Huawei Pura 70 Ultra review

21 May 2024


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Not bad at all. Well done, all things considered.

    Anonymous, 22 May 2024Images are horrible overprocessed mess but somehow, they�... moreI wouldn't call it the worst - It excels in a few key aspects (2x crop zoom, capturing moving objects, etc), but it goes way too aggressive with tonemapping and flattens all the highlights/shadows which gives it a very weird "HDR look" to it. I don't see a lot of problem with the photos coming out of its 3.5x telephoto camera, but the main camera suffers from a fair number of issues which unfortunately puts it far behind Xiaomi and Oppo in terms of my personal preference. I still prefer the output from the ancient Mate 30 Pro over the Pura 70 Ultra as far as the straight-out-of-camera JPEG rendition goes.

    Not having an option to reduce the sharpening in one way or another is also a minus - Huawei, Honor, Apple, Sony (and possibly Vivo too? I can't remember for sure) still don't have this option anywhere in their camera apps, which is disappointing for sure.

      CamoGeko-XDA, 21 May 2024It's forbidden because Huawei stole and sold peoples d... moreSure buddy, believe in what others serve u.

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        Images are horrible overprocessed mess but somehow, they've managed to make video even worse. This has to be the worst flagship camera phone of the year.

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          Nick Tegrataker, 21 May 2024Hint: These nations are the allies of the US, who pressures... moreYeah, Mi6 would just read what CIA has to say and follow without doing own investigation.
          🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

          Fun fact, the governments that cared about Trump were all C's friends.

          By the way, Germany has not removed their structure.

            David 040882, 21 May 2024Don't see no artifacts or artificial sharpening in the... moreZoom in, brother, leaves definitely should have a white natural halo around them as well, and concrete should be full of white halos 😂

              Anonymous, 21 May 2024Funny how ppl here believe 9000s and 9010 are any different... more9000s and 9010 are manufactured by SMIC instead of TSMC, use a different CPU configuration (The Taishan cores support hyperthreading unlike the stock Arm X/A7xx series cores) from 9000 and feature entirely custom-designed Maloon GPUs.

              It would be beyond ridiculous to assume that it is somehow just a slightly modified version of 9000 when it has been shown numerous times that they are completely different, here you're the only one who believes in your own conspiracy theory.

                Anonymous, 21 May 2024Yeah, national.security agencies of many nations would sure... moreHint: These nations are the allies of the US, who pressures others that don't follow their "recommendations".

                https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-takes-credit-for-uk-huawei-ban-2020-7

                  Upon further inspection, I realised why P70 Ultra's photos look a bit "off" in many situations. Sharpening isn't a problem (It looks fairly restrained to my eyes), but an aggressive HDR tonemapping and local contrast boost to emphasise details give these photos a very iPhone-esque look. I don't see any tint or colour shift caused by its RYYB CFA, but everything looks as if it has been imported to Lightroom and the clarity boost has been set to 50. These photos have a hard tonality which I'm simply not a fan of.

                  I think the sheer amount of effort put into the development of motion compensation algorithms is impressive (Samples on X show it really can freeze movements without introducing a lot of unnatural artifacts), but what makes the cameras on Xiaomi and Oppo flagships so attractive is their colour mode - Leica Authentic and Hasselblad Master Mode really have a muted look that adds depth to a certain tones (mostly greens). Huawei's greens, in comparison, simply look dull and flat in most of these photos. Huawei just doesn't have any character to its colour rendition, and it's something they'll have to figure out sooner or later.

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                    Disappointed... should have atleast priced it right, but the 10x telephoto quality seems good though

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                      • 21 May 2024

                      Is it known whether the periscope uses again an RYB color filter?

                        Anonymous, 21 May 2024Funny how ppl here believe 9000s and 9010 are any different... moreThey have been sanctioned, you think they can use any tech freely? They have to innovate all over again, other Oem would just use Qualcomm tech or licence them but Huawei has to create it from scratch.

                        This newer kirin is indeed different, it use Bigger core equivalent of Cortex X, same core used in Kunpeng, that's why you see Geekbench single core of 1400, normal android core wouldn't be able to reach that score, you can also check cpu throttling, this one throttle a lot like any other soc with Cortex X.

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                          David 040882, 21 May 2024Don't see no artifacts or artificial sharpening in the... moreThey say, just not excessive

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                            Kev, 21 May 2024This phone is honestly simply weaker, but the main camera&#... moreH has 22.5mm lens , wider than X.
                            That helps a bit.

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                              David 040882, 21 May 2024Will you please stop with the nonsense that Huawei was caug... moreYeah, national.security agencies of many nations would surely recomment their govs to remove H's telecon without any evidence ..

                              😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 , fanboys have no limits. Funnist part is they still blame A for that.

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                                • 21 May 2024

                                It is imx989. Should be better

                                Sharpening should not exist
                                Horrible colour science, too iphone.
                                Too bright foreground like samsung , close inspection shows 🌱🌱 reflect too much light despite sunlight is not directing hitting them.


                                Android 12
                                BT5.2
                                Not even wifi 6E
                                No usb 3.1

                                Still costs 1500 euros , this is a 2022 phone at most.

                                  David 040882, 21 May 2024Will you please stop with the nonsense that Huawei was caug... moreBelieve whatever you want, but Huawei go founded out and got banned by Google. You'd be dumb to ignore that fact.

                                    CamoGeko-XDA, 21 May 2024It's forbidden because Huawei stole and sold peoples d... moreWill you please stop with the nonsense that Huawei was caught spying or selling data? 😂 You'd have to live in a cave to believe that only Huawei did/does it. EVERY SMARTPHONE COMPANY DOES IT. They all spy/sell your data and whatnot. There were many other reasons, known and unknown, for the US ban that hit Huawei.

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                                      • 21 May 2024

                                      Compared to the Magic6 Pro, GSMarena said that the Honor is on par with the regular cameras.

                                      But how does it stack up with the telephoto? Specifically at 10x range? It seemed to me like the Magic6 runs out of steam really fast after 5x.

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                                        Funny how ppl here believe 9000s and 9010 are any different from 9000.
                                        2024 chips that do not even support wifi 6E and still only has BT5.2 support.
                                        Ultra suspicious.

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