It seems every manufacturer wants to launch a folding phone at the moment. And with the news that Huawei’s mobile division is re-entering the UK market after a brief absence, the upcoming P50 Pocket has a chance to be a great alternative to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G.
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As always, however, Huawei would prefer to focus all of your attention on hardware. To that end, the P50 Pocket mostly succeeds, but of course that isn’t the complete picture, is it?
Yet again, restrictive software and the lack of Google apps tarnishes an otherwise exemplary experience. It’s such a gigantic thorn in Huawei’s backside that it massively impacts whether you’d want to buy a P50 Pocket or not. The Z Flip 3, after all, comes with full-fat Android, so why take the hit?
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But, just like the P50 Pro, that decision rests entirely on how you use a smartphone. If you’re already embedded in Google’s mobile ecosystem, there’s a chance you’re going to want to give the P50 Pocket a miss.
On the other hand, if…
