Huawei P50 teased in official photo

Huawei P50
(Image credit: Huawei)

Huawei has had mixed fortunes recently, but could the upcoming Huawei P50 turn everything around for the Chinese company? Huawei recently held an event to showcase the new HarmonyOS (Huawei's answer to being locked out of the Google App Store), but they also teased an image of the Huawei P50 as well. 

While the photo doesn't even show the new camera phone in its entirety, it does give us a glimpse at the rear camera modules, which are… curiously large. 

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The camera bump consists of two big lenses with four camera sensors in total. Three of them are situated in the top lens and the bottom one houses a single camera sensor and a flash. At present, there doesn't seem to be any specific details on how many megapixels each sensor will have, or what sort of focal length any of the cameras will use either. 

This newly teased image fits in line with previously leaked renders that also show that the Huawei P50 will use a centered punch hole camera for the front-facing selfie camera. XDA Developers also suggests that Huawei looks to be sticking with a 'waterfall' curved display for the P50 as well. It's also likely that the Huawei P50 will feature the newly showcased HarmonyOS.

At present, there isn't a release date set for the Huawei P50, with Huawei stating that the company is "trying to figure out how to make the great product available to you". This could suggest that Huawei is having difficulties with their supply chain – possibly due to the global silicon shortage. However, with this recent tease and the development of HarmonyOS, it's clear that Huawei is still invested in its camera phone technology. 

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Louise Carey

With over a decade of photographic experience, Louise arms Digital Camera World with a wealth of knowledge on photographic technique and know-how – something at which she is so adept that she's delivered workshops for the likes of ITV and Sue Ryder. Louise also brings years of experience as both a web and print journalist, having served as features editor for Practical Photography magazine and contributing photography tutorials and camera analysis to titles including Digital Camera Magazine and  Digital Photographer. Louise currently shoots with the Fujifilm X-T200 and the Nikon D800, capturing self-portraits and still life images, and is DCW's ecommerce editor, meaning that she knows good camera, lens and laptop deals when she sees them.