Huawei’s P50 Pro and foldable P50 Pocket are getting pricey Google-free releases outside China

Huawei, the embattled Chinese tech giant that continues to be the target of strict US sanctions, has announced that its flagship P50 Pro and foldable P50 Pocket will be sold outside of China. The P50 Pro will cost €1,199 (around $1,353), while the P50 Pocket will start at €1,299 (around $1,466). Huawei’s press release says the two phones will be available in “key markets across Asia Pacific, The Middle East & Africa, Europe and Latin America,” but declined to say exactly when and where.

Nevertheless, at those prices, and without access to key Google apps and services like the Google Play Store, both devices will represent interesting curios rather than anything you should seriously consider buying. Sanctions have also impacted Huawei’s ability to include 5G support on its products, so both phones are also resolutely stuck in the 4G generation.

Complete with a small, circular external display

The P50 Pocket uses a similar clamshell form-factor to Samsung’s Z Flip devices. Inside it has a 6.9-inch 2700 x 1228 folding OLED display with a 21:9 aspect ratio and a 120Hz refresh rate. Huawei says the internal screen uses ultra-thin glass in its construction, and can fold without leaving a gap for a total thickness of just 15.2mm (the Z Flip 3 is 15.9mm thick at its thinnest point when folded).

Externally The P50 Pocket has an additional small circular display, located above a trio of cameras: a 40-megapixel main camera, a 13-megapixel ultrawide, and a…

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