Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max launches to rival Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max with massive battery, 8,000 nit display and twin periscope telephoto cameras
Huawei has now launched the Mate 80 Pro Max in its home market alongside a slew of other devices including the Mate X7 and MatePad Edge. Incidentally, pre-release benchmarks revealed that Huawei had equipped the Mate 80 Pro Max with the Kirin 9030 Pro chipset, which Huawei has now confirmed itself.
A 5 nm class chipset, the Kirin 9030 Pro appears to offer about the same multi-core performance as the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. However, single-core performance is closer to something like the Dimensity 7350 Pro 5G, Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 or Exynos 1480 found in last-generation mid-range smartphones like the Galaxy A55 (curr. $439 on Amazon). Setting that aside, the Kirin 9030 Pro is said to outperform the Kirin 9020 by over 40%.
Meanwhile, the Mate 80 Pro Max itself contains a 6.9-inch tandem OLED display to rival the iPhone 17 Pro Max boasting an alleged 8,000 nits peak brightness with a 2,848 x 1,320 pixel resolution, a 120 Hz refresh rate and a 1,440 Hz PWM frequency. Also, Huawei includes the following camera hardware:
- Primary: 50 MP, f/1.4 - f/4.0 variable aperture, OIS
- Telephoto: 50 MP, f/3.2, OIS, 6.2x zoom
- Macro telephoto: 50 MP, f/2.1 aperture, OIS, 4x zoom
- Ultra-wide-angle: 40 MP, f/2.2 aperture
- Front-facing: 13 MP, f/2.0 aperture, 3D depth support
Moreover, the Mate 80 Pro Max boasts a 6,000 mAh battery that supports 80 W wireless and 100 W wired charging, all within an IP69-certified housing that measures 164.4 x 79 x 8.25 mm and weighs 239 g. The Mate 80 Pro Max starts at CNY 7,999 (~$1,130) with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. Alternatively, the device can be configured with 1 TB of storage and the same amount of RAM for CNY 8,999 (~$1,270).
