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Geek Culture
23-07-2025
- Business
- Geek Culture
Huawei Pura 80 Ultra With Switchable Dual Camera Launches 2 Aug In Singapore
Huawei has unveiled it's latest imaging flagship device during a global launch event in Bangkok, Thailand on 22 July. The Huawei Pura 80 Series sets a new benchmark in mobile photography, combining cutting-edge imaging technology with bold innovation, leading with the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra and Huawei Pura 80 Pro. Both models exhibit a bold and luxurious design called the Dazzling Forward Symbol, which draws inspiration from sunray motifs often seen in high-end jewelry and timepieces. The Pura 80 Pro in Glazed Red (left)band Pura 80 Ultra in Prestige Gold (right). Photography enthusiasts will find plenty to love in the Pura 80 Series. The Pura 80 Pro boasts a revolutionary 1-inch Ultra Lighting Camera that captures stunning detail, especially in low-light conditions. Its Ultra Chroma Camera ensures that color reproduction is vibrant and accurate—ideal for vivid nightscapes. Meanwhile, the Pura 80 Ultra introduces a Switchable Dual Telephoto Camera, featuring a 50MP 3.7x optical zoom F/2.4 camera and a 12.5MP 9.4x optical zoom F/3.6 camera (rounded up to 10x on the phone's UI). This allows users to shoot cinematic portraits and sharp close-ups with compelling spatial depth, all with professional-grade clarity. Scroll further down to check out our TikTok video to see it in action. A closer look at the Dual Telephoto Camera on the Pura 80 Ultra. Photography continues to be a major strength with Huawei's upgraded XMAGE branding. This innovation harnesses the industry's largest telephoto sensor and refined algorithms to deliver crystal-clear images in both high-zoom and low-light settings. Whether capturing intricate architecture or sprawling city skylines, the Pura 80 Series excels at delivering true-to-life images with impressive hue and saturation. Even stage photography is elevated, with ultra-clear visuals and vibrant 4K video that recreate live performances with astonishing realism. The Pura 80 Ultra in Golden Black (left) and Prestige Gold (right). The Pura 80 Ultra with their respective phone cases included in the box. Smart technology is also at the heart of both devices. A standout feature is the AI Smart Controls button, designed to provide instant access to essential tools like the camera, flashlight, or AI lens. It's customiaable and includes fingerprint recognition, ensuring both convenience and security. On top of that, AI-driven Noise Cancellation transforms call quality. By filtering out ambient sounds and emphasizing the speaker's voice, users can enjoy distraction-free communication in any environment. When it comes to power and performance, both models feature the same high-capacity 5,170mAh battery, along with fast charging with Huawei SuperCharge, at 100W via cable and 80W wirelessly, offering a quick and reliable power boost whenever needed. Durability has also been refined in the Pura 80 Ultra. Thanks to the second-generation Crystal Armor Kunlun Glass, the device boasts 16 times better scratch resistance and a 25 times improvement in drop protection. Check out the unboxing of the Huawei Pura 80 Pro in Glazed Red below, as well as the 3.7x and 10x optical zoom of the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra. Pre-orders for the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra and Pro are up now at S$1,898 and S$1,398 respectively, via Huawei Official Stores on Lazada, Shopee and TikTok Shop. The Pura 80 Ultra is available in two colours – Golden Black and Prestige Gold, while the Pura 80 Pro is available in three colours – Glazed Black, Glazed White and Glazed Red. Consumers can enjoy up to S$50 off early bird discounts with vouchers, redeemable from now till 2 August on Lazada, Shopee and TikTok Shop. Both models will be officially released on 2 August 2025 at Huawei Experience Stores, M1, and leading retailers including Best Denki, Challenger, Courts, and SprintCass. Yonk is a geek who is fortunate enough to have an equally geeky Star Wars fan for a wife, who owns a LEGO Millennium Falcon encased in a glass coffee table as their home's centre-piece. Huawei Huawei Pura 80 Singapore Smartphone
GSM Arena
21-07-2025
- GSM Arena
The vanilla Huawei Pura 80 pre-sales are starting on Wednesday, chipset leaks too
The vanilla Huawei Pura 80 is late to the party – the rest of the Pura 80 family launched in China in early June and even managed an international launch since then. The vanilla model is only now ready to go and will be available in China this Wednesday (July 23). Or maybe not even then, Huawei's posts on Weibo talk of a pre-sale, suggesting that actual availability will come later. The posts mention school, so Huawei seems to be positioning this as a phone for students (school in China starts in early September). The Huawei Pura 80 is coming on Wednesday (July 23) The official page for the Pura 80 on Huawei China still lacks a 'Buy' button and looking for the vanilla Pura 80 on the online store, we come up empty-handed. We will know more on Wednesday. For now, we have to turn to leakster Digital Chat Station for more details. Apparently, the Huawei Pura 80 is powered by the Kirin 9010S and not a Kirin 9020 like the Pura 80 Pro+ and Pura 80 Ultra. Unfortunately, no details on the chip are available. The original Kirin 9010 has an octa-core Taishan CPU (1+3+4) with hyper-threading and a Maleoon 910 GPU. Huawei Pura 80 in Velvet Gold, Velvet Green, Velvet White and Velvet Black Huawei didn't even say how much the Pura 80 will cost. DCS points to the CNY 5,500 ($765) launch price of the Pura 70 (12/256GB) as a benchmark. The higher-tier Pura 80 Pro (12/256GB) starts at CNY 6,500, so this sounds about right. The phone will launch with the brand new HarmonyOS 5.1 and will be available in four colors: Velvet Gold, Velvet Green, Velvet White and Velvet Black. Source 1 | Source 2 (in Chinese)
