Is the iPhone in TROUBLE? Huawei Pura 70 Ultra Review
The HUAWEI Pura 70 Ultra is now available in Europe, and I’ve been giving it a thorough test… in China! Find out what I think about the crazy pop-out camera system, that striking design, and everything else Huawei has packed into their latest flagship.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Specs and pricing
02:55 - Design and display
04:33 - Performance
06:10 - Camera
10:50 - Conclusion
What are your top three requirements for smartphones?
1. A working app-store 2. Not having the Chinese government know my every move 3. No bloatware. Think this phone would be for me?
Same as you - camera, battery and how it integrates with my life
@@DobuDobuDobuDot I much prefer the USA /google/meta to spy on me!
1. It must work with my Apple Watch. 2. Battery life 3. Camera
My most favourite phone ever was the p30 pro last phone to have Google services and I still think that if it wasn't for the US ban Huawei would be the number one cell phone manufacturer.
without the sanction, Huawei would have been by far the top brand all over the world, I used P40 and I know how good this company is, I'm still using their watch and headset :)
Great phone! I am asking my son to buy one for me. He’s currently traveling in China.
In Sweden, we cannot use Huawei after the first of June if you want a BankID that everyone must have to do most things when it comes to banking or connected authorities. That's how it goes when you have to dance to USA Pipe.
We have the same issue with the BankID app in Norway
It has an gbox pre installed. Could work
I'm on the same boat. My last Huawei is a P30 Pro. stop me from using Huawei is BankID also Android Auto. They are releasing this phone in Germany. let's wait if the phone can install the Google app. I was thinking about the Magic 60pro, but the Pura 70 just so attempting.
@@alxdava2004 what is gbox sir
@@user-eo1qx4ti9d I heard Android Auto it's working on p70 :-?
Im in the US and have been using Huawei since the P50 Pro was released. Just got my Pura 70 Ultra. This thing is a beast. All of the apps I need work and for everything else there is Gbox. (Drive, Maps, etc). All my banking app, social media apps, smart home apps, securty camera apps works great. I just port it over using Phone Clone from my S22 Ultra.
Hey, I'm in the US & want this phone. I'm tired of the Pixel Can Google apps work on the global version?
@@DjCotesMusik Sure, you just need to do what he's done get gbox and you can use almost everything
@@DjCotesMusik He mentioned Gbox (Drive, Maps, etc).... Sounds like a yes to me.
How do you acquire? I want one, I'm in US too
@@tweedy4sg Well, I want to see if he side-loaded them or if not, do they get updates. Maybe my initial comment wasn't clear.
Watching this review with my Pura 70 Ultra 🥰😂 it's has revolutionary photography, I really love it.. BTW great review as always 👌
do u feel eyes pain when u are using phone? i have pain from all last smartphones...
Wow!
Can this phone run Android apps and Google Mobile Services?
@@jeanlaikan8400 yes, it can run all google moblie servioces! I realy love my Pura70 Ultra. Super charge(20%-100% in 20 min), Stable and smooth system(my last smartphone P50Pro, I have never rebooted except for system updates）， the best camera!
兄弟，gbox安装youtube看不了视频如何解决？
It is in China. That's their second biggest market and iPhone sales are dropping like a stone
Actually, Apple earnings came out yesterday, and that was fake news by people who have an anti-Apple agenda. Sales dropped 7% in the latest quarter, but that was down to supply constraints (a problem for a week).
iphone is only strong in the u.s but outside the u.s huawei and android phones rules
Good! Let the market decide. At least China allows Apple to compete. Unlike America where they are afraid of fair competition and need to cheat and play dirty tricks to protect Apple and Google
@@LeBUMisaFlopper Not really. I know younger Koreans and Japanese are heavily into Iphones especially with the influences of kpop idols who always using Iphones.
@@jeppyjepstats say otherwise
Watching this from p20 pro, bought it from 2018 and still functioning good. I can't imagine how much of a beast is a Pura 70.
How is the battery life ?
It suck ;]
@@hydzior thanks 🙏
I'm using P30p, still original battery, almost 4-5 years. I use it heavily everyday, luckily it still works fine, although it suggests to go to the service
I'm using P20 pro. It's already 6 years. Battery still good.
4:44 said perfectly. How many of us need 4^20 antutu benchmark..! May be 5%
1%
It is very common for people in China to have two mobile phones. For example, one for personal use, one for work, one for gaming, one for photography, one for internet browsing, and one for watching movies. You can customize these combinations based on your own needs and preferences.
I live in the states and had a P40 pro. It.was perfectly useable with a few work arounds. I currently own a vivo x100 pro that i imported.
