Huawei Mate Xs 2 confirmed, next foldable phone

Today, Huawei has officially confirmed its next foldable phone – Huawei Mate Xs 2 for the upcoming launch event. The Chinese tech maker has also shared its teaser image, which we’re going to explore a bit later on. However, the one thing is for sure the company is looking to proceed with the 2020’s Mate Xs smartphone.

Talking about the device, the phone has a unique horizontal foldable hinge design that opens and closes in a side-by-side direction. Next, the phone only features a large display panel that folds accordingly.

Looking at the teaser, the image doesn’t have much to see but it surely hints us towards the outward folding scheme as it processor. This mechanism is different than the Huawei Mate X2, which offers two displays, one on the cover and a second one on the inside that works as the primary viewing solution.

Currently, Huawei has not confirmed much information regarding this upcoming Huawei smartphone but we can expect to see more leaks and rumors regarding the Huawei Mate Xs 2. However, we also have some information that we can rely on and be excited about. Such as the specification of first-generation Huawei Mate Xs.

Huawei Mate Xs:

Huawei Mate Xs features an 8-inch foldable display that folds into half and makes two usable screens including a 6.6-inch panel on the main and a 6.38-inch display on the secondary screen. These phones have OLED display panel-type folding screens. If we talk about the display, you can find 2480 x 200 resolution once the phone is unfolded. On the other hand, both other display types have high pixel density.

Huawei Mate Xs is the first folding phone to feature a 5G embedded Kirin 990 chipset with (2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.86 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.36 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.95 G). Along with dual big core + tiny core NPUs (Neural-network Processing Unit).

There’s also a massive camera setup that is ready to take high-quality images on the go. In terms of specs, the camera system has 40 MP (Wide Angle Lens, f/1.8 aperture) + 16 MP (Ultra Wide Angle Lens, f/2.2 aperture) + 8 MP (Telephoto, f/2.4 aperture, OIS), Huawei Time-of-Flight (TOF) camera.