Huawei Mate 70 Air vs Apple iPhone Air
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84
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 7-inch Huawei Mate 70 Air (with HiSilicon Kirin 9020A) that was released on November 6, 2025, against the Apple iPhone Air, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Huawei Mate 70 Air
- Comes with 3351 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 3149 mAh
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Stereo speakers
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone Air
- 71% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2568K versus 1504K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Handles wireless charging up to 20W
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A19 Pro
- 3.3x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4044 and 1212 points
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 43 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.8 mm narrower
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 7 inches | 6.5 inches |
| Resolution | 1320 x 2760 pixels | 1260 x 2736 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.9:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 437 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Huawei Kunlun Glass | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.3% | 88.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Mate 70 Air
7″ (19.9:9 ratio) = 18.4 in2
iPhone Air
6.5″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165 mm (6.5 inches) | 156.2 mm (6.15 inches) |
| Width | 81.5 mm (3.21 inches) | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.6 mm (0.26 inches) | 5.6 mm (0.22 inches) |
| Weight | 208 g (7.34 oz) | 165 g (5.82 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | - | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Purple | White, Black, Gold, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.85/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) · 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 9020A | Apple A19 Pro |
| Max clock | 2500 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Taishan-Little - 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: TaiShan V120 - 1 core at 2.5 GHz: TaiShan V121 |
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 10 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | SMIC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Da Vinci | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Maleoon 910 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1720.3 GFLOPS | ~2488.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3730 | 37743 |
| Single-core score | 1212 | 4044 |
| Multi-core score | 3483 | 11101 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 537902 | 1060952 |
| GPU | 242916 | 645582 |
| Memory | 412154 | 312956 |
| UX | 311997 | 549219 |
| Total score | 1504969 | 2568709 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | HarmonyOS 5.1 | iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| OS size | - | 27 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 3149 mAh |
| Max charge power | 66 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (20 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (57% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 1:33 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | - | 07:48 hr |
| Watching video | - | 17:33 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:28 hr |
| Standby | - | 96 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | 1/1.3 | Sony IMX904 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 69 mm | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 16 mm | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 165 |
| Zoom | - | 109 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone Air from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10.7 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX914 |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | November 2025 | September 2025 |
| Release date | November 2025 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $600 | $999 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 66 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone Air is definitely a better buy.
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