Huawei has announced the arrival of its latest flagship smartphone model, the P50 Pro, and a new foldable P50 Pocket, in Malaysia. Along with this, the tech company also revealed that consumers can already begin to pre-order the P50 Pro from today until 21 January 2022, while pre-orders for the P50 Pocket will take place between 22 January to 13 February – both of which will be rewarded with freebies worth more than RM2,000.

Spec-wise, the Huawei P50 Pro features a 6.6-inch, dual-curved OLED display with a resolution of 2700×1288 and refresh rate of up to 120Hz. It is powered by a Snapdragon 888 4G chip, and is accompanied by 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, as well as a 4,360mAh battery with 66W Huawei SuperCharge feature.

As for cameras, the P50 Pro packs a total of four sensors: a 50MP true-chroma camera (Colour), a 40MP true-chroma camera (Mono), a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 64MP telephoto camera. At the front is a 13MP front camera. The phone is available in two colours, namely Golden Black and Cocoa Gold.

Meanwhile, the Huawei P50 Pocket is a flip-style foldable phone that is also powered by the Snapdragon 888 4G chip, offering two displays. Its main display is a 6.9-inch OLED screen with a resolution of 27790×1188, whereas the secondary display is a circular 1.04-inch OLED cover screen. Camera-wise, it comes with a rear camera combo of a 40MP true-chroma camera, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera, a 32MP ultra spectrum camera – while inside is a 10.7MP selfie camera.

With a 4,000mAh battery that supports 40W Huawei SuperCharge, the P50 Pocket is available in two variants: the standard model with 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage (White), and a Premium Edition with 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage (Premium Gold).

With regard to pricing, both the Huawei P50 Pro and P50 Pocket are going at the following retail prices:

• Huawei P50 Pro: RM4,199
• Huawei P50 Pocket (Standard): RM5,999
• Huawei P50 Pocket (Premium Edition): RM7,299

If you’d like to get the P50 Pro ahead of the market, you can pre-order now on the official Huawei eStore, Huawei Experience Stores nationwide, as well as its official online stores on Shopee and Lazada. It is also possible to do so via authorised retailers, such as DirectD and Senheng. Come 22 January, you can pre-order the P50 Pocket via these similar avenues as well.

To further sweeten the deal, Huawei is rewarding early birds with some pretty worthwhile perks as well. Those who pre-order the Huawei P50 Pro will enjoy freebies worth up to RM2,100, whereas those who get the P50 Pocket in advance will receive freebies of up to RM2,700 – as detailed below:  

Huawei P50 Pro	Huawei P50 Pocket
– Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro (worth RM1,199) – One-time screen replacement for accidental damage within first three months (worth RM119) – Huawei Mobile Services & Partner vouchers (worth up to RM725)	– Huawei Watch 3 (worth RM1,699) – One-year extended warranty (wrth RM309) – Huawei Mobile Services & Partner vouchers (worth up to RM725)

If you do pre-order the Huawei P50 Pro between now to 21 January, you can look forward to the phones being shipped out on 22 January onwards.

(Sources: Huawei [1, 2], The Star)

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