Apple iPhone Air vs ZTE Blade A56
Apple
iPhone Air
ZTE
Blade A56
At a glance
- Brand
- Apple
- ZTE
- Release date
- September 2025, 8 months ago
- June 2025, 11 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
- 240.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 57% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.5"
- 6.75"
- Resolution
- 1260 x 2736 px QHD
- 720 x 1600 px HD+
- Type
- Oled Super Retina XDR
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 463 ppi Very high density
- 260 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, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A19 Pro (Air)
- Unisoc T7200
- CPU
- 6Core TSMC N3P
- 2x1.6 GHz Cortex A75 + 6x1.6 GHz Cortex A55
- CPU type
- Hexa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 3 nm
- 12 nm
- Frequency
- 4 GHz
- 1.6 GHz
- GPU
- 5 core GPU
- ARM Mali-G57
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 4 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 48 Mpx
- 13 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- Unknow
- 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), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
Front camera
- Resolution
- 18 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.9
- Unknow
- Sensor
- Sony IMX914
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- Pixel size
- 0.96 µm
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Battery
- Capacity
- 3149 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- Yes , 10.0W
- Wireless charging
- 20W Wireless Charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
- 800 cycles
- Runtime
- ~ 40h
- ~ 56h
- Features
- Wireless charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- Type
- NVMe
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- SD slot
- No
- Yes , Independent SD slot
Body
- Dimensions
- 74.7 mm 156.2 mm 5.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 77.4 mm 167.6 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 165 g
- 194 g
- Materials
- Titanium
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black White Blue Gold
- Black Yellow
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
- IP54
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
- Class A B C D E 80 drops without defects
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- Class A B C D E
- Usable surface
- 88 %
- 84 %
Software
- Operating system
- iOS 26 iOS 26
- Android 15 Android 15
- Updates
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
- OS updates: 5 years
- Google services
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- 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 5.2
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- 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
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- 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
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), B28b (700), B28a (700), 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), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), 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
- DTS / DTS X, Stereo Speakers
