The vanilla Huawei Pura 80 is late to the party – the rest of the Pura 80 family launched in China in early June and even managed an international launch since then. The vanilla model is only now ready to go and will be available in China this Wednesday (July 23).
Or maybe not even then, Huawei’s posts on Weibo talk of a pre-sale, suggesting that actual availability will come later. The posts mention school, so Huawei seems to be positioning this as a phone for students (school in China starts in early September).
The Huawei Pura 80 is coming on Wednesday (July 23)
The official page for the Pura 80 on Huawei China still lacks a “Buy” button and looking for the vanilla Pura 80 on the online store, we come up empty-handed. We will know more on Wednesday.
For now, we have to turn to leakster Digital Chat Station for more details. Apparently, the Huawei Pura 80 is powered by the Kirin 9010S and not a Kirin 9020 like the Pura 80 Pro+ and Pura 80 Ultra. Unfortunately, no details on the chip are available. The original Kirin 9010 has an octa-core Taishan CPU (1+3+4) with hyper-threading and a Maleoon 910 GPU.
Huawei Pura 80 in Velvet Gold, Velvet Green, Velvet White and Velvet Black
Huawei didn’t even say how much the Pura 80 will cost. DCS points to the CNY 5,500 ($765) launch price of the Pura 70 (12/256GB) as a benchmark. The higher-tier Pura 80 Pro (12/256GB) starts at CNY 6,500, so this sounds about right. The phone will launch with the brand new HarmonyOS 5.1 and will be available in four colors: Velvet Gold, Velvet Green, Velvet White and Velvet Black.