Huawei Pura 80 Ultra hands-on review Comments
- Sergiu
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adsubzero, 14 Aug 2025I wasn't talking about misleading focal lengths. I was talking about using so much AI tha... moreWell said
- Mike
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Skafander, 28 Jul 2025Looks like army of bots is attacking Huawei (USA maybe?) Anyway, I'm changing phones e... moreSO many bots out there man! Thanks for the real comments
- Mike
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fatiwiy910, 11 Jul 2025Has Huawei cleared up its misleading marketing which makes people think this phone has 9.4x *o... moreNot you again bot. You've come from Reddit to sow false narratives again!
- adsubzero
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Aierlan, 14 Aug 2025Xiaomi's optical zoom level is 4.1x (around 94/95mm) on the Xiaomi 15 ultra but they fals... moreI wasn't talking about misleading focal lengths. I was talking about using so much AI that it makes the photo look like oil painting and people looking like PS1 characters.
- Aierlan
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adsubzero, 17 Jul 2025"9.4x optical zoom"
The 10x button is their on-screen preset which means that'... moreXiaomi's optical zoom level is 4.1x (around 94/95mm) on the Xiaomi 15 ultra but they falsly claim it to be 4.3x
/100mm in their advertising materials. They have done similar things on many of their phones
- Anonymous
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Update and fix all support Huawei Pura 80 ultra os just now
- Trollhammeren
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no face ID , and no G :(
First one really annoys me tho ...
Really hope the camera trickles down to Honor :D
- Skafander
- Phu
Looks like army of bots is attacking Huawei (USA maybe?)
Anyway, I'm changing phones every 3 months, I used Mate 60 Pro Plus last year, it was best camera phone I had, and after I also used Xiaomi 14 Ultra, Honor Magic 7 Pro, Vivo X200 Pro, Oppo Find N3, Oppo Find N5 and probably some others I don't remember.
Huawei photos were most balanced - lights, shadows, but also vidid colors. My wife uses now P60 Pro and photos are sometimes better than on my X200 Pro. Yes, we have these phones, and are not bots :) Btw. 5G is working in Huawei outside china, we tested it :)
- Rockrizzly
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Schnoizl, 18 Jul 2025Jup fully agree, terrible mushy processing and also color science. also: DXO are total buffoo... moreIt's produced an exact color as in real life scene tho
- Rocky
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Schnoizel, 18 Jul 2025no it isn't, the painting-esque look was always an issue with huawei phones that use ryyb... morethis time it has true chroma sensor (temperature color sensor with 1.5milion colors). this time the color science is way better than previous 70series
- Schnoizel
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YUKI93, 16 Jul 2025I looked at the photos on my PC monitor and on my TV. Tbh, I'm not impressed with the pho... moreno it isn't, the painting-esque look was always an issue with huawei phones that use ryyb sensors and filters.
they can't correctly reproduce certain colors due to the missing green channel and thus have this strange looking tones and color transitions.
i tested it on my pura 70 pro and compared it to my xiaomi 14 and 15 ultra, i took a photo of my computer mouse which has 5 different transitioning led colors.
the huawei results were absolutely terrible, blocky, and with a lot of fringing, whereas the x14 and 15 ultra created a perfect and smooth result.
i speak from experience; just don't get a huawei, it's all marketing blahblah and overhyping from fanboys.
- Schnoizl
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adsubzero, 16 Jul 2025https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/25/huawei-pura-80-ultra-handson/camera1//camera/gsmar... moreJup fully agree, terrible mushy processing and also color science.
also: DXO are total buffoons, they have have no clue what they're talking about.
- Deanie
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1. I'm not convinced by the camera samples. They still have a very Huawei look that goes all the way back to the P30 Pro and that I've always disliked. Backgrounds are still blown out, overall colour balance is off and detail looks oversharpened (even if it's actually not been).
2. Performance is utterly appalling in 2025. Scrub that, 2022 even. There are $250 handsets that can beat this.
3. Overall meh, overhyped and irrelevant outside China.
- Fa14bi
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Anonymous, 16 Jul 2025This is a 2.1x digital crop with AI upscaling, what did you expect? Vivo, Xiaomi and Oppo do t... moreIf you used the true magnification of 4,7Times you would simply see black borders as not everything fits in.
The sensor is getting cropped to avoid it.
Not Possible to do this with an 1/1.28 Sensor at 4,7 Times Optical
- adsubzero
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Anonymous, 16 Jul 2025This is a 2.1x digital crop with AI upscaling, what did you expect? Vivo, Xiaomi and Oppo do t... more"9.4x optical zoom"
The 10x button is their on-screen preset which means that's the focal length they are comfortable with, or in other words it should have optimal processing.
Btw Vivo, Oppo or Xiaomi don't do this. The quality of processing is infinitely better than this garbage. I used X100 Ultra and now using Xiaomi 15 Ultra, there is absolutely no contest between them and Huawei. I don't understand where such a praise for Huawei photo quality is coming from. Some say color accuracy, perhaps white balance is accurate but colors are oversaturated in any profile. Lighting is okay though it can sometimes look overexposed. Details are not that good compared to competition and look artificial at any zoom level. It would have been impressive in 2020. maybe.
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 16 Jul 2025This is on their specs page: 12.5 MP Telephoto Camera (9.4x Optical Zoom, F3.6, Sensor Shif... moreCan you define, in your own words, what the difference between optical and digital zoom is.
- Anonymous
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adsubzero, 16 Jul 2025https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/25/huawei-pura-80-ultra-handson/camera1//camera/gsmar... moreThis is a 2.1x digital crop with AI upscaling, what did you expect? Vivo, Xiaomi and Oppo do this too at 10x+. It would’ve looked much better at 4.7x if Huawei had just let you use the true focal length instead of this upscaled abomination.
- adsubzero
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Shamrock Sean, 10 Jul 2025Nothing wrong with Huawei processing https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/reviews/25/huawei-pura-80-ultra-handson/camera1//camera/gsmarena_087.jpg
There is no need to even go to low light shots to see that horrible processing. This is (basically) native focal lenght. Look at this abomination. Everything is plastic. Crop in to the foliage, look at the floor, look at the two people which look like they're straight out of a cartoon or a video game. NATIVE FOCAL LENGTH. Absolutely disgusting and shameful results...
But incoming dxomark review with "zomg best camera ever"...
- Anonymous
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Anonymous, 15 Jul 2025There are teardowns avaible for you to watch and a simple look at the design should give you m... moreThis is on their specs page:
12.5 MP Telephoto Camera (9.4x Optical Zoom, F3.6, Sensor Shift OIS)
It may not be using the full sensor (12.5 MP out of the full 50 MP) but it still is an optical zoom. What issue do you have with their marketing?
