Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M3, 2025) vs Huawei Pura X Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 04, 2025	Mar 20, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
8GB/128GB - $599 | €699	12GB/256GB - $1037

Design

Dimensions
9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm	5.64 x 3.61 x 0.28 inches 143.2 x 91.7 x 7.2 mm
Folded
	3.61 x3.61 x0.59 inches (91.7 x 91.7 x 15.1 mm)
Weight
16.23 oz / 460.0 g	6.81 oz / 193.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water; IPX8
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Space Gray, Starlight, Purple, Blue	Red, Green, Gray, White, Black

Display

Size
11.0-inch, 82.73% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 87.47% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz, 500 nits	OLED, 120Hz, 2500 nits
Resolution
2360x1640px, 261 PPI	2120x1320px, 16:10 ratio, 396 PPI
Features
	Folding inside the device
Front cover display
	3.5 inches 980 x980 px OLED 120Hz refresh rate

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Apple M3	Kirin 9020 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core	Octa-core 1x2.50GHz TaishanV121 3x2.1​5GHz TaishanV120 4x1.6​0GHz Taishan-Little
GPU
Apple GPU 9-core	HiSilicon Maleoon 920
Memory
8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB 8GB/1024GB	12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB 16GB/512GB 16GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
not expandable
OS
iPadOS (18.x)	HarmonyOS

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
3017	Untested
GeekBench 6 Multi
11728	Untested
3D Mark High
5177	Untested
3D Mark Low
3262	Untested

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Battery

Type
7606 mAh	4720 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging, Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 66.0W Wireless: 40.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

4h 18min

Browsing

9h 35min

Video

6h 45min

Gaming

5h 12min

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.6 Focal length: 23 mm
Second camera
	8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.5x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 80 mm
Third camera
	40 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm
Flash
	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps)	Yes
Front
12 MP Video capture: 1080p	10.7 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback

Cellular

5G Bands
5G Ready	5G Ready
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A
SIM type
eSIM	Dual Nano SIM

Alternative variants

Wi-fi Only

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 16GB RAM and 512GB internal storage

Memory	16GB/512GB

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	€829

With 16GB RAM and 1TB internal storage

Memory	16GB/1024GB

With 1TB internal storage

Memory	1024GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1329

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