Flagship · 2024

Huawei Mate 70

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent high-end phones like the Samsung Galaxy A56

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), 66W fast charging

Extras Optical zoom, IP68 water resistance

Watch out No Google Play

6.7″ AMOLED · 120Hz

9020 12 / 256 GB

5300 mAh 66W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 13 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.7″ · Dynamic AMOLED · 1216 × 2688 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.7"

Panel type

Dynamic AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1216 × 2688 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Adaptive refresh

LTPO · varies 1–120 Hz

Battery-smart

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

2500 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Huawei Kunlun Glass 2

Performance

Kirin 9020 (7 nm) · 8-core 2.5 GHz · Maleoon 920

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Kirin 9020 (7 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,248,520

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.5 GHz

GPU

Maleoon 920

Process

7 nm

CPU layout

2x2.5GHz+6x2.15GHz+4x1.6GHz

Software & updates

HarmonyOS 4.3 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Updates ending soon

How long the maker keeps shipping HarmonyOS and security updates — the main thing that decides how many years this phone stays current.

Operating system

HarmonyOS 4.3

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~0 year

Camera

50 MP f/1.4 main · OIS · 13 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.4

OIS

Telephoto

12 MP f/3.4

Ultrawide

40 MP f/2.2

Front camera

13 MP f/2.4

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

5300 mAh · 66 W wired · 50 W wireless

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5300 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Wireless charging

50 W

Wireless charging

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

12/256GB · 12/512GB · 12/1TB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5), Galileo (E1+E5a+E5b)

USB

USB-C 3.1

USB OTG

Yes

Video out

DisplayPort 1.2

Screen out

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G BC0, B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28a

5G n5, n8, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

203 g · 7.8 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

160.9 mm

Width

75.9 mm

Thickness

7.8 mm

Weight

203 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 16

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

Dynamic AMOLED vs OLED panel · 120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1216 × 2688 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution

Higher-res main camera

Telephoto · OIS vs — · 50 MP · f/1.4 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main

49% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 5,300 mAh vs 3,561 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

1.2M vs 1.9M AnTuTu · High-end vs Flagship tier

Heavier in hand

203 g vs 170 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S24

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Sharper screen

1216 × 2688 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution · 6.7″ vs 6.2″ screen

33% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 5,300 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

1.2M vs 1.9M AnTuTu · High-end vs Flagship tier

Heavier in hand

203 g vs 167 g

Full comparison

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