After teasers of the rear panel of its tri-fold smartphone, Huawei has now opened pre-orders for the Huawei Mate XT. It is the first smartphone in the world to come with a tri-fold screen and will go on sale on September 20 in China.
The teaser showcases the phone’s sleek tri-fold design, metal frame with a golden finish, leather back, and ‘Designed & Crafted by HUAWEI’ branding as well. The company has already posted a teaser and a sleek metal body. The rear design resembles the company’s Mate X5 foldable smartphone.
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Huawei Mate XT Tri-Fold Smartphone Under The Hood
The smartphone will use a screen from BOE and is said to feature a customized three-fold screen that will open up into a tablet with a large screen. BOE Chairman Chen Yanshun at the BOE IPC 2024 conference this week said that the HUAWEI’s tri-fold screen phone Mate XT became a possibility with deep collaborations with both the firms.
The smartphone will come in 16GB+512GB and 16GB+1TB models, and the pricing for the device will be announced next week when the smartphone launches officially. The smartphone has been doing rounds of the rumor mill for quite some time. Earlier this month, an image of Huawei CEO Yu went viral, where he was seen with the upcoming tri-fold smartphone.
The image suggested that the device will come with a cetered punch-hole to house the selfie camera on the left-most screen. The smartphone will also have two creases because of two hinges instead of the one seen on regular folding smartphones such as the Huawei Mate X5, vivo X Fold3 Pro, and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6. The device also looks pretty slim in Yu’s hands.
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A Smartphone That Also Serves As A Tablet
According to tipster Digital Chat Station, the upcoming device resembles a prototype seen previously. It is said to come with a 10-inch screen, which is similar to a tablet. This suggests that the device unfolds to look like a tablet with three divided screens. The rumors suggest that the smartphone will be powered by a Kirin 9-series chipset.
The speculations were such that this device would fall under the Mate series and would be unveiled before the Mate 70. But since the launch of Mate 70 was delayed, we expect that the tri-fold smartphone release will also delayed.
Other than the Huawei Mate foldable lineup, Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, Moto Razr lineup, and Vivo X Fold series are also available in the market. But none of them come with a tri-fold design. It will be interesting to see how the company puts a triple fold in the upcoming smartphone.