On April 18th, the Huawei Pura 70 series was officially released, just like last year's Mate 60 series was released, there is no exposure period, no warm-up period, and it is directly on the shelves of Huawei's official store. In fact, the Pura 70 series, which has not been announced, has many unexpected surprises worth exploring in addition to the new features mentioned in the official detail page.
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For the first time, the Pura 70 series supports the "Floor-level Device Search" feature provided by HUAWEI CLOUD, which is a function that can accurately display the specific location of the phone, so that users can find the phone more quickly if they lose it.
After years of development, the mobile phone is no longer a pure mobile communication tool, it plays the role of electronic wallet, electronic map, photographic equipment, mobile office and other roles in our lives, it can also be said that modern people have become more and more inseparable from mobile phones. The anti-loss of mobile phones has always been the most concerned part of the security and privacy of mobile phone manufacturers, and the "floor-level device search" function launched by Huawei Pura 70 series this time can help us find lost mobile phones faster, which we are curious about.
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Next, please follow Xiaolei's perspective and experience the "black technology" of the first release of the Pura 70 series.
"Black technology" that can be located offline?
At present, the mainstream mobile phone brands on the market have basically covered this function, which is essentially the use of the GPS positioning and network of the mobile phone, uploading the location to the cloud service, recording the corresponding location, and helping users find the mobile phone.
At present, after the most models turn on the function of finding devices, the system will prompt the approximate location update time, taking Xiaomi as an example, you can also set whether to automatically report the last location before the battery runs out, and the purpose is also to be quickly retrieved when the phone is lost.
Like most brands, Huawei's Find Device feature also supports functions such as sending the last location before the battery runs out, location sharing, and can also display the location of all devices under the same Huawei account. The Huawei Pura 70 series has updated the "Floor-level Device Search" function, which can display the positioning of the device on a specific floor, but official data shows that it only supports more than 10,000 mainstream cities in supermarkets, stations, airports and other public places with large passenger flow.
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It is worth mentioning that considering that the phone may not be able to use the network due to unexpected circumstances when the phone is lost, Huawei also provides an "offline location" function on the Pura 70 series, so that users can find the device even in a non-network environment.
In fact, compared with Apple, Xiaomi and other brands, Huawei's display position is more accurate, and the logic of use is more clear and obvious. As for "offline positioning", it is actually not much different from the function of sending the last location after the battery is exhausted mentioned earlier, but Huawei can still display more specific location information, which is still praised.
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Of course, in fact, the current search device services made by mainstream mobile phone brands are not too bad, whether it is the user experience, search speed, or security and privacy part, they have been relatively perfect. But after actually experiencing the functions of Huawei, Apple, and Xiaomi's three brands of finding devices, Xiaolei still feels that Huawei is slightly better.
Anti-loss, precise positioning is the first line of defense
Xiaolei chose Huawei Pura 70 Pro+, iPhone 15 Pro and Xiaomi Mi 14 as the comparison test models, and tested the differences between the three brands in terms of device search services by simulating the form of finding "lost" devices on the web.
In terms of user experience, Apple, Xiaomi's web login speed is the easiest and fastest, they each only need to enter the account and password on the web side, you can complete the login, and after logging in, you can directly view the device information under all accounts. For example, you need to perform real-name authentication on the last six digits of the user's ID card account to ensure the security of the lost device.
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Of course, whether it is better to secure authentication for login speed is fast and convenient, or better to authenticate multiple times, Xiaolei maintains an attitude. Just imagine, if someone else can easily log in to your cloud account, without the need for two-factor authentication, then the phone will be easily erased. Conversely, if a user is desperate to find a lost device, the authentication process is too complicated, which can also affect the speed of recovering the device.
In terms of positioning, Huawei is better than the other two brands. After logging in to your HUAWEI CLOUD account on an iPhone, it can provide the specific location information of all devices under the same account, update them quickly, and attach the floor, building, or house number data so that you can lock the approximate location of the lost device. Neither Xiaomi nor Apple will provide accurate location information on the web, and the iPhone can only give an approximate location range, which is very unfriendly to ordinary users.
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In addition, Huawei also provides navigation options directly in the Find interface, allowing users to navigate to their destination and find their lost phone based on the precise location information sent by the lost device. Apple, Xiaomi, currently do not match this function. However, Xiaomi can find historical positioning information in the local cloud service space, which can be regarded as making up for the regret of not providing accurate positioning display.
In addition to finding devices, Xiaomi Web Cloud provides relatively complete services, including album management, cloud disk management, address book and audio recording. If the user loses the mobile phone, then the complete mobile cloud service can at least provide an address book so that the user can contact friends and family as soon as possible. Apple's iCloud web terminal has a similar function, but most users will get stuck on the login screen because they can't provide two-factor authentication, and iCloud web terminal doesn't provide contacts, which is not as useful as Xiaomi.
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Overall, Huawei's search service is very comprehensive, not only fast and accurate login, but also offline location and floor location, which is quite useful in case of loss. Apple and Xiaomi provide relatively complete web-based cloud services, but in terms of finding this direction, they are still slightly lacking.
Will anti-loss and anti-theft become a new round of involution in the mobile phone market?
Before the Huawei Pura 70 series brought the "floor-level device search" function, mobile phone manufacturers have begun to think about how to make mobile phones more "secure" from multiple angles.
The most common practice on the market is to deeply bind the anti-loss mode of cloud services, such as Huawei, Xiaomi, or iPhone. On this basis, Apple, Xiaomi and other brands have also opened up cloud space services on mobile web terminals, so that users can retrieve and process their private data in case of loss.
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And when it comes to the brand with the most abundant anti-loss features, it may be Meizu. Flyme has long been involved in the phone loss mode, in which the lost phone will continuously send real-time location, play the lost audio at maximum volume, and at the same time, it can also turn on the front camera to shoot the person who seems to have found the phone. Therefore, there have been rumors among the people that "third-party repair shops dare not repair Meizu mobile phones".
Of course, the heavier the task of the mobile phone, the greater the significance for the user, in most cases, we still hope to be able to find the mobile phone in the first time to avoid unnecessary trouble. The HUAWEI Pura 70 series can debut a more accurate positioning "floor-level device search" function, which is actually equivalent to guarding the first line of defense for users to lose, if you can detect the loss as soon as possible and find the phone as soon as possible, it will still be easier to deal with than turning on the lost mode later.
As for whether loss prevention will become the next weather vane in the mobile phone market? Xiao Lei believes that this is certain. Regardless of whether mobile phone manufacturers now focus on similar functions such as anti-loss or finding mobile phones, it can be seen that privacy and security have become the standard configuration of most flagship models, such as Honor's professional security chip and dual TEE OS unique architecture launched on the folding screen flagship Magic V, or the VIP mode provided by OPPO on Find N3, Find X7 Ultra and other models, all of which are a manifestation of respect for user privacy and security.
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Judging from the current experience, although each company provides relatively rich functions for finding devices and anti-loss, there is still room for optimization, including the "floor-level device search" function of the Pura 70 series, and the official also said that the supported cities and data will continue to increase in the future. We have reason to believe that Huawei has made a good demonstration of loss prevention in the future mobile phone market, and we hope that all brands can also take advantage of this trend and continue to improve related functions and experiences.
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