Insane picture quality 👌🏾
Huawei photo have no exaggerated colour in both photos and videos. Keep it real!😊
As a photographer that's one of the best photos I've seen on a smartphone. And yes, huawei were the first one on those 3 categories but this pop up camera lens is not. I think it was the Phantom phone made it last year? Forgot the name hehe new sub here! great video!
That was Tecno Phantom X2; the first pop out camera lens on smartphone
@@bolajioladeji8401what about the wee Galaxy S4 zoom that came out in 2014?
Huawei claim was first for "1 inch pop-out camera" not "tiny pop-out camera"
Great video! I really hope you do more reviews of Huawei products going forward. They really seem to be back in the game.
Great review bro 👍🏽 I wish the US would move the band and let Google come back. But they couldn't take the competition
Great photos, you did it justice, nice composition and subjects.
Great review ... Would love to check out the phone, especially because of the cameras. Unfortunately I won't be able to since I live in the States
Huawei is the best ❤🔥🔥🔥
Huawei best ❤
My s23 ultra is 39% Huawei inside
Hi Mark, thank you for the detailed review of the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra. I found the photo quality to be sharp and clear, but I was somewhat disappointed by the jittery main video at 10:07
Still waiting for Huawei flagship phone to come to Malaysia 😢. Imagine US didn't ban Huawei.. they should be top selling phones by far now
Omg I love the photos! Daaamn 👏
Those photos are soo good ngl ✋❤
That looks really Beautiful
great review, I would consider it, can it be ordered in unlocked from abroad?
All global version of chinese smartphones are unlocked.
Nice video! Please share that green wallpaper. It’s so cool
Fantastic! Love it!
Awesome review thanks.
I'll have the brown or green 1 thank you
America knows that Huawei is going to be the n°1 phone on the world, that's why you know if you know...
This is a camera with calling and internet functions 😛
Nice review! Did Huawei invite you to China to see their phone? Also will you do another Samsung daily driver update? I'm still expecting the "why I switched back to iPhone video" did you really switch? I like their phones but even the smallest Samsung is quite large coming from a mini iPhone
Great photos
Huawei impressive ❤ 👏
Love how the Huawei bots vote up literally anything, lol.
Beautiful pics.
I'm still using my mate20pro. I want this soooo much. but why they cancelled the support of nmcard?!!!! I need it. Looks like I have to wait for Mate70 then
You can buy it with 512gb or 1tb. There's really no need to add extra!
love it😍
Besta review i haver seen só far for the pura 70 series. ❤
Extremely appealing, especially for the camera system - but without a proper western release, I can't see myself ever bothering with it. Sadly!
It's coming globally
€1600 in the EU when released.
it has been released for pre-order in europe
@@k1dalhdWhere? Can't find a link and I'm in Europe.
Huawei is the best 👍❤️🇨🇳
Esse até o momento o melhor do mundo em câmeras se eh lokooo toppp demais
Perfect.
Hey, how did you get connected with Huawei? My channel focuses on Chinese phones, would love to attend an event soon
I follow your channel and wondered the same! Great to see a top apple fanboy Like @mark ellis recognise Huawei excellence.
I'm definitely following you Mark, because this has been the best review I've ever seen. Guyss follow and like 🎉❤
I prefer a pill cut out like the P40 Pro because you get secure facial recognition. It is so much quicker and more convenient than fingerprint. I like that the Mate series keeps the 3d scanner and Honor too with the Magic 6 Pro.
HUAWEI ❤🇨🇳😘
I agree with your opinions about 3 things what is matter
The brown or the black one is my favorite.
It may not be announced on the time you make this video, but I think it got a global version using MIUI14.2. It actually run Google apps and GMS pretty well with MicroG.
I must wait until mid June until it will release by my country. I cant wait
The LG G5 was the 1st dual camera phone as far as i remeber.
Awesome camera.
Still thinking about waiting for pixel 9 pro or this one.
Where can I preorder it? I live in Europe (Sweden)
Huawei Pura 70 series smartphones arrive in Europe with a starting price of €999. Search this news for more info.
Looks like you went to Hong Kong specifically :) Looks quite nice to be honest. Shame not in the UK
Photos are a mixture of Hong Kong and Shenzhen ;)
Rumours say in the EU, it will cost €1600, so I do not think Apple will be too worried. Though there may be some pre-order freebies, it is likely you will still have to pay for them.
You forgot about the satellite image sending
Mind blowing
Can't wait to have their HarmonyOS Next, current HarmonyOS still not clean enough, not perfect.
indeed a very nice design phone with a fast camera to catch a fast moment of life in HK
How well the phone works with my mac (Basically just an iPhone)
The pictures are nice and soft
Silly question does it support wireless charging or reverse wireless charging?
