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HUAWEI Pura 80 Ultra & Pro Plus Hands-on: The Most Insane Telephoto Camera on Earth

Upcoming Compact Smartphones in 2025: Google, Vivo, Xiaomi, and More

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Good morning, tech folks! ☀️ Have we got the most insane smartphone camera ever? 📸

In today’s newsletter, we go hands-on with Huawei's potentially record-breaking telephoto system, we break down their Pura 80 lineup, and have an exciting roundup of upcoming compact smartphones from major brands.

Meanwhile, we're exploring how iOS 26 is finally catching up to Android features and Android 16's early arrival with visual enhancements.

Here's what you'll find in today's tech roundup:

  • Exclusive Huawei Pura 80 Ultra hands-on video

  • Complete Pura 80 series breakdown and features

  • Upcoming compact smartphones preview

  • iOS 26's Android-inspired features

  • Android 16's early release and new design language

  • Additional reads about Red Magic's gaming tablet, budget mechanical keyboards, and Huawei's new tablet colors

Read on for all the details!

Check out our HUAWEI Pura 80 Ultra & Pro Plus hands-on video focusing on the groundbreaking telephoto camera system!

We talk about zoom capabilities, image quality, and real-world photography scenarios.

Is this truly the most advanced telephoto camera ever put in a smartphone?

Some camera sample shots are also included.

Huawei’s latest Pura 80 series has officially arrived in China, and this year’s lineup is all about pushing imaging technology forward while improving the overall user experience.

The four new models, Pura 80, Pura 80 Pro, Pura 80 Pro+, and Pura 80 Ultra, bring the brand’s most advanced camera hardware to date, along with bigger batteries, better displays, and more versatile satellite connectivity.

Compact smartphones have made a comeback in recent months. For a long time, this segment was primarily dominated by offerings from Samsung, Apple, and Google.

In recent years, Xiaomi entered this category with its base flagship model. A few months ago, Vivo also joined the list with a “mini” version of its flagship phone. As we are only halfway through the year, several more compact smartphones are expected to launch.

Smartphone brands are constantly taking inspiration from one another.

Android manufacturers are often inspired by the iPhone’s design elements, but Apple is usually a couple of years behind in terms of software features.

Apple's iOS 26 announcement showcased various new features for iPhones, but here are a few that Android users have had for years.

Android 16 is finally here, and it brings a number of visual changes aimed at improving the user experience. It also marks the earliest major Android release in years and lays the foundation for Google‘s new Material 3 Expressive design language.

This is the Android 16 QPR1 beta release (Google just rolled out QPR1 Beta 2 with some fixes), currently available for supported Pixel devices. Let’s take a look at what’s new.

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Joel Joseph

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