Phone Arena
17-07-2025
- Business
- Phone Arena
The best camera phone you (probably) won't own: The Huawei Pura 80 Ultra
Huawei is bringing the Pura 80 series to the global market in an attempt to keep the brand name alive outside China. It's a great phone packed with interesting tech, promising to elevate smartphone photography to yet another level. What's new and exciting about the Huawei Pura 80? 10x zoom shot taken with the Pura 80 Ultra | Image by Huawei The Huawei Pura 80 Ultra comes equipped with a potent camera system—it features a 1-inch, 50MP main sensor with TCG triple-real-time fusion technology (boosting dynamic range and clarity) and the first dual-lens telephoto system. This dual-lens system features a 50MP sensor with two separate lenses mounted on top of it. One offers 3.7x zoom (83 mm), and the other one can do 9.4x (200 mm). This unique and innovative telephoto is accompanied by a 40MP ultrawide camera, offering one of the best (if not the best) camera systems in a smartphone. The main camera also features a variable aperture covering the f/1.6-4.0 range at 16 stops. Huawei Pura 80 Ultra cameras: Wide (main): 50MP (1.0"), f/1.6-4.0, 23mm, OIS; 4K@60fps Telephoto: 50MP (1/1.28"), 83mm f/2.4; 12MP 212mm f/3.6, OIS; 4K@60fps Ultrawide: 40MP, f/2.2, 13mm, autofocus; 4K@30fps Front camera: 13MP f/2.0, 21mm; AF; 4K@60fps Low-light sample taken with the Pura 80 Ultra | Image by Huawei It's a technological masterpiece that, sadly, no one outside China would buy. There are several reasons why. But first, a piece of backstory. What happened to Huawei? The US ban made things difficult for Huawei on the global scene | Image by PhoneArena In 2019, the US government placed Huawei on the "Entity List," restricting its access to US technologies and components, including Google's Android operating system. This led to severe restrictions in the following years, hitting sales hard and halting the rapid growth the company had been experiencing back then. The global profit of the company shrunk from 136.7 billion USD to 93.5 billion in just two years. For a smartphone company operating at the top level, this is huge. There are many conspiracy theories about the reasons for the harsh sanctions, but we may never learn the truth. The version peddled by the US government back then was that Huawei was spying on the US for the CCP (Communist Party in China). Another angle is that in 2018, Verizon was in talks with Huawei to stock smartphones and sell them in the US under its name. Some say Apple and Samsung got scared and pushed the government to act in the matter. Huawei Pura 80 Ultra—the best camera phone that no one would buy A technological masterpiece that no one would buy | Image by Huawei Sadly, despite Huawei building some really clever and high-tech smartphones in the past couple of years, the company is still struggling outside China. The Huawei Pura 80 Ultra most likely won't change anything to remedy that. There are several reasons why. First, a bad reputation. Even before we get to the software and hardware situation, there's been bad rep surrounding Huawei ever since the US ban. The company is viewed by many as this sort of a bad communist spy entity, trying to steal your data or worse. Many people are suspicious and tend to stay away from Huawei phones. I've spoken with many people about this in the past couple of years, and the predominant reason was that they didn't feel safe. It's not the software and hardware limitations that bother them; it's the potential that China is doing something malicious with their data. But this brings us to the software and hardware. Huawei phones don't come with Google services on board, and it has to make its own silicon because of sanctions. The Kirin 9020 is not on par with flagship Qualcomm silicon | Image by Huawei The Huawei Pura 80 Ultra features the same Kirin 9020 chip as the one found in the Huawei Mate X6. This silicon felt dated then, and it's currently not on par with even midrange chipsets from Qualcomm. The preliminary tests of the Pura 80 Ultra returned Geekbench 6 scores of around 1200 points in single-core and 3600 in multicore performance, respectively. The 3DMark score of around 1800 is also abysmal. That's Galaxy A36 territory—a phone that costs $399. Add the complicated software situation to the equation, and you'll filter the people willing to go through the nuisance to get a Huawei phone even further. Yes, you can use the web versions of most Google apps (and there are workarounds that will let you install the actual apps), but very few people would go through the trouble, not to mention that some of these methods are borderline illegal. So, is Huawei finished, and what is the fate that awaits the interesting and innovative phones the company still stubbornly makes? What's next for Huawei—is there a glimmer of hope? Huawei is huge in China but still struggling worldwide | Image by PhoneArena First of all, Huawei is huge in China. I had the chance to visit Shenzhen and see what's going on there. Huawei is everywhere, not just