Intro
Speaking of which, in this comparison, we’ll be focusing mainly on the camera aspect. The lack of GMS on the Pura and its limited availability make the phone something of an underdog. But this doesn’t apply to the camera system.
| Huawei Pura 70 Ultra | Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra |
|---|---|
| Shorter and lighter, aluminum frame | A tad wider and heavier, titanium frame |
| 6.8-inch 1-120Hz OLED, 459 PPI | Similar 6.8-inch screen, a tad brighter and also crisper with 501 PPI |
| Triple camera, main camera uses 50MP one inch sensor | Quadruple camera, main camera uses a 200 MP sensor with pixel binning, one additional telephoto with 3.0x optical |
| More memory in the base version (16GB) | Less memory in the base version (12GB) |
| Slower chipset due to US restrictions | Latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset |
| Larger 5,200mAh battery that will potentially deliver better battery life | A smaller 5,000mAh battery |
| Faster 100W wired and 80W wireless charging | Slower charging speeds |
Table of Contents:
Design and Display Quality
Kunlun glass or Armor?
The Galaxy S24 Ultra and the Pura 70 Ultra use different approaches when it comes to design. The Galaxy follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, using a boxy design with camera cutouts in the back glass and a titanium frame. The Pura, on the other hand, boasts a brand new design with a very interesting camera bump, a faux-leather back, and a slightly curved screen. The aluminum frame of the Pura is also much more rounded.
Due to the fact that the Pura 70 Ultra is shorter, it feels more compact in the hand, and the curved and rounded sides and edges feel more comfortable in the hand. The weight of both phones is very similar, and, of course, the Galaxy S24 Ultra comes with the S Pen tucked inside its slot.
The display situation is more similar than different with these two, despite looking otherwise at first glance. Both phones feature 6.8-inch panels with similar brightness and color accuracy. The resolution is better on the S24 Ultra but not by a huge margin, and both phones use LTPO panels, which can go from 1Hz to 120Hz with everything in between.
Our display tests showed just that—the displays of these two phones are very close. The Galaxy is brighter by around 300 nits in peak brightness, which might be hard to tell. The color temperature and minimum brightness are almost identical, and the Pura has a slight advantage in color accuracy and represents grayscale better as well.
Performance and Software
The US ban is taking its toll
Performance Benchmarks:
Camera
Now we’re talking!
The Huawei Pura 70 Ultra uses a 1-inch 50MP sensor, and it has a variable aperture and a physical diaphragm that can do F1.6–F4.0. What’s even more interesting is that the lens pops out of the body to allow the light to reach more of the huge sensor underneath.
The telephoto of the Galaxy is more flexible, as the phone comes with not one but two cameras, one sporting 3x zoom and another periscope with a 5x optical zoom camera. The Pura has only one 3.5x optical zoom periscope lens.
The 40MP ultrawide on the Pura technically has more pixels than the 12MP one on the Galaxy, but this doesn’t mean that it will produce better pictures. The megapixel race is over. So, time for some samples.
Main Camera
Daylight images are very similar, but there are more details on the ones taken with the Galaxy S24 Ultra (if you check out the clouds in the background). The Pura 70 Ultra also produces brighter images, which sometimes can even look a bit overexposed.
The low-light samples are closer, in our opinion, and the 1-inch sensor inside the Pura 70 Ultra does a great job of catching all those little photons. What’s also apparent is that the color tonality of the Pura is much warmer. Both photos have good detail and dynamic range, but overall, they have a different feel. The Pura image feels softer, while the Galaxy S24 Ultra is a bit sharper.
Zoom Quality
You can see from the shots above that samples taken with the Galaxy look more detailed and crisp at all magnification levels, barring 3.5x, which is the native zoom level of the Pura. All in all, if zoom is your thing, the Galaxy S24 Ultra is hard to beat.
Ultra-wide Camera
Selfies
We all know how good the S24 Ultra is at taking selfies, and this shows in the samples above. Surprisingly, the Pura selfie looks a tad more detailed, especially if we take a look at the background. Both phones produce natural-tone selfies, but the Galaxy exhibits a strange noise (look at the black portion of the jacket) and aggressive oversharpening. We think the Pura wins this wound.
Audio Quality and Haptics
Battery Life and Charging
There’s a slight difference in battery capacity between these two; the Pura has 200mAh more capacity than the S24 Ultra. Sadly, we couldn’t perform our battery tests on the Pura due to software limitations, but what we can say is that both phones will take you through a day of heavy use, and potentially stretch that to two days.
PhoneArena Charging Test Results:
When it comes to charging, we were really surprised to find that the 100W charging brick inside the retail box of the Pura 70 Ultra wasn’t able to completely obliterate the 45W wired charging support of the Galaxy S24 Ultra. In fact, the times are nearly identical up to the 30-minute mark, and the Pura wins with about 20 minutes in total 0-100 charge time.
Specs Comparison
| Specs | Pura 70 Ultra | Galaxy S24 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Dimensions | 162.6 x 75.1 x 8.4 mm | 162.3 x 79 x 8.6 mm |
| Weight | 226 g | 233 g |
| Screen | 6.8-inch OLED 1-120Hz |
6.8-inch Super AMOLED 1-120Hz |
| Processor | Kirin 9010 (7nm) | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
| RAM, Storage and Price | 16/512GB for 1,500 euros | 12/256GB for $1,299 |
| Cameras | 50MP main, f/1.6-4.0, 1″ sensor 40MP ultra-wide, f/2.2 50MP telephoto, 3.5x optical – 13MP front |
200MP main, f/1.7 12MP ultra-wide, f/2.2 10MP 3X zoom, f/2.4 50MP 5X zoom periscope 12MP front |
| Battery Size | 5,200 mAh | 5,000 mAh |
| Charging Speeds | 100W wired 80W wireless |
45W wired 15W wireless |
Which one should you buy?
The Huawei Pura 70 Ultra is no doubt a very interesting phone and a very capable camera phone as well. But the experience is incomplete and requires some serious sacrifices.
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