Apple iPhone Air vs Honor X5b
Apple
iPhone Air
Honor
X5b
At a glance
- Brand
- Apple
- Honor
- Release date
- September 2025, 9 months ago
- October 2024, 1 years 8 months ago
- Launch price
- € 1,219.00 ($ 1,427.17)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.095.100 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 95% of devices
- 127.000 Antutu v9 Overall performance better than 53% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.5"
- 6.56"
- Resolution
- 1260 x 2736 px QHD
- 720 x 1612 px HD+
- Type
- Oled Super Retina XDR
- TFT LCD (IPS)
- Density
- 463 ppi Very high density
- 269 ppi Medium Density
- Aspect ratio
- 19.5:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, HLG, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 3000 cd/m², 2000000:1 contrast ratio, Always-On Display, HDR10+, DCI-P3, True Tone display, Super Retina XDR, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass, Ceramic Shield, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Oleophobic (lipophobic) coating, Frameless, Haptic Touch, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A19 Pro (Air)
- Mediatek Helio G36
- CPU
- 6Core TSMC N3P
- 8x Cortex A53 2.2 GHz
- CPU type
- Hexa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 3 nm
- 12 nm
- Frequency
- 4 GHz
- 2.2 GHz
- GPU
- 5 core GPU
- IMG PowerVR GE8320 680 MHz
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 4 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- LPDDR4X RAM
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 48 Mpx
- 13 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Sony IMX904
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- Pixel size
- 1.22 µm
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- Sensor size
- 1/1.56"
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- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- No, 30 fps
- Features
- Cinematic Mode, Noise reduction, Face unlock, Pro Video Mode, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), NPU AI Engine, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Contrast detection autofocus (CDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
Front camera
- Resolution
- 18 Mpx
- 5 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.9
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Sony IMX914
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- Pixel size
- 0.96 µm
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Battery
- Capacity
- 3149 mAh
- 5200 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- Yes , 10.0W
- Wireless charging
- 20W Wireless Charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
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- Runtime
- ~ 40h
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- Features
- Wireless charging, Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 64 GB
- Type
- NVMe
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- SD slot
- No
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
Body
- Dimensions
- 74.7 mm 156.2 mm 5.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.7 mm 163.8 mm 8.7 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 165 g
- 194 g
- Materials
- Titanium
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black White Blue Gold
- Black Purple Cyan
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
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- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
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- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
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- Usable surface
- 88 %
- 83 %
Software
- Operating system
- iOS 26 iOS 26
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Updates
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
- OS updates: 2 years, Security updates: 3 years
- Google services
- —
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (eSIM + eSIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.1 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 6E , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n53 (2400), n66 (1700), n70 (1700), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700)
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- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B32 (1500), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B53 (TDD 2400), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- No
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
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- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Barometer
- Yes
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- Cooling system
- Yes
- No
- Audio
- Dolby Atmos, Noise cancellation microphone, 3 microphones
- Hi-Res Audio, 2 microphones
