SpecEagle review · Huawei

Huawei Mate 7 review: 2014 6" metal phablet with fingerprint.

Item: Huawei Mate 7
Rating: 76
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2014·$650

Overall

76/100

Class rank

#1 of 3

Tier

Phablet

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Huawei Mate 7.

Huawei's 2014 Mate 7 launched the premium Mate phablet — aluminium + 6" + rear fingerprint + 4,100 mAh.

01Display

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 75-point average for phablet phones of 2014.

TypeIPS-NEO

Size6.0"

Resolution1080 x 1920

02Performance

74/100

74/100 puts it above the 69-point average for phablet phones of 2014.

ChipsetHiSilicon Kirin 925

CPU1.8 GHz quad-A15 + 4 A7

RAM2 GB / 3 GB

03Camera

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 72-point average for phablet phones of 2014.

Main13 MP AF + Sony Exmor BSI

Front5 MP

04Battery

86/100

86/100 puts it above the 83-point average for phablet phones of 2014.

Capacity4,100 mAh

05Software

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 73-point average for phablet phones of 2014.

What works

Aluminium unibody at 6".
Touch-based rear fingerprint reader.
4,100 mAh battery.
Kirin 925 in-house.

What doesn't

EMUI 3 heavy.
185 g.
13 MP cam basic for flagship.
No OIS.

Cross-shop it against

Asus Zenfone 6 (2014)

$230 · score 64/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 3-phone cohort of phablet devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .