Older flagship · 2023

Huawei Mate X3

Name: Huawei Mate X3
Brand: Huawei
Price: 1380000 NGN
Availability: InStock

From ₦690,000 to ₦1,380,000 · 3 sellers·Last checked 1d ago

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent high-end phones like the Apple iPhone 14 Camera shares the Samsung Galaxy A54's main sensor

Best for

Strength , 66W fast charging

Extras Foldable display, Optical zoom

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

7.85″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8+ Gen 1 4G 12 / 256 GB

4800 mAh 66W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 8 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Huawei Mate X3 looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

7.85″ · OLED · 2224 × 2496 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

7.85"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

2224 × 2496 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

926 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Kunlun Glass (cover display only)

Performance

Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G (4 nm) · 8-core 3.19 GHz · Adreno 730

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,413,346

v11

GeekBench

4,512

Graphics test

GFXBench 41 fps

CPU

8-core, 3.19 GHz

GPU

Adreno 730

Process

4 nm

CPU layout

1x3.2 GHz Cortex X2 +3x2.8 GHz Cortex A710 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex A510

Software & updates

HarmonyOS 3.1 (China), EMUI 13.1 (Europe), no Google Play Services · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new HarmonyOS versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

HarmonyOS 3.1 (China), EMUI 13.1 (Europe), no Google Play Services

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 8 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/3.4

Ultrawide

13 MP f/2.2

Front camera

8 MP f/2.4

Main sensor

Sony IMX766, 1/1.56", 1µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Samsung Galaxy A54 , Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4800 mAh · 66 W wired · 50 W wireless

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4800 mAh

Lab endurance

81:00h

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Wireless charging

50 W

Wireless charging

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.3 LUFS) · Stereo

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.3 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Memory

12 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

12 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

12/256GB · 12/512GB · 12/1TB

Storage type

UFS

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, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

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 — no 5G

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

M MTN

4G full · no 5G

Full

A Airtel

4G full · no 5G

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 B2, B3, B5, B8

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

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a

Build & Design

239 g · 5.3 mm

Height

156.9 mm

Width

141.5 mm

Thickness

5.3 mm

Weight

239 g

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

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 15

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 2224 × 2496 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution · 7.85″ vs 6.1″ screen

Better camera hardware

Telephoto · OIS vs —

43% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 20 W charging · 4,800 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 239 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

23% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 4,800 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

1.4M vs 1.8M AnTuTu

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video · 8 MP vs 12 MP selfie

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 239 g vs 168 g

Full comparison

Where to buy

3 sellers·Used from ₦690,000

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Jiji Used

₦690,000

Lowest of 3 Fair for used

FORTUNE MARKETPLACE

3.4 yrs · 22 feedback · 512GB

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Jiji Used

₦1,380,000

McSteve

8.8 yrs · 133 feedback · 512GB

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Jiji Used

₦850,000

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Hypafly Technologies

7.0 yrs · 512GB

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