The article has repeatedly expressed a viewpoint that among domestic flagship smartphones, Huawei is the least worried about sales. Taking the Mate 60 series as an example, by the end of June 2024, it had sold more than 10 million units, which is enough to make many manufacturers envious.

However, in the current mobile phone market, even a strong brand like Huawei faces pressure in terms of sales volume because Apple has significantly reduced its prices. The selling prices of the phones from these two brands are highly overlapping, making them competitors. Since Apple has lowered its prices, Huawei has also started a price reduction mode, with its products seeing a price drop ranging from 5,000 to 1,000 yuan. Currently, two Huawei flagship models have been reduced to under 5,000 yuan. Let's take a look at them.

1. Mate 60 Standard Edition

The first Huawei flagship phone to drop below 5,000 yuan is the Mate 60 Standard Edition. Referring to the price on JD.com, its starting price has now become 4,949 yuan, which is a good choice for users who like Huawei phones because its experience is much better than that of Huawei phones costing over 3,000 yuan.

For example, in terms of appearance and texture, the Mate 60 is definitely one of the excellent ones within the 5,000 yuan range. It adopts a rather unique metal integrated frame structure, which brings stronger body rigidity. At the same time, its star ring dual-camera remains the most classic design language, and the whole machine looks elegant and simple, with a sense of quality.

In terms of smoothness, it uses the self-developed Kirin 9000S processor, which has a symbolic significance. Although its performance ceiling is not high, it is controllable and autonomous. With the optimization of Huawei's HarmonyOS system, it can provide users with a silky smooth experience.

From my subjective experience, the daily smoothness of the Huawei Mate 60 is indeed comparable to that of the better-performing Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 phones, which is more than enough for most users.

In addition, in terms of endurance and charging, this phone's performance is also not bad. It adopts a combination of a 4,750mAh battery, 66W wired, and 50W wireless charging. For most office workers, one charge per day is no problem, and it takes about 43 minutes to charge from 0% to 100%.Then there's the screen quality of this phone, which, in my opinion, also deserves a good review. It's the flat screen form factor that I like. To be specific, it's a 6.69-inch OLED flat screen with a resolution of 2688*1216 and a PPI of 440, offering a delicate display effect. It also supports a 1-120HZ adaptive refresh rate, which balances smoothness and power consumption. Additionally, it features a combination of 1440HZ high-frequency PWM dimming at low brightness and quasi-DC dimming at medium to high brightness, which is relatively eye-friendly.

As for its photography capabilities, it can meet the needs of most users with a combination of a 50-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 12-megapixel periscope telephoto camera, both the main and telephoto cameras supporting optical image stabilization.

The main camera uses a 1/1.56-inch sensor with the IMX766 and supports a variable aperture of F1.4-F4.0, ensuring ample light intake and decent photo quality. Moreover, its telephoto camera supports 5x optical zoom, making distant scenes easily accessible!

Lastly, the Mate 60 also supports high-end features like IP68 dust and water resistance and two-way satellite messaging. Considering its price of less than 5000, it remains quite competitive.

2. Pura 70 Standard Edition

It's not just the Mate 60 that has dropped below 5000; the Pura 70 Standard Edition has as well. Moreover, in terms of pure hardware configuration, it has some advantages over the Mate 60 Standard Edition and is currently one of the most suitable Huawei flagships for the general public.

In every aspect, the Pura 70 Standard Edition performs well. Among Huawei's flagship series, I believe its cost-performance ratio is among the highest. In terms of build quality, it features a highly recognizable combination of a triangular wind vane Deco, a vertical metal frame, and a centered single-hole flat screen. Coupled with a body thickness of less than 8mm, the overall feel of the device is commendable.

In terms of smoothness, it is equipped with the Kirin 9000S1 processor. As mentioned earlier, the performance ceiling of Huawei's flagship chips is not high, but the system optimization and tuning are excellent, providing users with a very smooth experience except for a few large game scenarios. In contrast, the Snapdragon 8+ processor used in the P60 series has a much higher performance ceiling, but the actual smoothness is indeed not as good as the Pura 70 series, so it can be said that Kirin plus HarmonyOS is a perfect match.

Regarding the screen, the Pura 70 features a relatively small 6.6-inch flat screen with a PPI of 460, offering a very delicate display effect. It also has a global peak brightness of over 1300 nits, ensuring clear visibility under outdoor sunlight. Additionally, it supports a 1-120HZ LTPO adaptive refresh rate, balancing smoothness and power consumption. Finally, it also supports a combination of 1440HZ high-frequency PWM dimming at low brightness and quasi-DC dimming at medium to high brightness, which can alleviate eye fatigue from prolonged screen viewing.In terms of photography, the Pura 70 outperforms the Mate 60 significantly, as it has upgraded its main camera to the OV50H sensor with a large 1/1.3-inch sensor size and also supports variable aperture technology from F1.4 to F4.0. This allows it to capture high-quality photos in both low light and daylight conditions, which is an exceptionally good performance for a device within the 5000 price range.

Additionally, in terms of battery life and charging, the Pura 70 does not lag behind. It features a combination of a 4900mAh battery, 66W wired charging, and 50W wireless charging. Based on real-world testing, it can achieve a full day's charge with moderate usage habits, and it takes approximately 39 minutes to charge from 0% to 100%.

While the Pura 70 excels in photography, it falls a bit short in peripheral specifications. It does not support infrared remote control, satellite messaging, and it uses a Z-axis motor.

If you are a particular fan of Huawei smartphones, both the Mate 60 standard edition and the Pura 70 standard edition are well worth purchasing. As previously mentioned, their overall experience is far superior to Huawei's mid-range devices, and they are also the most affordable options within Huawei's flagship series, making them suitable for the majority of users to buy.