Do you even watch the whole video?
Very nice 👍🏾
Now at Malaysia it was launched the Pura 70, Pura 70 Pro and Ultra with EMUI 14.2 version. I don't think Global version is with Harmony OS
Global comes with EMUI 14.2
@@k1dalhd will the EMUI be discontinued once the HarmonyOS NEXT is released later this year?
Yup, confirm EMUI also stated Kirin9010 or Kirin9000S1 soc on HUAWEI website
@@ibrahimtouman2279 that's something I don't know.. maybe they will go the same... HarmonyOS Next for China and EMUI for Europe... we will see..
@@ibrahimtouman2279Huawei can't launch Harmony OS ver 4 & above just yet as outside of China, they need to train the app developers on the Harmony OS first. It's going to be 1-2 yrs after the global launch of Harmony OS before they can move Huawei phones to full Harmony OS.
google services already working in p70 using sideload built in
The colors are way more natural. Superb camera. In my opinion, better than the current high end iPhones & Samsung Galaxy Ultra.
iPhone is never in trouble. People will either buy an iOS (iPhone)or an Android (many options) depending on the type of OS they like.
Needs a Jerry rig scratch test
Amazing foto wow
Is it also 5G capable
The pop-up camera was introduced by tecno
I can't think of a better time to get off of social media.
Best company phone google should collaborate with them.
Pura70 high-speed camera is the ultimate solution for capturing moments of children, pets, extreme sports, and even for traffic enforcement purposes. Whether you have a baby, a pet, engage in fast-paced sports, or need it for law enforcement purposes, Pura70 is the perfect choice.
Another perfect work from huawei company when it comes to innovation huawei is the one who are progress when it comes to over all performance in technology even they are restricted in other aspects.they also raising the competition among the other brands like samsung and apple. Look what apple pad 2024 they adapt the light weight that huawei first did but still its not bezelles.huawei also is the go when it comes to premium gadgets but will not compromise its quality and your budget. look at there phone tablet laptap and watches they give it innovative upgrade not like other brand that it took so slow for them to innovate (hi,apple) 😂theyr just making out of money from simple upgrade thats not worth it.and it cost much.again congrats huawei,by the way im still happy using the huawei matepad 13.2 and free buds pro 2 its 4months already but its make me like it more and more😘😘😘🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
So , what is better ..pura 70 or Samsung s24 ultra ?
For my use case x3.5 telephoto trumps x5 range ..
The app gap is a big one for my usage world 😢
Why would the iPhone be in trouble? Not like these phone are any cheaper than the iPhone.
Fair comments! Great job! Dump yr IPhone for the amazing value for money gadget!
Given you a very cheeky thumbs up.
Thank you!
The only issue holding us back is the apps missing especially the crypto ones.....
Is anyone talking about the bezels....it's so thin ❤❤❤
Correction on this: First dual camera mobile device HTC M8 2014 April 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
Actually, a hong kong store preloads google play onto huawei phones....
Its definitively the best phone of the year
Is 8 or 16 Podcast coming again soon or have you stopped it now?
Thanks for asking. It is! We've just had a break due to travels, etc. Returns next weekend!
@@MarkEllisReviews Great, look forward to it. Cheers. 👍🏻
Forget about the Huawei, have you seen the Sony experia 1 VI 🤯 😭
Eu ja falei a Huawei não esta com brincadeira
Wish I can get it Nepal ❤😢😢
Htc one M8 was the first phone with dual camera system released in 2011
No Google, no buy. But it seems like a great phone for chinese market
Has microG pre installed so apps work
99% of google apps work with GBox (with Google Play Store) or microG (with Aurora Store) both work the same, with updates coming automatically :)
You can install it yourself, not a big deal
@@julienckjm7430 i don't spend 1499€ to install Google services and not having long term support by default. Do it if you want to.
@@julienckjm7430 i don’t buy a 1499€ smartphone to install Google services. I want Google services by default and long term support by default. I don’t want any friction. If you want to pay for that, you can.
❤❤❤❤
Amazing photos better than iphone
Flagship phone with Bluetooth 5.2! It can NOT even boast a fresh Bluetooth chip 5.3. 😂 All Samsung S 24 series phones and Apple iPhone 15 have 5.3 version.
Correction: it is the p60 art successor
the US banned Google Service Framework on it....
i like the design and specs but im not sold on the quality of all the pictures taken. maybe an in dept review of the camera will change my mind
You already bought the phone! Hehe
Huawei make great phones...but if they cannot run Google apps and Google Play Store, it's dead in the water for me. I couldn't even consider it because of the lack of Google support