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- HUAWEI has announced the Pura 80 series of smartphones.
- The Pura 80 Ultra has a switchable tele lens, which sees one zoom camera used for two periscope lenses.
HUAWEI has been teasing the Pura 80 series of flagship phones for a while now, and leaks point to a radical zoom camera system for the Pura 80 Ultra. Now, the company has indeed announced the Pura 80 series.
The Pura 80 Ultra stands out from other smartphones by offering a single zoom camera sensor for two sets of periscope lenses (3.7x and 9.4x). In fact, text on the back of the phone characterizes this as a “switchable tele lens.” More specifically, a prism seems to move between the two lenses as needed. This differs from Sony’s variable telephoto camera system, which sees the lenses moving to achieve different levels of zoom.