Honor 50 will be the first phone with Google Mobile Services – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Honor is all set to launch its first smartphone with Google Mobile Services. Last year in November, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei announced that it sold its sub-brand Honor to a consortium. The company took this decision after the US sanctions were imposed on Huawei. The sanctions barred the smartphone maker from using Google’s apps and services.
Now, Honor is an independent company and it is all set to launch its new Honor 50 series of smartphones with Google apps and mobile services. The company took to its official Twitter account to announce that it will launch the Honor 50 smartphone in Europe on October 26.

The company tweeted, “HONOR has succeeded in confirming cooperation with a number of supplier partners in the early stage. #HONOR50 series will be equipped with Google Mobile Services, which will provide a more comprehensive application environment and extraordinary mobile experience to our customers.”
The company has also confirmed that the smartphone will use its own layer of custom UI — the Magic UI. The smartphone maker is also working on introducing new features to the UI to improve user experience.
Various online reports suggest that the company is expected to launch Honor 50 and Honor 50 Pro+ smartphones. The flagship model is said to come with a 2K display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The smartphone is also said to come with dual selfie cameras with 32MP and 8MP sensors.
The rear of the smartphone is said to come with a quad-camera setup with 50MP main sensor, 13MP ultra-wide angle lens and 8MP ToF sensor. On the other hand, Honor 50 is said to come with curved edges and sport a triple rear camera setup.