Andy Boxall / Digital Trends When you get to the point where you’re searching the internet to see if a service you want to use on your new smartphone — one that would make it truly usable – is a privacy threat or not, it’s time to reevaluate whether the device itself is worth it. Contents A troubling and frustrating start The Huawei Pura 70 Ultra’s hardware A really special camera It’s an expensive decision That’s where I got to with the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra , one of the most interesting phones I’ve used this year. It’s also equipped with a camera that could well be the very best out there.
Unfortunately, it’s also free of Google Services, and that poses a problem. Was the phone worth the effort I was about to expend? Recommended Videos A troubling and frustrating start Andy Boxall / Digital Trends In a fit of irony, given the reason the Pura 70 Ultra does not have Google Services as standard, I was questioning whether it was wise to sign into my Google account through an unknown platform. I found it through various recommendations online, and it promised to add Google Mobile Services to the Pura 70 Ultra.
I’d also then have to use a third-party app store, which I’d need to trust. Related Huawei’s gorgeous Pura 70 phones just got expanded availability A surprise phone just beat the Galaxy S24 Ultra in a big way The Nothing Phone 2a has an incredible feature no one’s talking about I’d have been far more comfortable using Google’s services direct.
