Huawei has just announced its own ultra-thin phone to compete with the likes of the iPhone Air, Galaxy S25 Edge, and Motorola Edge 70. The name of the phone is the Huawei Mate 70 Air, and it’s the thickest of the bunch.
Huawei’s ultra-thin phone is a bit thicker than its competitors, for a good reason
Don’t get us wrong, this phone is far from thick, but it’s thicker than the other three devices. It is 6.6mm thick, not counting the camera bump. The iPhone Air is 5.6mm thick, the Galaxy S25 Edge measures 5.8mm, while the Motorola Edge 70 is 5.9mm thick.
Having said that, the Huawei Mate 70 Air includes a much larger battery than all those phones. It comes with a 6,500mAh silicon-carbon unit, which dwarves the offerings of the other three phones. Many would say that a small thickness tradeoff is more than worth it.
It supports 66W charging
Speaking of which, the phone supports 66W wired charging and 5W reverse wired charging. Wireless charging is not supported here, which is to be expected. The phone weighs 208 grams, and it includes a gigantic display, actually.
The Huawei Mate 70 Air features a 7-inch 2760 x 1320 AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It is also IP68/IP69 certified for water and dust resistance, so it offers great ingress protection.
The Huawei Kirin 9020A processor fuels the 12GB RAM model of the phone, while the 16GB RAM variant is fueled by the Kirin 9020B chip. HarmonyOS 5.1 comes pre-installed on the device.
There are three cameras on the back + a color sensor
A 50-megapixel main camera (f/1.8 aperture, OIS) is backed by an 8-megapixel ultrawide unit, and a 12-megapixel RYYB telephoto camera (3x optical zoom, OIS). There is also a 1.5–megapixel color sensor on the back. On the front, you’ll find a 10.7-megapixel selfie shooter.
The Huawei Mate 70 Air also supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.2 with LE: Hi-Res audio is supported too, as is NFC, of course. The phone comes in black, gray, and white colors, which have fancy names in China.
The pricing for the Huawei Mate 70 Air starts at CNY4,199 ($590). It remains to be seen if this phone will make its way to markets outside of China.
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