Huawei today announced the next generation fold, the Mate X2, in China. The phone has an inward folding design, in stark contrast to the original Mate X, whose screen is encased. In other words, it ultimately follows the design approach that Samsung has stuck with since the original Galaxy Fold – a wise decision given how fragile flexible panels are. However, what may be much less wise is how much Huawei wants you to pay for its phone.
The Mate X2, with its square camera module and gate-punch screen, bears some resemblance to the Galaxy Z Fold 2. Huawei helps it stand out with its slightly tapered shape (see image below), which is also the center of gravity bring closer to where one would hold the phone.
Both screens are OLED panels with a refresh rate of 90Hz: the external screen is 6.45 centimeters and the internal screen 8. But only the external screen has a hole for the front camera. Speaking of the camera, the primary setup consists of a 50MP wide-angle sensor, a 16MP ultra-large, a 12MP telephoto (3x optical zoom) and an 8MP ‘SuperZoom’ (10x optical zoom) camera.
The X2 is powered by the Kirin 9000 chipset, which debuted with the Mate 40 series last year, and is equipped with 8 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. On the software front, the phone comes with EMUI 11 based on Android 10, but it will be one of the first phones to be updated to HarmonyOS in April.
The Huawei Mate X2 has been announced in China and has a peek starting price of ¥ 17,999 (~ $ 2,785), which is significantly more expensive than the $ 2,000 price of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. It is not known whether Huawei will introduce the phone to any markets outside China, but since it does not Using Google Mobile Services, Huawei will have a hard time convincing users to drop a thick bit of cash on it.
