HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro Review – More Than Just Benchmarks
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Appearance - 9/10
9/10
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Efficiency - 8.5/10
8.5/10
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Features - 7/10
7/10
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Materials - 8.5/10
8.5/10
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Performance - 7.5/10
7.5/10
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Portability - 8.5/10
8.5/10
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User Experience - 8/10
8/10
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Value - 8/10
8/10
Summary
The HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro is a great smartphone that befits its flagship stature. Though it might not be the best of the bunch, I would commend it as the value king of the Pura 70 series.
Overall
8.1/10Pros
+ Attractive, unique design
+ Excellent display, complete with adaptive 120Hz refresh rate
+ Good weight distribution makes it comfortable to hold
+ Works surprisingly well despite benchmarks
+ Facial recognition and fingerprint reader works fast and well
+ Great battery life
+ Superb camera performance
+ Excellent charging speed with included 100W charger, supports 80W wireless
+ Infrared port allows it to act as a smart remote
Cons
– No Google Mobile Services (GMS)
– No 5G connectivity
– Graphical performance could use improvements
– Can be a bit slippery to hold (rear) without a case, especially if wet
Unboxing the HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro
Starting off the HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro review with the unboxing, the packaging is a white box with the model name listed on the center. There’s also a HUAWEI App Gallery logo on the bottom, reminding people that this is the primary way to get apps downloaded on the phone. Inside the box, you can find the following items:
- 100W FlashCharge charging brick
- USB-C cable
- Documentations
- SIM ejector pin
- Clear protective case
- The HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro smartphone itself
Specifications
| SoC | Kirin 9010, 7nm 1 x Taishan Big @ 2.3GHz + 3 x Taishan Mid @ 2.18GHz + 4 x Cortex-A510 @ 1.55GHz Maleon 910 GPU |
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| RAM | 12GB LPDDR5X | |
| Storage | 512GB UFS 4.0 | |
| Display | 6.8″ 1.5K+ (2844 x 1260) 120Hz (adaptive) LTPO OLED Display 2,500 nits (peak) 1440Hz PWM Dimming 300Hz Touch Sampling Kunlun Glass 2 |
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| Rear Camera | 50MP f/1.4 – 4.0 wide angle camera, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS 48MP f/2.1 telephoto camera, PDAF, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom 12.5MP f/2.2 ultrawide camera LED Flash, panorama, HDR, 4K, Full HD, gyro-EIS |
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| Selfie Camera | 13MP f/2.4 (ultrawide), AF, HDR, panorama | |
| Battery | 5,050mAh 100W HUAWEI SuperCharge 80W Wireless HUAWEI SuperCharge |
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| Ingress Protection | IP68 | |
| Software | EMUI 14.2 | |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 6, dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) Bluetooth 5.2 with A2DP, LE, L2HC GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a+B2b), GALILEO (E1+E5a+E5b), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC NFC, Infrared USB-C 3.1 with OTG, DisplayPort 1.2 |
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| Dimensions | 162.6 x 75.1 x 8.4 mm 220g |
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| Colours | White and Black | |
Performance
Starting off our benchmark suite with Antutu v10, the HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro didn’t perform badly but we expected a bit more given that it’s part of a 2024 flagship series, let alone Pro model. Not only did it lose out to this year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, it also lost to last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which made me worry about the device’s potential. It’s at least definitely a league above midrange chips, being notably higher than the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 in the iQOO Z9, the strongest midrange performer we’ve had thus far.
In Geekbench 6, it’s not particularly different from the previous benchmark but the difference isn’t as staggering. This time around, the Kirin 9010 chip powering the HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro seems to be practically on par with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and still healthily above any midrange chips we’ve tested at this point in time.
Moving on to 3DMark, the HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro didn’t fare well as it had relatively low scores in both Wild Life and Wild Life Extreme. These may be resource-intensive 3D benchmarks but we did expect it to fare better considering its rivals are doing a whole lot better in this area. One upside that it has over its competition is thermal efficiency as it managed to go through the stress tests with a 99.8% stability rating, meaning no thermal throttling and it barely felt warm to the touch by the end of it.
Lastly on PCMark Work 3.0, the HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro performed well enough, easily breaking the 10,000 mark. While it seems to be on par with last year’s flagships in this area, it doesn’t change the fact that it can serve you well as a daily driver, and can multitask well enough. With 12 LPDDR5X RAM, there’s nothing to worry on the latter part but if you want more, you can always opt for the Pro+ or the Ultra models instead.
For those of you wondering about its battery life, the HUAWEI Pura 70 Pro has a great endurance score as it lasted 12 hours and 19 minutes (739 minutes) in PCMark’s Work 3.0 endurance test. It may not have the best battery life out there but it’s quite high up there among the best. Keep in mind that it managed to keep up with the ROG Phone 6D, a performance-oriented gaming phone with almost 1,000mAh capacity more in battery. To give you an idea, I can get two full days of use comfortably without intentionally limiting my use, but if I use the camera extensively like for video shoots, expect to charge it at least once a day.
As for charging speed, this is what I managed to get using the included 100W FlashCharge charger:
- 15 minutes = 51%
- 30 minutes = 73%
- 45 minutes 97%
- 49 minutes = 100%
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