Huawei Mate X foldable relaunched, will ship starting November 15 

Huawei has relaunched the Mate X foldable – in China. The much-delayed Huawei Mate X was supposed to land in October (internationally), after having missed its initial target of making its way to the market by the middle of the year – in the aftermath of the US trade clampdown. Huawei has now announced that it will start selling the Mate X in China from November 15 at a price of CNY 16,999 which roughly translates to Rs 1,70,600.  

Huawei had previously confirmed that it will launch the Mate X foldable phone in India in the second half of this year – it would be interesting to see if that plan stays put. In China, the Mate X is launching minus Google services, and chances are something similar will happen in India also should Huawei bring the foldable to India. There’s also no word if and when Huawei will bring the Mate X to global markets. 

The Mate X was first announced at MWC 2019 and belongs to the first wave of next-generation foldable devices. It’s Huawei’s answer to the Samsung Galaxy Fold which is already available for buying in India.  

The way the Mate X approaches the foldable route is different from Samsung though. The Mate X’s OLED display folds outwards giving users access to three screen sizes – two independent smartphone-like screens with 6.6-inch and 6.38-inch sizes respectively, and an 8-inch tablet form factor. Huawei calls it a falcon wing design. 

In terms of core hardware, the Mate X packs Huawei’s Kirin 980 flagship processor. It was speculated that Huawei may tweak the internals and relaunch the Mate X with its new Kirin 990 processor, but that isn’t the case. The Mate X comes with 8GB RAM and 512GB storage, it comes with a total of three Leica-tuned cameras, dual-SIM, and it packs two batteries which entail in a total battery capacity of 4,500mAh with 55W Super Charging which is claimed to offer 85 per cent charge in mere 30 minutes. The Mate X is also 5G-ready courtesy Huawei’s Balong 5000 modem. 

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