Huawei continues to innovate with one arm tied behind its back and one wonders what it could achieve without the sanctions imposed by the United States. You may not remember, but on September 7, 2022, Huawei was the first to offer satellite. Connectivity on a smartphone. Beating Apple‘s introduction of the iPhone 14 series with Emergency SOS via satellite by hours, the Mate 50 and Mate 50 Pro supported short text messages and satellite navigation using China’s BeiDou satellite network.
The innovation continued with last year’s Mate 60 Pro, which allowed users to make satellite calls. And remember, due to US export rules that prevent foundries that use US technology to produce chips from shipping next-generation silicon to Huawei, the Mate 60 series had to make do with a Kirin application processor (Keynote USA). 9000 7nm, two generations behind the 3nm A17.
Pro powers the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Recently, Huawei announced its first flagship series of 2024, the Pura 70 line.
Previously known as the P series, Huawei traditionally opens each year with these photo-based phones, and giving them a new name didn’t change the focus of the line (no pun).
According to Huawei Central, Huawei has added a new photography-related satellite feature to messages and calls that will be available to Pura 70 Ultra users. This feature, not available on any other phone, including the iPhone, will allow photos taken with the device to be shared via satellite when a cellular signal is not available.
The Huawei Pura 70 Ultra can send images via satellite
In addition to sharing images via satellite on the Pura 70 Ultra, users will also be able to make satellite calls and send SMS messages. All of these satellite-based capabilities are promoted as features that can be used in an emergency and there is no cellular signal available.
Sharing photos via satellite requires both the sender and recipient of the image to install the Changlian app on their phones. Without the app installed, the recipient will only receive a text message, not the image sent.
The above shows the image sent via satellite by Pura 70 Ultra. The bottom shows the text received by the recipient without using the Changlian app
The bandwidth available for sending satellite images is limited. As a result, image files are highly compressed, causing images to appear distorted or blurry. This is one of the reasons users are told that this feature is for emergency use only. One possible scenario would be that a user faced an emergency in an unknown location and sent a photo showing where help should be sent.
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