The Huawei Ascend P1 was launched manner again in 2012 and whereas the ‘Ascend’ was ultimately dropped, the P-series remained a staple of the corporate’s high-end Android choices. However now it’s coming into a brand new period and is getting a brand new title – Pura.

The Huawei Pura 70 collection was launched this week with 4 fashions, although the variations between them are pretty small – apart from the Extremely, which has a reasonably distinctive design.

Let’s begin with it, the Huawei Pura 70 Extremely. The cellphone is supplied with a 1” 50MP sensor, however Huawei has discovered a strategy to scale back digicam bump chonkiness with a retractable lens. A motorized mechanism extends the lens whenever you need to take a photograph and retracts it again whenever you’re finished. Curiously, this mechanism doesn’t intrude with the cellphone’s IP68 mud and water resistance – one thing that was an issue with pop-up digicam designs. This digicam additionally has a variable aperture, f/1.6 to f/4.0, and sensor-shift OIS.

Huawei Pura 70 Extremely with a powerful 1” digicam

Moreover, the extremely extensive digicam has a 40MP sensor and the battery is barely bigger at 5,200mAh. Like the 2 Professional fashions, it helps 100W wired and 80W wi-fi charging. Even the reverse charging on these telephones is spectacular, reaching 18W via the USB-C port and 20W wirelessly.

The Huawei Pura 70 Professional and Pura 70 Professional+ are just about the identical cellphone. Each help BDS Satellite tv for pc messaging, besides the Professional+ additionally does voice calling over satellite tv for pc. We doubt both might be obtainable globally.

As for Professional vs. Extremely, the Professional fashions even have a 50MP essential sensor, however it’s smaller – comparatively, because it’s nonetheless pretty giant at 1/1.3”. It additionally has an f/1.4-4.0 variable aperture. The 50MP 90mm periscope of the Extremely is changed by a 48MP 83mm unit and we already talked about the extremely extensive (12.5MP as a substitute of 40MP). Lastly, the battery has 5,050mAh capability and helps the identical 100W/80W charging and 18W/20W reverse charging.

50MP 1.3” cameras for the opposite three Pura 70 fashions

This solely leaves the infant of the household. We are saying that because the Huawei Pura 70 has a smaller 6.6” show, down from 6.8” on the opposite two. They’re all flat, 120Hz LTPO OLED shows. Anyway, this one solely has a 12MP sensor within the tele digicam however with an extended 125mm lens. Additionally, the battery is lowered to 4,900mAh capability and 66W/50W charging, 5W/7.5W reverse charging.

Flat, 120Hz LTPO OLED shows throughout

All Pura 70 telephones are powered by the Kirin 9010 chip, a 7nm half with customized CPU cores, and run HarmonyOS 4.2 out of the field – Huawei has been shifting away from Android and is seeking to drop Android app help, at the very least domestically (it ought to stick round for worldwide fashions).

Lastly, let’s discuss in regards to the costs. The Huawei Pura 70 collection is obtainable solely in China for now and ranges from CNY 5,500 (round €710) for the vanilla mannequin to CNY 10,000 (€1,285) for the Extremely (truly, CNY 11,000 for those who get the 16GB/1TB mannequin).

Huawei hasn’t revealed plans for a world rollout, however it has been speaking about the way it needs to roll out HarmonyOS globally. We in all probability gained’t see the complete line (the Professional+ is nearly actually staying in China), however we do hope that the Extremely will get a large launch.

If and when the Huawei Pura 70 Extremely does go international, would you get one? It’s unlikely that Huawei will regain entry to the Google Play Retailer, however the firm has been engaged on builders to port over the 5,000 apps {that a} typical consumer spends 99% of their time on. And this has a strong declare of being one of the best digicam cellphone of 2024 – a subject that should watch for opinions.

Subsequent up, the Huawei Pura 70 Professional and Professional+. The cameras should not fairly as succesful because the Extremely, however it ought to nonetheless be among the finest round.

Lastly, the Huawei Pura 70 – at virtually half the value of the Extremely, this one nonetheless packs a punch. You’re not getting a 125mm lens on the vanilla Galaxy S or iPhone, no 66W/50W charging both. And but it’s an entry into the brand new world that Huawei is constructing.