Having found itself the market leader in foldable smartphones in China (with a 52% share), Huawei decided to build on its success by preparing a more affordable solution. So, in China, the premiere of Huawei Pocket S took place, which became a simplified version of the P50 Pocket. Moreover, we are dealing with a rare case when simplifications were rather beneficial. See for yourself: in addition to the unnecessary prefix “P50”, the heir parted with a useless 32-megapixel monochrome camera, as well as with an expensive, hot and voracious Snapdragon 888 chip. Instead, they installed a mid-budget Snapdragon 778G 4G, which, in theory, will also please with economical consumption battery, which, by the way, remained the same – 4000 mAh with 40-W charging.

Otherwise, it’s still the same P50 Pocket: 6.9″ main OLED screen (120 Hz, 1440 Hz PWM), 1″ external, 40-megapixel main camera and 13-megapixel wide and a fingerprint scanner on the end. The same, not counting the price: simplifications made it possible to significantly reduce the price tags, because instead of 9000 yuan, the new product starts from 5988 (50,640 rubles) for the 8/128 GB version. 8/256 and 8/512 GB variants are also available for 6488 and 7488 yuan, respectively. Sales of models for 128 and 256 GB of memory will start on November 10, and the 512-GB version will have to wait until December.

Also brought in some colors. Many: black, silver, beige, blue, green and pink. Also on sale will be special accessories-handbags for carrying, matching the colors of the smartphone.

	Specifications Huawei Pocket S
Net	2G, 3G, 4G
Firmware	Harmony OS 3.0
Screen	Primary : 6.9″, 21:9, 2790 x 1188 dots, 442 ppi, 120Hz, 300Hz touch, 10bit, HDR10, DCI-P3, OLED External : 1″, 328 ppi, 340 x 340 dots, OLED, 60 Hz, touch 120 Hz
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G 6nm CPU: 8 cores, Kryo 670, 4 x Cortex-A78 2.4 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.8 GHz GPU: Adreno 642L
RAM	8 GB
ROM	128 GB	256 GB	512 GB
SIM and memory card	Dual nanoSIM + NM Card up to 256 GB
Camera	Dual , XMAGE, HDR, AI, 4K video recording, slo-mo 1080p@960fps (AI interpolation) Main : 40 MP, 1/1.7″, f/1.8, RYYB, 26mm equiv., PDAF, EIS Wide angle : 13 MP, f/2.2
Selfie	Center hole , 10.7 MP, f/2.2, 4K video recording
Battery	4000 mAh
Charger	USB-C 40W
Wireless interfaces	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 2.4/5/5.8 GHz, 2×2 MIMO, HE160, 4096 QAM Bluetooth 5.2 GPS, A-GPS, Beidou, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC	There is
Biometrics	Fingerprint scanner in the power button Face recognition
Sound	Mono, AAC, LDAC
Waterproof	Not declared
Dimensions and weight	Open: 170 x 75.5 x 7.2mm Closed: 87.3 x 75.5 x 15.2mm 190 g
Price	5988 yuan (50 640 rubles)	6488 yuan (54,860 rubles)	7488 yuan (63,330 rubles)

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According to Huawei