The Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max and the iPhone 17 Pro Max represent two of the most advanced flagship smartphones available in 2025, each emphasizing different strengths driven by their manufacturers’ priorities. Huawei has pushed the boundaries with an ultra-bright 6.9-inch dual-layer OLED display reaching a peak brightness of 8,000 nits, making it possibly the brightest phone screen in the world. This display also supports a smooth 120 Hz refresh rate, offering an exceptionally vivid and fluid visual experience. In contrast, the iPhone 17 Pro Max sports a similarly sized 6.9-inch display but focuses more on color accuracy, ProMotion adaptive refresh rates, and sustained HDR brightness, offering excellent visual quality optimized for the Apple ecosystem.
Processor:
- Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max uses the Kirin 9030 Pro chipset.
- iPhone 17 Pro Max is powered by Apple’s A19 Pro chip with 6-core CPU and 6-core GPU, including hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
Battery:
- Huawei has a 6000 mAh battery with 100W fast charging, 80W wireless charging, reverse charging support.
- iPhone 17 Pro Max includes a smaller 4823 mAh battery.
Camera:
- Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max has a versatile quad rear camera setup including three 50 MP cameras (wide, telephoto with 4x and 6.2x optical zoom) and a 40 MP ultrawide camera.
- iPhone 17 Pro Max features a 48 MP Pro Fusion triple camera system with main, ultra-wide, and telephoto lenses designed for high-quality photo and video capture.
Operating System:
- Huawei runs on HarmonyOS 6.0.
- iPhone 17 Pro Max runs iOS v26.
Other notable differences:
- Huawei’s phone is slightly heavier (239g vs 240-206g range for iPhone depending on sources), thicker but offers extra features like IR blaster, side fingerprint sensor, and higher rated durability.
- Pricing for Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max starts around $1,100 for the base model.
This comparison highlights Huawei’s focus on display brightness and battery capacity, while Apple emphasizes camera fusion technology and optimized system performance under iOS.
