Flagship · 2025

Huawei Mate 70 Air

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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

7″ AMOLED · 120Hz

9020A 12 / 256 GB

6500 mAh 66W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 10.7 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

7.0″ · Dynamic AMOLED · 1320 × 2760 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

7.0"

Panel type

Dynamic AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1320 × 2760 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Adaptive refresh

LTPO · varies 1–120 Hz

Battery-smart

Eye comfort

2160 Hz PWM

High-frequency PWM

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

4000 nits

HDR

HDR Vivid

HDR

Protection

Kunlun Glass

Performance

Kirin 9020A (7 nm) - 12GB RAM

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Kirin 9020A (7 nm) - 12GB RAM

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,248,520

v10

Process

7 nm

CPU layout

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

Software & updates

HarmonyOS 5.1 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

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 5.1

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~1 year

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 11 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/1.8

OIS

Telephoto

12 MP f/2.4

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Front camera

11 MP f/2.2

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

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

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

6500 mAh · 66 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

6500 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

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 · 16/256GB · 12/512GB · 16/512GB

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 7

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 7

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 2.0

USB OTG

Yes

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 n1, n3, n5, n8, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

208 g · 6.6 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

165.0 mm

Width

81.5 mm

Thickness

6.6 mm

Weight

208 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

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 17

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Sharper screen

1320 × 2760 vs 1206 × 2622 resolution · 7″ vs 6.3″ screen

Better camera hardware

Telephoto · OIS vs —

76% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 40 W charging · 6,500 mAh vs 3,692 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

1.2M vs 2.2M AnTuTu · High-end vs Flagship tier

Heavier in hand

208 g vs 177 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S25

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Sharper screen

1320 × 2760 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution · 7″ vs 6.2″ screen

63% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 6,500 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

1.2M vs 3.1M AnTuTu · High-end vs Flagship tier

Lower video ceiling

4K vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Heavier in hand

208 g vs 162 g

Full comparison

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