Huawei is trying something little different with its latest smartphone. Instead of making another tall, narrow candy-bar phone, the company has gone wider with the Pura X View that feels close to carrying a small tablet in your pocket.
At first glance, the unusual proportions are what grab your attention. But pick it up and another detail immediately stands out: despite being wider than a regular phone, it weighs just 201 grams and is only 6.68mm thick. That makes it noticeably lighter and thinner than you might expect from a phone with this kind of design.
Pura X View comes with a 6.39-inch display, but don’t let that number fool you. Huawei has given it a 16:9.5 aspect ratio, making the screen much wider than what we’re used to seeing on regular smartphones. The resolution is 2,232 × 1,320 pixels, while the bezels measure just 1.05mm on all four sides. Huawei claims a 96.1% screen-to-body ratio.
Huawei Pura X View — Specs & Price
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Display | 6.39-inch OLED |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9.5 |
| Resolution | 2,232 × 1,320 pixels |
| Refresh Rate | Not officially confirmed |
| Peak Brightness | 6,500 nits |
| PWM Dimming | 2,160Hz |
| Contrast Ratio | 1,000,000:1 |
| Bezels | 1.05mm on all four sides |
| Screen-to-Body Ratio | 96.1% |
| Operating System | HarmonyOS 7 |
| Chipset | Not officially confirmed |
| RAM | 12GB reported by some sources; |
| Storage | 256GB / 512GB / 1TB reported |
| Rear Cameras | Triple 50MP setup reported |
| Main Camera | 50MP |
| Telephoto | 50MP reported |
| Ultrawide | 50MP reported |
| Front Camera | 10.7MP reported |
| Battery | 7,000mAh |
| Charging | 66W wired charging reported |
| Thickness | 6.68mm |
| Weight | 201g |
| SIM | Not fully confirmed |
| 5G | Not officially confirmed |
| NFC | Reported |
| USB | USB-C |
| Colors | Shadow Red, Linen Grey,
Zero White, Phantom Black |
| AI Features | AI companion / HarmonyOS AI features |
| Launch | Announced August 20, 2026 |
| Pre-orders | August 28, 2026 |
| Price in China | Not officially announced |
| Expected Price | CNY 7,000 unconfirmed |
| Pakistan Price | Not announced |
| Global Availability | Not confirmed |
The display can also reach a claimed 6,500 nits peak brightness. The interesting part is how this extra width changes everyday use. When you’re reading an article, more words fit on each line, so there’s less text wrapping. When you’re browsing photos, the images appear larger. On some social media layouts, you can even see three columns of content instead of two.
It sounds like a small change on paper, but once you see the two formats side by side, the difference is pretty obvious.
This is probably where the wider screen makes the most sense. With a regular 16:9 video, the Pura X View can use almost the entire width of its display, leaving only small black bars at the top and bottom. On a conventional phone, you’re more likely to see larger black areas on the sides.
The same idea applies to vertical videos. TikTok-style content feels more spacious and immersive because the display doesn’t squeeze everything into the narrow shape we’re used to.
So while Huawei’s widescreen design might look strange at first, it starts to make a lot more sense once you actually watch something on it.
Huawei’s comparison with an iPhone Pro makes the difference even clearer. The Pura X View has a 6.39-inch screen, while the iPhone Pro used for comparison has a 6.3-inch display. That’s only a 0.09-inch difference. Yet the Huawei looks considerably wider because of its unusual aspect ratio. Photos appear larger, more text fits across a line, and videos make better use of the available display area.
One of the more surprising parts of the Pura X View is the battery. Huawei has managed to fit a 7,000mAh battery into a phone that’s just 6.68mm thick. That’s a huge battery for a device this thin, and it could make the Pura X View particularly interesting for people who spend a lot of time watching videos, browsing social media or reading on their phones. The box also comes with a 66W USB-C fast charger.
Pura X View is also among the first Huawei phones to come with HarmonyOS 7 out of the box. There’s an AI companion built into the experience as well. Double-tapping the status bar brings it up, and it can summarize long articles, offer suggestions based on what you’re reading and answer questions without completely taking you away from the page.
You can move the AI companion to the side when you don’t need it and return to the wider display when you want the full-screen experience again.
The phone has a triple-camera setup and Huawei’s familiar circular camera design, with a red accent around the lenses. It’s available in Black, White, Gray and Moon Shadow Red. The red version, in particular, has a distinctive look and was highlighted in the material. The front is probably the most impressive part visually. Those 1.05mm bezels are extremely thin and give the display a near edge-to-edge appearance.
Huawei’s Pura X sold 2 million units, while the Pura X Max came close to 500,000 units in its first month. That shows the unusual widescreen format isn’t just a one-off experiment. There appears to be a market for phones that don’t follow the standard tall-and-narrow design. And that’s probably the most interesting thing about the Pura X View.
Huawei isn’t trying to make another phone that looks like every other flagship on the market. It’s asking a much simpler question: what if we stopped making phones so narrow? With a 6.39-inch widescreen display, 7,000mAh battery, 6.68mm thickness, 201g weight, 1.05mm bezels, 96.1% screen-to-body ratio and HarmonyOS 7, it’s certainly an unusual package.
