After Apple’s recent debut of the iPhone Air, Huawei is preparing its own ultra-thin contender: the Huawei Mate 70 Air. The device has already appeared on China Telecom’s website, and now fresh leaks are filling in the details of its launch timeline.
According to popular Weibo blogger Fixed Focus Digital, the Mate 70 Air will be officially released later this month, featuring a body thickness of just 6.x mm.
Another tipster, Panda is very bald, claims it will launch on October 29 — this Tuesday.
Fixed Focus Digital also says Huawei will ship the Mate 70 Air only with physical SIM support, and no eSIM version. In contrast, Apple’s iPhone Air is eSIM-only, which has reportedly been a hassle for many users in China.
eSIM adoption in the region isn’t particularly strong, either. In Taiwan, for example, eSIM penetration is said to be below 1%, partly due to low consumer awareness and the added friction of having to visit a carrier office, pay extra fees, and register in person just to activate one. So Huawei seems to be catering as per demand.
Huawei Mate 70 Air Specifications
Anyway, the Mate 70 Air is said to feature a large 6.9-inch display with an 18.8:9 aspect ratio. Around the back, it reportedly packs a 1/1.3-inch main camera sensor paired with what’s described as a “red maple” lens, all housed in Huawei’s signature circular XMAGE camera module.
The device will allegedly ship in two configurations: 12GB RAM with either 256GB or 512GB of storage. And it will run HarmonyOS 5 out of the box.
Interestingly, Huawei’s history with ultra-thin smartphones goes back more than a decade. The company launched the Ascend P1 S in 2012 with a 6.68mm profile. Later P-series models, including the P6 (6.2mm) and P7 (6.5mm), continued that legacy before the lineup became slightly thicker with the P20 series, which measures 7mm.
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