Huawei Pura 70 Ultra hands-on review

02 May 2024


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Zuzuz, 03 May 2024You know how big the "west" represent in the worl... moreThe "West," AKA the civilized world, represents far more than just 15% of the global population. Think the entirety of the European Union, and add the population of the entire Northern hemisphere to that. You're gonna end up with somn like:
15% China
15% India,
7% ASEAN,
7% middle East
The remainder, or a little over 1/2 the world's population, makes up the civilized world, collectively known as the West.
That would include:

The United States
Japan
South Korea
The entire European Union of 39 countries
Great Britain
Australia
The entirety of Latin America
(Mexico, Argentina, Brazil)
+ Canada
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= About 55% of the world's population

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    • 05 May 2024

    Anonymous, 05 May 2024So does your favorite spy; Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, whatever... moreWe're only concerned about China spring on us through the Huawei phones because China is a dystopian, authoritarian dictatorship with a communist government structure, whereas the United States is a free and open liberal democracy where human rights are not just respected, but encouraged. Now would you trust your most intimate info to a dystopian, authoritarian dictatorship with a communist government structure? I didn't think so either...

      Bodygard, 02 May 2024Nice try from Huawei but in the West, the average consumer ... moreThere are complains that the phone hangs and freezes , seen it on tiktok

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        • 05 May 2024

        Anonymous, 05 May 2024huawei have backdoors installed to the chinese goverment re... moreSo does your favorite spy; Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, whatever the brand you buy, they all spy on you and profit from it. Why are you not that judgemental when it comes to your country doing the same shit?

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          • 05 May 2024

          Anonymous, 05 May 2024huawei have backdoors installed to the chinese goverment re... morehow do you know babe? and what about iPhone?

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            • Sme
            • 05 May 2024

            huawei have backdoors installed to the chinese goverment remember that when using this.

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              • 05 May 2024

              no anroid and google play store

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                • 05 May 2024

                i think the most simple approach, maybe, the phone taking let's say, 10 photo sample at 1/100 at 25600 ISO then using some AI processing to reduce those nasty noise, voila... night photography with high shutter speed without flash

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                  • 05 May 2024

                  Is it rootable?
                  Can you unlock bootloader? No?
                  Then it's not worth buying!
                  Only buy rootable phones with custom ROM support

                    Nick Tegrataker, 02 May 2024This hands-on review misses out on one very, maybe even the... moreCouldn't agree more. Seeing the improvements in every new Huawei phone, it almost seemed like smartphones would finally beat ILCs due to a company like Huawei, instead of Apple, Samsung or Sony. The US ban soowed down things, especially with regard to the processor and image sensor. But Huawei has still improved, regardless of all these sanctions.

                    The only disappointment may be that when zoomed in, the image still needs to compensate for much smaller plastic lens with less space between them.

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                      • 05 May 2024

                      Anonymous, 04 May 2024dummy, the guy that i replied to is saying the outdated pho... moreAs I said, have a good day. 😁

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                        • 05 May 2024

                        Anonymous, 05 May 2024So, _if_ that false statement is true, why are brands like ... moreThis is nuts. You cannot capture a moving vehicle, dog or child by using a tripod and a xenon flash. A stationary fan in a room while being extremely close to the subject is the only thing you can do. Nokia's xenon flash was not implemented for taking pictures of moving subjects in the first place. Huawei's implementation is all about taking pictures of moving subjects and doesn't require a flash.

                        I'm not going into your comment about all the phone makers using the same generic lens because simply it sounds even more absurd. Do lens companies i.e Canon, Nikon, Sony etc all release the same generic lens?

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                          Nick Tegrataker, 04 May 2024By blasting a strong light against the subject and complete... moreIf you think _that_ is flash photography, then you should try googling, "advanced flash photography". Go ahead. Click around on a few random blogs, writeups and guides.
                          flash photography is to fix lighting issues, not to create them. A good flash photo will not look like flash photography.

                          You add light, because that is literally the only thing any camera can capture.

