Flagship · 2025

Huawei Mate 80 RS Ultimate

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent flagship phones like the Apple iPhone Air

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), 100W fast charging

Extras Optical zoom, IP68 water resistance

Watch out No Google Play

6.9″ AMOLED · 120Hz

9030 Pro 20 / 512 GB

6000 mAh 100W charging

50 MP 4 rear · 13 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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Full specifications

Display

6.9″ · Dynamic AMOLED · 1320 × 2848 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.9"

Panel type

Dynamic AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1320 × 2848 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Adaptive refresh

LTPO · varies 1–120 Hz

Battery-smart

Eye comfort

1440 Hz PWM

PWM dimming

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

8000 nits

HDR

HDR Vivid

HDR

Protection

Huawei Kunlun Glass 3 (basalt tempered)

Performance

Kirin 9030 Pro (6 nm) · 9-core 2.75 GHz · Maleoon 935

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Kirin 9030 Pro (6 nm)

Current CPU tier

Flagship

AnTuTu

2,104,157

v11

CPU

9-core, 2.75 GHz

GPU

Maleoon 935

Process

6 nm

CPU layout

1xTaishan 2.75 GHz + 4x2.27 GHz +4x1.72 GHz

Software & updates

HarmonyOS 6.0 · 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 6.0

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

~1 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

50 MP f/2.1

Telephoto

50 MP f/3.2

Ultrawide

40 MP f/2.2

Front camera

13 MP f/2.0

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

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

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

6000 mAh · 100 W wired · 80 W wireless

Plenty

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

Capacity

6000 mAh

Wired charging

100 W

Fast

Wireless charging

80 W

Wireless charging

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Dolby Atmos

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Audio features

Dolby Atmos

Memory

20 GB RAM · 512 GB

Roomy

RAM

20 GB

Storage

512 GB

Configurations

20/512GB · 20/1TB

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

6.0

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

249 g · 8.3 mm · IP68

Built to last

Height

164.4 mm

Width

79.0 mm

Thickness

8.3 mm

Weight

249 g

IP rating

IP68

Water resistant

Sensors

Face ID · fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro

Sensors

Face ID, fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, 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 17

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Sharper screen

1320 × 2848 vs 1206 × 2622 resolution · 6.9″ vs 6.3″ screen

Higher-res main camera

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

63% larger battery capacity

100 W vs 40 W charging · 6,000 mAh vs 3,692 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

512 GB vs 256 GB baseline

Heavier in hand

249 g vs 177 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S25

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Sharper screen

1320 × 2848 vs 1080 × 2340 resolution · 6.9″ vs 6.2″ screen

50% larger battery capacity

100 W vs 25 W charging · 6,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

512 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

2.1M vs 3.1M AnTuTu

Heavier in hand

249 g vs 162 g

Full comparison

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Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

Apple iPhone 17

Samsung Galaxy S25

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