Mid-range · 2023

Honor X50

Nobody owns this yet

Our Take

CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A54 Camera shares the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13's main sensor

Best for

Strength All-day battery (5800mAh), 120Hz AMOLED

Extras Pen support, Cooling system

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

6.78″ AMOLED · 120Hz

6 Gen 1 8 / 128 GB

5800 mAh 35W charging

108 MP 2 rear · 8 MP selfie

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Full specifications

Display

6.78″ · AMOLED · 1220 × 2652 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.78"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1220 × 2652 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

1200 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM6450 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (4 nm) · 8-core 2.2 GHz · Adreno 710

Everyday capable

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

Chipset

Qualcomm SM6450 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

AnTuTu

578,810

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.2 GHz

GPU

Adreno 710

Process

4 nm

CPU layout

4x2.2GHz Cortex A78 + 4x1.80GHz Cortex A55

Software & updates

Android 13, Magic OS 7.1 · 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 13, Magic OS 7.1

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

108 MP f/1.8 main · 8 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

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

Main camera

108 MP f/1.8

Macro

2 MP

Front camera

8 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Samsung HM6, 1/1.67", 1µm

Mainstream sensor

Same sensor in

Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 , Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 5G

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

RAW, Night mode, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

5800 mAh · 35 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5800 mAh

Wired charging

35 W

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Microphones

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/256GB · 12/256GB · 12/512GB · 16/512GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · Wi-Fi 6

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.1

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, GPS (L1+L5), Galileo (E1+E5a)

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 works · 5G works No B20 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

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 B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8

4G B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B28a

5G n1, n5, n7, n8, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n78

Build & Design

185 g · 8.0 mm · IP53

Height

163.6 mm

Width

75.5 mm

Thickness

8.0 mm

Weight

185 g

IP rating

IP53

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

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 15

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.78″ vs 6.1″ screen

73% larger battery capacity

35 W vs 20 W charging · 5,800 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

579k vs 1.5M 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/1.8 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

49% larger battery capacity

35 W vs 25 W charging · 5,800 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

579k vs 1.8M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

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

No NFC

No NFC vs NFC

Heavier in hand

185 g vs 168 g

Full comparison

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