Huawei P30 Pro New Edition vs Apple iPad mini (A17 Pro) vs Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 12, 2020		Mar 04, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
	8GB/128GB - $499	8GB/128GB - $599 | €699

Design

Dimensions
6.22 x 2.89 x 0.33 inches 158 x 73.4 x 8.41 mm	7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches 195.4 x 134.8 x 6.3 mm	9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm
Weight
6.77 oz / 192.0 g	10.48 oz / 297.0 g	16.23 oz / 460.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint	Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control
Colors
Black, Aurora, Silver frost	Blue, Purple, Starlight, Space Gray	Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 88.61% screen-to-body	8.3-inch, 77.41% screen-to-body	11.0-inch, 82.73% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, HDR	IPS LCD, 60Hz, HDR, 500 nits	IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 398 PPI	2266x1488px, 327 PPI	2360x1640px, 261 PPI
Features
	HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested	536 (Poor)
Bright Min
Untested	2.1 (Average)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)	Apple A17 pro (3 nm)	Apple M3
Processor
Octa-core ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Hexa-core 2x3.78GHz 4x2.11G​Hz	Octa-core
GPU
Mali-G76 MP10	Apple GPU 6-core	Apple GPU 9-core
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/256GB (UFS 3.0)	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (10)	iPadOS (18.x)	iPadOS (18.x)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	2860	3017
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	7002	11728
3D Mark High
Untested	3069	5177
3D Mark Low
Untested	2583	3262

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Battery

Type
4200 mAh, Li - Polymer	5078 mAh, Li - Polymer	7606 mAh
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging, Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
Wired: 40.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 28min

Browsing

9h 12min

Video

10h 9min

Gaming

7h 9min

Battery Life Estimate

4h 18min

Browsing

9h 35min

Video

6h 45min

Gaming

5h 12min

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Camera

Rear
Quad camera	Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
40 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.6 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1 μm	12 MP	12 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm Sensor size: 1/2.7"
Third camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 5.0x Aperture size: F3.4 Focal Length: 125 mm
Fourth camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
Dual LED	Quad LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (960 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
32 MP (HDR)	12 MP Video capture: 1080p	12 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, Infrared	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
Features
32-Bit DAC, Dolby Atmos, aptX-HD	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n77, n78, n79	5G Ready
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
TDD Bands
34, 38, 39, 40	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	eSIM	eSIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

Wi-Fi Only

Weight	10.34 oz / 293.0 g

Wi-fi Only

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	€829

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1329

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