Huawei Pura 70 Pro review: A 2024 photography flagship with retractable telephoto and a Kirin 9010.
A retractable-telephoto photography flagship.
Pura 70 Pro paired a variable f/1.4 main with a retractable macro telephoto — a creative camera flagship for the post-ban Huawei ecosystem.
01Display
86/10086/100 trails the 89-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.
02Camera
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.
03Performance
78/10078/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2024 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
78/10078/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2024 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
82/10082/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.
06Value
72/10072/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2024 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Retractable macro telephoto.
- Variable f/1.4 main + 80 W wireless.
- Kirin 9010 + IP68.
- Distinctive triangular camera island.
- No Google services.
- 220 g.
- China-first availability.
- HarmonyOS app gaps.
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? .