Huawei acts as if nothing had happened and will launch its Pura 70 in France (and probably without 5G, but still for more than 1,000 euros)

After their launch in China, the Huawei Pura 70 will indeed be released in France. In any case, this is what was confirmed to us yesterday during a briefing which, we will address, did nothing to reassure us on the most important thing.

Pura is the new name of the famous P range which made Huawei famous before the brand alienated the United States. This new trio of smartphones focuses, surprisingly, on photography. But we might as well rip the bandage off right away: no, they still don’t get Google on board.

Huawei plays king of silence with its new smartphones

This was to be expected with Huawei: the packaging is particularly careful. The Pura 70, Pura 70 Pro and Pura 70 Ultra adopt an exquisite design and know how to highlight their trio of cameras with a very muscular configuration.

The photo which, moreover, took up practically 80% of the briefing we attended, the brand being visibly very uncomfortable with the idea of ​​speaking rest. The rest being: its operating system, obviously still lacking Google apps and services, 5G (a priori absent) and even the SoC which will be embedded in smartphones.

You read correctly: the Pura 70 will be released next week in France without us knowing which chip they carry.

Everything for the photo

So, let’s go for the photo. We are not surprised, the Chinese brand takes particular care of its copy at this level. The entire range notably has a wide-angle with variable aperture, and generous at that: the Pura 70 and Pura 70 Pro adopt a 50 Mpx module (1/1.31 inch) whose optics vary between ƒ/1.4 and ƒ/4.0. Never seen.

The Pura 70 Ultra, for its part, relies on a 50 Mpx 1-inch sensor, but with a smaller aperture of ƒ/1.6-4.0. Originality: its sensor is mechanical and springs from the chassis when you want to use it. The idea is not to make the smartphone thicker than it already is. The brand specifies that the motor is designed for more than 300,000 uses and that the sensor is automatically retracted when a fall is detected.

Here is the photo configuration of the three smartphones in detail:

Pura 70

• Wide-angle: 50 Mpx; 1/1.31 inch; ƒ/1.4-4.0; OIS;
• Ultra wide-angle: 13 Mpx; ƒ/2.2;
• 5x telephoto lens: 12 Mpx; ƒ/3.4; OIS; 100x digital zoom;
• Selfie: 13 Mpx; ƒ/2.4.

Pura 70 Pro

• Wide-angle: 50 Mpx; 1/1.31 inch; ƒ/1.4-4.0; OIS;
• Ultra wide-angle: 13 Mpx; ƒ/2.2;
• 5x macro telephoto lens: 48 Mpx; ƒ/2.1; OIS; 200x digital zoom;
• Selfie: 13 Mpx; ƒ/2.4.

Pura 70 Ultra

• Wide-angle: 50 Mpx; 1 inch; ƒ/1.6-4.0; OIS;
• Ultra wide-angle: 40 Mpx; ƒ/2.2;
• 5x macro telephoto lens: 50 Mpx; ƒ/2.1; OIS; 200x digital zoom;
• Selfie: 13 Mpx; ƒ/2.4.

Only 2 OS updates

Other differences between the three models also include size. The Pura 70 is a flat-edged smartphone with a 6.6-inch screen, while the Pura 70 Pro and Pura 70 Ultra opt for slightly curved edges and a 6.8-inch diagonal.

But if there is one other thing that brings them all together, these Puras, it is their reported poor software monitoring. Huawei promises two updates to its operating system and three years of security support. You read correctly, for ultra high-end smartphones, and in a world where the Samsung Galaxy S24 and Pixel 8 now offer seven years of support.

Asked about the presence or not of features linked to generative artificial intelligence on its new mobiles, Huawei jumps in, citing “ respect for personal data » of its customers. Understand: no, there isn’t. “ But you are free to download third-party applications ! », continues our interlocutor. By going through the EMUI App Gallery, and not through the Play Store, of course.

Pura 70, Pura 70 Pro, Pura 70 Ultra: price and availability

Pre-orders for the Pura 70 will be open from Thursday May 2 in France. Huawei’s new smartphones will be offered at these prices and in these configurations:

• Pura 70: 999 euros (12+512 GB);
• Pura 70 Pro: 1,199 euros (12+512 GB);
• Pura 70 Ultra: 1,499 euros (16+512 GB).