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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/6\/23339717\/huawei-mate-50-pro-satellite-text-china-beidou<\/a>
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Huawei has announced the Mate 50 series<\/a>, a day ahead of Apple\u2019s September event and with a feature that the iPhone 14 is expected to offer<\/a>: the ability to send texts via satellite communication. The Mate 50 and Mate 50 Pro will be able to send short texts and utilize navigation thanks to China\u2019s global BeiDou satellite network, allowing for communication in areas without cellular signal. <\/p>\n

The flagship Mate 50 series includes 4G-only versions of the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chipset with 8GB of RAM. The 50 Pro comes with a slightly bigger 6.74-inch OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, while the Mate 50 offers a 6.7-inch, 90Hz OLED panel. Both include a 50-megapixel main rear camera with a variable aperture lens with stops from f\/1.4 to f\/4 \u2014 most smartphone cameras use fixed apertures, so a moving aperture is neat, but the lens itself is so small that it\u2019s unlikely to create any kind of meaningful difference in depth-of-field in most situations. <\/p>\n

Both models share a 13-megapixel f\/2.2 ultrawide, and while each has a telephoto lens, the Pro gets an upgraded 64-megapixel camera capable of 200x digital zoom \u2014 the standard Mate 50 offers 100x digital zoom with a lower-res 12-megapixel sensor.<\/p>\n

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The Huawei Mate 50 Pro comes in a lovely orange color, in addition to black and silver.<\/em><\/figcaption>Image: Huawei<\/cite><\/p>\n

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If you feel like you\u2019re hearing a lot about satellite-based communication these days, it\u2019s because you are. T-Mobile and SpaceX just announced a partnership<\/a> that aims to bring this feature to T-Mobile subscribers by way of Starlink satellites. And the rumors of Apple\u2019s satellite messaging feature<\/a> have been swirling since last year. <\/p>\n

In all of these cases, the technology will likely be limited, at least at first. T-Mobile says its system will allow for text and even picture messaging, but voice calls and data won\u2019t be coming until later. And based on Huawei\u2019s description of the system, it looks like the Mate 50 phones will only be able to send texts by satellite, and won\u2019t be able to receive them. In all of these cases, satellite-based texting aims to provide an emergency connection in places without signal to get urgent messages out, rather than a way to keep up with your group chats while you\u2019re out of cell range. In any case, we\u2019ll have to wait at least a little longer for the feature in the US \u2014 Huawei\u2019s devices will, of course, not be sold here.<\/p>\n