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Huawei Pura 70 review: A camera flagship with a Kirin chip and HarmonyOS.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2024·$800
Overall
82/100
Class rank
#187 of 248
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

A camera-led HarmonyOS flagship.

Huawei Pura 70 leads with a variable-aperture 50 MP camera and a macro periscope, a 2,500-nit LTPO OLED and IP68 — a superb shooter, provided you can live without Google services on HarmonyOS.

01Display

86/100

86/100 trails the 89-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.

TypeLTPO OLED, 120 Hz
Size6.6 inches
Resolution2,760 × 1,256 px
Peak brightness2,500 nits

02Camera

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

Main50 MP, variable f/1.4–4.0, OIS
Telephoto12.5 MP, 4.3× macro periscope
Ultrawide12.5 MP
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

74/100

74/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2024 — 16 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetKirin 9010 (7 nm)
RAM12 GB
Storage256 / 512 GB / 1 TB

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.

Capacity4,900 mAh
Wired66 W
Wireless50 W

05Build

82/100

82/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.

06Value

70/100

70/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2024 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • Variable-aperture 50 MP + macro periscope.
  • 2,500-nit LTPO OLED.
  • IP68 + 50 W wireless.
  • Premium build.
What doesn't
  • No Google services (HarmonyOS).
  • Kirin 9010 trails latest Snapdragon.
  • 4G-only outside China for some models.
  • Pricey.
Cross-shop it against
iPhone 17 Pro Max
$1199 · score 93/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 248-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .