The Huawei Mate X is an
Android-based
high end
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foldable smartphone
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produced by
Huawei
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. It was unveiled at
MWC 2019 on 25 February 2019 and was originally scheduled to launch in June 2019, but the launch was pushed back to allow for extensive testing in light of the failures reported by users of a similar product, the
Galaxy Fold from Samsung. The Mate X launched in China only in November 2019. Huawei announced the Mate Xs on 24 February 2020 as a hardware revision of the original Mate X; it was released in "global markets" outside China in March 2020. The device features a more durable display, improved hinge function and a redesigned cooling system, as well as the newer Kirin 990 5G SoC and
Android 10
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with
EMUI
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...
10.
Specifications
Hardware
The Mate X has an 8-inch OLED display that can fold outwards resulting in a 6.6-inch main display and a 6.38-inch rear display. The screen is covered by plastic and is secured by a push-button latch when closed. It uses the Kirin 980 and has 8 GB of RAM with 512 GB of UFS 2.1 storage. The latter is expandable up to 256 GB via Huawei's proprietary Nano Memory. The device contains two batteries split between the two halves, totaling a 4500
mAh
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capacity, and can quick charge at 55W.
The Mate X has a bar situated on the right side of the device with four cameras and an LED flash on the back, the power button/fingerprint sensor on the left side and a USB-C port on the bottom. The cameras include a 40 MP main lens, a 16 MP wide-angle lens, an 8 MP telephoto lens and a time-of-flight sensor. The bar is roughly twice as thick as the rest of the device, giving the user a grip to hold it. Unlike the Galaxy Fold, it comes standard with 5G enabled by Huawei's own Balong 5000 modem.
Software
The Mate X runs on
Android 9.0 "Pie" with Huawei's
EMUI
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...
9.1 skin.
References
External links
Official website*
Huawei smartphones
Android (operating system) devices
Phablets
Mobile phones introduced in 2019
Foldable smartphones
Mobile phones with multiple rear cameras
Mobile phones with infrared transmitter
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