Foldable smartphones have always been a concept inked to come true since 2016. Well, we are living in the future now that Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Fold together with the S10 and Huawei has finally borrowed a pass to the revolution. The Huawei Mate X is the latest foldable smartphone to come true with over 4 cameras pimped to the device superior to the Mate 20 pro we managed to review.
Huawei’s take on 5G and the foldable revolution checks in at a time when manufacturers are all competing for a favorable podium slot. The same way Apple revealed a concept of foldable iPhones, its the exact phase that Huawei’s Mate X has pimped off 3 cool screens that stretch into a 7.3-inch tablet once unfolded.
By the look of things, Huawei had previously inked plans of joining the foldable league and eagerly waited for the Samsung launch to trigger a similar unveiling of the Mate series beast. Amidst the fact that foldable smartphones must run a special version of Android, the features equipped to the Mate X simply prove that a new trend is here to stay with its clear specification spraying a high-end scent to consider.
Huawei Mate X known Specifications
- Configuration 1: 6.6-inch front display (2,480×1,148-pixel resolution)
- Configuration 2: 6.38-inch rear display (2,480×892-pixel resolution)
- Configuration 3: 8-inch interior OLED display (2,480×2,200-pixel resolution)
- 512GB storage, 8GB RAM
- Fingerprint reader integrated into power button
- 55W Huawei SuperCharge. 30 minutes charge for 85 percent battery life (from zero)
- Split-screen mode
- Preview for selfies so you can see how you look before you take the picture
- Color: Interstellar blue
Availability
As per the device unveiling last night at MWC 2019, Huawei’s Mate X will be available mid this year at an alarming price of $2600 (Approx UGX 9.6M). If you had pondered on the Galaxy fold price of $1980, then the Mate X is way too expensive to peep on. So, the Mate X is so far the best foldable smartphone we’ve seen and will be fully available before the dawn of 2019.
Although foldable smartphones are taking new twists on a trend that has attracted all manufacturers to join the league. The top-notch trend is a 2018 slogan as 2019 has ushered in a new twist that will be a full norm once Transsion lands on the right trigger to design some for Africa.
Now that the Huawei Mate X is another 6-inch denominator unfolding into a 7-inch tablet. The foldable smartphones draw is not one with a perfect raffle yet as we expect more from manufacturers like LG, Xiaomi, and Apple to showcase what they have o offer for 2019.