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                            Nick Tegrataker, 04 May 2024That's because camera manufacturers have significantly... moreSo, _if_ that false statement is true, why are brands like Huawei sticking camera manufacturer stickers like Leica and Hasselblad on their phones? The lenses are made in Taiwan by a generic manufacturer, the sensors are made in Korea or Japan by other manufacturers. The sales pitch is, "we're using theses brands' refined processing to deliver pro level imagery", isn't it? Meanwhile, in the real world, the first thing any system camera buyer does with their new camera is disabling the image processing.

                            You do not need image processing when your lens is bigger than an entire phone. That it the reality as to why a xenon flash or a tripod is all you need. Not what you wrote.

                              Anonymous, 04 May 2024Maybe you should learn why real camera use flash photograph... moreThat's because camera manufacturers have significantly more limited R&D compared to phone manufacturers therefore they just can't afford to develop advanced algorithms like this, and can't use smartphone SoCs that are capable of running machine-learning-based image processing locally due to heat and power consumption concerns. So they can't even if they want to. Also, a flash allows you to get some creative shots that you just can't achieve without one, and a smartphone can't have it because of space constraints.

                              "One is honest to the subject, the other is relying entirely on dishonest opinions"
                              LMFAO, yeah, completely disregarding the existing lighting, overwriting the colours and mood of the scene, drowning the subject with a powerful artificial light and taking a risk of disturbing everyone around you are so inspiringly "honest".
                              Digital photography, by your definition, is all "dishonest" due to the amount of manipulation involved after the actual "shooting" process to get a usable image. What Huawei is using isn't so-called generative image AI where an image is created out of pure noise using text prompts, but rather a continuation of machine-learning image processing development that has been going on in the industry for years.

                                Anton .el PAPI., 04 May 2024It is the same concept for a final result in both cases!! I... moreThe only similarity between the two is the fact that they both work towards freezing the motion. That's it. Let me give you an example - Increasing the shutter speed or increasing the ISO while keeping every other setting the same both raise the overall exposure in the scene, but that doesn't mean shutter speed and ISO are remotely similar in terms of concept or how it actually works.

                                "It cannot be denied that the concept of the N8 was far ahead of its time"
                                No, their "concept" was not ahead of its time nor original back then. Managing to put a xenon flash on a phone was a feat for sure, but the flash itself was something that had been commonly used on compact cameras for decades and Nokia wasn't being revolutionary at all in that regard. It's like Huawei's variable aperture - It's impressive that they managed to put it on a phone, but the mechanism itself wasn't particularly unique or groundbreaking.

                                "Now Huawei took that concept and improved it"
                                They are two completely different concepts, and Huawei's technology has neither been built on top of what Nokia did 10 years ago nor influenced by it. Dedicated cameras have been able to effectively freeze the motion of the subject with a flash before we were even born. Were they able to "undo" a blurry image though? No they weren't, and they won't be able to do that for the next 5 years or something given how limited dedicated cameras' processing capability is.

                                  Anonymous, 04 May 2024it capture moving object without blur so its the same thing... moreBy blasting a strong light against the subject and completely altering the appearance of the scene entirely, while ignoring any existing lighting that was present in the frame.

                                  Sure, "same thing".

                                    Nick Tegrataker, 04 May 2024Maybe you should learn the difference between "Blastin... moreIt is the same concept for a final result in both cases!! It cannot be denied that the concept of the N8 was far ahead of its time, we are talking about a cell phone that is more than a decade old!! Now Huawei took that concept and improved it!! Google has been doing this too but more with videos than photos, Sony has also had this for a long time, but Huawei is going to popularize it now

                                      Anonymous, 04 May 2024it capture moving object without blur so its the same thing... moreNokia was definitely very advanced in photography in those years!!!

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                                        Shui8, 04 May 2024Do the same thing? Image with flashy light everytime to mak... moredummy, the guy that i replied to is saying the outdated phone doesnt have feature to capture a moving object without blur while in the fact it have. Your phone can do it better, farther, ai enhancement or whatever it just not relevant🙄.

                                        and thank you.

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