Huawei Pura 80 Ultra debuts switchable tele lenses and 1" main sensor

11 June 2025
The two lenses are attached to a massive 1/1.28-inch telephoto sensor.

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Sony already did this with their Xperia 1 iii and then improved the technology with their later phones like the Xperia 1 vi to instead do continuous optical zoom. Not sure if you've seen that.

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    Anonymous, 11 Jun 2025Huawei Middle East & Asia now have 5G again I don'... morehttps://consumer.huawei.com/ae-en/phones/mate-x6/specs/
    It's Huawei's website for UAE, scroll down till you see network. And there you will see that 5G is not supported. (Also I checked Pura 70 ultra physically there, if you think their website is giving false Informations, and there was no 5G.) I don't know about south east Asia(except china of course)

      Anonymous, 11 Jun 2025Yeah, they are surely angry because this phone can use 2 fi... moreIt's still no different than what Sony did before in 2021. What Huawei literally did is improve the formula with a newer larger camera sensor, that's all.

        Panino Manino, 11 Jun 2025Huawei you maniacs! You really did it! Xperia engineers wi... moreYet who started it all in the first place? At the end of the day, this is still a four-year-old idea revisited and reworked with a newer larger camera sensor. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Huawei's camera R&D department have Xperia phones in their lab. No matter how much you mock Sony phones, it's still Sony who started it all in the first place, and it's always a fact!

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          gG, 11 Jun 2025No they don't. Unless you buy Chinese version and use ... moreThe phone does not indicate 5G because of sanctions but connects to 5G networks at 5G connection speeds.

            It took me a while to understand the telephoto camera setup, but this doesn't look too different from what Sony did with the 2021 Mk3 Xperia 1/5. Those Xperia only has two effective zoom range, and it looks to be a similar story with this particular Huawei phone.

            Btw, I don't see any mention about telemacro support for the new model.

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              Panino Manino, 11 Jun 2025Huawei you maniacs! You really did it! Xperia engineers wi... moreYeah, they are surely angry because this phone can use 2 fixed FL like the 2021 mark 3 while anything between is digital.

                DarlingYext, 11 Jun 2025Now that is truly incredible, and actually something new ne... moreIndeed. And there's still people out there hating on Huawei, a company that brings more innovation to the table than many other companies combined. In such a drought of innovation, Huawei keeps me invested into smartphone tech. Just look at what they've done lately.

                The Mate XT Ultimate - first tri fold smartphone on the market, the Pura X - a very different take on a flip-style foldable, the advancements made in satellite communications, and now this, a literal periscope telephoto utilizing two lenses. And this without compromising the rest of the setup, still getting a huge 1" main shooter with a variable aperture.

                And all whilst being sanctioned. Truly impressive.

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                  Aierlan, 11 Jun 2025Finally some innovation in smartphone cameras with the new ... moreThey can license the tech, not copy.

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                    Eduard33, 11 Jun 2025212mm is a sensor crop. At 9.4x the usable area is 'on... moreNo, the pixel size should be roughly 1.2 micrometer and then you only get 18mm², smaller than a 1/2.6" type sensor.
                    Furthermore, it's likely not a 50 megapixel Bayer sensor, but a 50 megapixel Quad Bayer sensor. Then the 212mm camera basically has a 12.5 megapixel Quad Bayer sensor (or 3 megapixel Bayer sensor, when analog binning is turned on).

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                      Anonymous, 11 Jun 2025Thanks. That's also what Gsmarena's specs mention... moreSurprisingly, this means that the 83mm camera should have a larger effective lens diameter (should be 9.8mm) than the 212mm camera (should be 8.3mm).

                        Now that is truly incredible, and actually something new never before seen technology. The most impressive technologies are still coming from Huawei, the one company technically so crippled they shouldn't even be in business anymore, yet here they are doing stuff like a telephoto camera sensor with two lenses. Absolutely amazing!

                          Mikele, 11 Jun 2025Huawei phone since last two years had 5G outside China. Where outside China would that be?

                            Anonymous, 11 Jun 2025Yeah... Must do the leap of faith totally abandon the G an... moreI wish it was that easy, even if I abandoned Google I still can't have all my apps. Last thing I read about their last OS is that it don't even support APKs, so a big NO.

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                              gG, 11 Jun 2025No they don't. Unless you buy Chinese version and use ... moreHuawei Middle East & Asia now have 5G again
                              I don't know about in EU though

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                                Mahmood Albraim, 11 Jun 2025I badly want to switch back to Huawei, but G services 💔Yeah...
                                Must do the leap of faith totally abandon the G and move to Harmony apps family

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                                  So I guess that the periscope camera uses a 50 megapixel Quad Bayer sensor? Then a crop would be a 12 megapixel Quad Bayer sensor or a 3 megapixel Bayer array with analog binning turned on.

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                                    Eduard33, 11 Jun 2025At 9.4x it's 12.5mp because it is a sensor crop, it�... moreThanks. That's also what Gsmarena's specs mention. This makes more sense. If it used no crop, then the effective lens diameter would be 1.7cm, much larger than the effective diameter of any smartphone camera on the market. But as it uses a crop apparently, the effective diameter should be 8.3mm.

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                                      Mikele, 11 Jun 2025Huawei phone since last two years had 5G outside China. No they don't. Unless you buy Chinese version and use it outside of china. The ones that are sold in middle east or EU do not support 5G.

                                        jerem06, 11 Jun 2025What an incredible technological advance! The Samsung Galax... moreAt 9.4x it's 12.5mp because it is a sensor crop, it's not native 212mm

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