L

Process

6 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1×Cortex A78 2.4GHz + 3×Cortex A78 2.2GHz+ 4xCortex A55 1.9 GHz

Software & updates

Android 11, Magic UI 4.2 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 11, Magic UI 4.2

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

108 MP f/1.9 main · 32 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

108 MP f/1.9

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Macro

2 MP

Front camera

32 MP f/2.2

Main sensor

Samsung S5KHM2, 1/1.52", 0.7µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Xiaomi 11T , Xiaomi 11T Pro

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

RAW, Night mode, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

4300 mAh · 66 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4300 mAh

Lab endurance

100:00h

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Removable

Audio

Average (-28.2 LUFS) · Hi-Res

Loudspeaker

Average (-28.2 LUFS)

Speakers

Mono

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

6 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

6 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

6/128GB · 8/128GB · 8/256GB · 12/256GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1)

USB

USB-C 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a

5G n1, n3, n7, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

175 g · 7.8 mm

Height

160.0 mm

Width

73.8 mm

Thickness

7.8 mm

Weight

175 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 13

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.57″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2340 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

33% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 20 W charging · 4,300 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

583k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 108 MP · f/1.9 vs 12 MP · f/1.6 main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

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Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

Faster charging

66 W vs 25 W charging

Weaker display tech

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.57″ vs 6.2″ screen

Lower benchmark score

583k vs 899k AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Upper mid-range tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · — vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection

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Where to buy

10 sellers·Used from ₦180,000

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Jiji Used

₦180,000

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6.8 yrs · 256GB

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₦185,000

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4.3 yrs · 145 feedback · 256GB

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₦200,000

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7.4 yrs · 475 feedback · 128GB

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₦230,000

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2.8 yrs · 8 feedback · 256GB

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₦230,000

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2.9 yrs · 73 feedback · 128GB

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₦235,000

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6.2 yrs · 249 feedback · 128GB

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Jiji Used

₦240,000

Fabulous Blessing Telecom

9.2 yrs · 6 feedback · 256GB

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Jiji Used

₦280,000

VICKLITE GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

1.7 yrs · 7 feedback · 256GB

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Jiji Used

₦190,000

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Jesse Olamide

5.8 yrs · 256GB

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Jiji Used

₦250,000

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Buchester Communications

3.3 yrs · 2 feedback · 256GB

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In the Real World

Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

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