Huawei has joined the foldable phone bandwagon with its latest foldable 5G smartphone called Mate X. It is just 5.4mm at its thinnest part and comes with side mounted fingerprint sensor embedded in power button.
When the screen is folded, it has 6.6-inch front panel and 6.38-inch rear panel. When it is not folded, i.e. in tablet mode than it has a large 8-inch OLED display. The Huawei Mate X features in Falcon Wing design and comes with stretchable hinge.
As you might expect with a premium flagship device, it comes with latest Kirin 980 SoC with dual NPU. It has Balong 5000 5G modem for fast connectivity speeds. Thanks to its 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, performance and multi-tasking is smooth. If 512GB storage is not enough, the smartphone allows further expansion up to 256GB using NM card.
The Huawei Mate X Specs also include Leica Triple camera setup consisting of 40MP + 16MP + 8MP shooters. If you want to click selfies, these shooters can act as front camera while the display can be seen at back. Phones 4500 mAh battery supports 55W (10V/4A) Huawei SuperCharge fast charging. It can go from 0% to 85% in just 30 minutes.
Huawei Mate X Specifications
- Dimensions:
- Fold Width: 161.3 x 78.3 x 5.4 ~ 11 mm
- Unfold Width: 161.3 x 146.2 x 5.4 ~ 11 mm
- Weight: 295 grams (approx.) including battery
- Operating System: Android 9.0 Pie with EMUI 9.1.1
- SIM: Hybrid Dual SIM slot (nano + nano / NM card)
- Fingerprint sensor: Yes, side mounted
- Display: OLED display
- Folded: 6.6-inch front panel panel with 2480 x 1148 pixels resolution. 6.38-inch back panel with 2480 x 892 pixels resolution
- Unfolded: 8-inch display with 2480 x 2200 pixels resolution
- Chipset: Octa-core (2.6GHz Cortex-A76 + 1.92GHz A67 x 2 + 1.8GHz A55 x 4) Kirin 980 processor with ARM-Mali G760 MP10 (720Mhz) GPU and Balong 5000 5G Modem
- RAM: 8GB LPDDR4X
- Storage: 512GB in-built, expandable up to 256GB using NM card
- Camera: Leica cameras of 40MP (Wide-Angle lens, F/1.8 Aperture) + 16MP (Ultra-Wide-Angle lens) + 8MP (Telephoto, F/2.4 Aperture)
- Battery: 4500 mAh (typical) with 55W SuperCharge fast charging
- Audio: Dual Speakers, Type-C Ear jack
- Connectivity: 5G Multi-mode, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Dual Band (2.4/5GHz) (Wave2), Bluetooth V5.0 LE, USB Type-C (Gen1), NFC, GPS (L1 + L5 dual band)/A-GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo/QZSS
- Sensors: Gravity, Ambient light, Proximity, Gyroscope, Compass, hall, Barometer, Infrared, Color temperature
The Huawei Mate X 5G Folding phone price is €2299 (US$ 2607 / Rs. 1,85,220 approx.) and comes in Interstellar Blue colors. The handset will roll out in Mid 2019.