Huawei Mate XT launched, the world’s first tri-fold smartphone

On September 10, Huawei launched Mate XT Ultimate Design, the world’s first tri-fold smartphone, which could unfold into a full size tablet and fold into a traditional phone.

Display

The phone has a 10.2-inch screen, the first ever and largest foldable screen in a smartphone. You can use it as a 6.4-inch and 7.9-inch screen phone.

The company has an OLED panel with an LTPO adaptive refresh rate, 1440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and a Max 240Hz touch sampling rate.

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design 10-inch Foldable Display (Source – Huawei)

Size and Weight

• Single screen: 156.7mm (length) × 73.5 mm (width) × 12.8 mm (thickness)
• Dual screen: 156.7mm (length) × 143 mm (width) × 7.45mm/4.75mm (thickness)
• Triple screen: 156.7mm (length) × 219 mm (width) × 3.6mm/3.6mm/4.75mm (thickness)

The device weighs only 238 grams, which is still light and handy.

Huawei Mate XT thickness (Source – Huawei)

Battery

This tri-fold has slim battery packs installed on the rear side of each folding partition. It combines a total of 5,600mAh capacity and can be recharged with a 66W wired charger. The phone supports backward charging as well. On the other hand, the tri-fold has 50W wireless charging support.

Camera

The camera has a big octagonal outlook with four openings. The camera system includes a 12MP f/2.2. aperture Ultra wide-angle camera to take wide shots. It brings a 50MP main camera with a 1/1.56-inch sensor size. It has variable aperture technology to switch between f/1.4 and f/4.0 with a 10-stop aperture system and optical image stabilization.

Third is a periscope telephoto camera with 12 megapixels and 5.5x optical zoom with optical image stabilization. It can expand the zoom up to 50X (13mm-1200mm). Fourth is a laser focus sensor.

The photography is supported by XMAGE technology, which enhances and improves the post-capture images. There’s also an 8MP front-facing camera to take selfies.

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design Camera System (Source – Huawei)

Price:

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design is launched at the following prices

1. 16GB+256GB = 19999 yuan (2,820 USD, 2,548 Euros)
2. 16GB+512GB = 21999 yuan (3,108 USD, 2,800 Euros)
3. 16GB+1TB = 23999 yuan (3,390 USD, 3,050 Euros)

The rear design has genuine leather finishing in red and black colors.

Booking of this phone is already started and the first sale is targeted for September 20 at 10:08.