A couple of weeks ago OnLeaks posted 3D renders of the Huawei P50 and of the P50 Pro. Both devices share a curious design with two large circles on the pill-shaped camera bump. However, those circles were left blank.
Now another leakster, HoilNDI, has
published renders of the previously unseen Huawei P50 Pro+, claiming to reveal
what lives inside those circles. And it’s pretty wild – it’s a penta-camera
design with a periscope and a smaller lens in one circle, plus a triple camera
(and a ToF sensor?) in the other circle. These renders may not be 100% accurate,
however. Last month this same leakster was showing a very different layout for
the P50 Pro+ rear camera. The thing is, even if the renders are based on actual
insider info, makers usually try out different prototypes before settling on a
final design. And the P50 launch is still months away.
The rumored March launch date for the P50
series clearly isn’t happening. As the sanctions against Huawei have not been
eased off, the company reportedly had to delay the launch and to cut production
targets. There’s no solid indication of when the P50 will be unveiled to the
world – the latest report claims that the new flagships will be announced in
May.
Anyway, the front of the device shows
steeply-curved sides of the “waterfall” display. They definitely look curvier
than P50 Pro’s display. According to a report from last year, Huawei was going
to use Samsung and LG OLED displays on the P50 series, but that may no longer
be true.
At least it can always tap BOE or another
domestic display maker, securing the needed Kirin 9000 chipsets will be more
difficult (and likely a large part of why the launch keeps getting pushed
back).