inside people's pockets in the form of smartphones. There are Huawei smart home devices, TVs, home appliances, and even cars. Given the sheer volume and magnitude of the Chinese economy, Huawei won't go out of the game anytime soon. This mostly reflected strong Mate 60 sales in China, where the company returned to the top spot, but is there a glimmer of hope for global sales? What about the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra? The Huawei Pura 80 Ultra starts at around USD 1,390 which is not cheap | Image by Huawei The Huawei Pura 80 Ultra is doing rounds inside our test lab, so expect a full review soon. But what's clear even now is that the company has managed to find a way to be interesting and innovative once again. The dual-lens telephoto camera is very interesting, and the overall look and feel of the phone is premium. I personally don't think that the Pura 80 series will change much on the global scene, but if it does, I'd be pleasantly surprised. Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer
South China Morning Post
11-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Huawei's Pura 80 series roll-out in Dubai is latest move in global smartphone push
Huawei Technologies rolled out the next phase of its global smartphone push on Thursday, with a launch event for the Pura 80 series in Dubai, as the Shenzhen-based tech giant seeks to revive its once-lucrative handset business amid US sanctions. Advertisement Three models – the Pura 80, Pura 80 Pro and Pura 80 Ultra – were unveiled at a launch event in Dubai, as Huawei showcased its commitment to the market dominated by Apple and Samsung Electronics even though its devices are not supported by popular apps such as Gmail or Google Maps. The Pura 80 series, which debuted in mainland China last month and boasts improved photographic capabilities, marks Huawei's latest expansion into major overseas markets such as the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe, as the Chinese tech giant seeks to revive its international smartphone business amid US sanctions. It was Huawei's second overseas smartphone launch so far this year, following the announcement of the Mate XT , the world's first trifold smartphone , in Malaysia in February. The company also launched the Pura 70 series last May and the Mate X6 series in December. Andreas Zimmer, head of product at Huawei's consumer business group, presented the Pura 80 models in Dubai on Thursday. Photo: Handout 'The Pura series has always been the smartphones that had the biggest impact in the market,' Andreas Zimmer, head of product at Huawei's consumer business group, said at the event on Thursday.
Phone Arena
10-07-2025
- Phone Arena
Huawei Pura 80 is no longer China-exclusive, photographers should go crazy about its camera setup
Receive the latest mobile news By subscribing you agree to our terms and conditions and privacy policy Two zoom lenses on a single large sensor Variable aperture for the main camera Large 5,170 mAh battery 3.7x zoom for portraits and telephoto street photography 10x zoom for impressive close-ups What else is there? The Huawei Pura 80 series debuted less than a month ago in China and besides the Ultra model, there's also the vanilla Huawei Pura 80, the Pura 80 Pro and the Pura 80 Pro Ultra is, of course, the most powerful of them all and is the one that fans were hoping to step outside its homeland:The phone utilizes a 50 MP large, 1-inch sensor with a variable (f/1.6-4.0) aperture that's great for capturing detailed, vivid shots even in less-than-optimal settings (e.g., when it's dark). There's a 40 MP ultra-wide snapper and a multi-spectral Ultra Chroma Camera sensor that's responsible for accurate colors and precise, real to life star of the camera setup is the telephoto sensor, in front of which sit two distinct zoom lenses – that's the Switchable Dual Telephoto Camera:Huawei says that's the industry's largest telephoto sensor – and users can switch between the 3.7x and 10x zoom in the camera app. The camera hardware instantly moves the selected lens in front of the sensor and, boom, you're already taking photos of birds or capturing the lead singer's facial expressions at a concert from a great a great idea. Such a system may turn out to be prone to issues, but I don't care – it's innovation, and innovation is what is sorely needed in the smartphone industry right only thing I find a bit odd is the 10x magnification: that's often "too much". While 2x and 3x are perfect for portraits or capturing things that are a bit far away, there aren't that many day-to-day subjects that demand a 10x zoom. Don't get me wrong – I love what Huawei is doing, but maybe a 6x zoom would be more practical?The Pura 80 Ultra features the new AI Smart Controls Button, which provides quick access to frequently used functions such as the camera, flashlight, or AI lens, based on user preferences. The button includes fingerprint recognition for added security and ease of use. The devices also introduce advanced AI Noise Cancellation, which improves call quality by reducing background noise and enhancing voice clarity for both phone is powered by a 5,170 mAh battery, supported by 100W wired (and 80W wireless) charging speeds – and that's a convenience I can't give up now that I've tried it. Finally, to improve durability, the Pura 80 Ultra uses second-generation Crystal Armor Kunlun Glass, which offers better scratch and drop resistance compared to standard and availability will be announced shortly and we'll keep you updated.
