Huawei Mate XS: The global version of the company's foldable Smartphone has become official

A few months after a presentation of the device in China, the Huawei officially releases the international version of the foldable Smartphone Mate XS.

ΑThis device incorporates a futuristic design, 5G network support and updated features Mate X announced a year ago.

The story of folding smartphones is a bit complicated for her Huawei, as well as the Huawei was one of the first manufacturers to introduce a foldable Smarphone that could compete with the Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Mate X has never been released outside of China and the presentation of its world version has been delayed several times.

Η Huawei so today he revealed it to us Mate XS, which is now ready to be released in world markets.

The Huawei Mate Xs has the same striking design Huawei Mate X and has a single screen that when folded becomes a typical smartphone, and when it is unfolded the device can be used as a Tablet. When unfolded the screen has a total diagonal 8 inch, which is done 6,38 or 6,6 inches when folded, depending on the side used.

Huawei announced that Mate XS uses a zirconium-based alloy, which is said to be 30% harder than titanium. Folding Smartphones are very fragile and this remains one of their main drawbacks so far.

We will wait for some endurance tests to be released like the ones his channel does JerryRigEverything, to see if the durability of the device has improved enough compared to the first Mate X.

Specifications

The Huawei Mate XS is not just a folding screen, as it has all the features of a 2020 flagship, and is powered by Huawei SoC Kirin 990 5G.

• 6.6-inch (2480 x 1148 pixels) 19.5: 9 OLED display when folded, 6.38-inch (2480 x 892 pixels) OLED 25: 9 display for back panel, 8-inch (2480 x 2200 pixels) OLED 8: 7.1 display when unfolded
• Kirin 990 5G (2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.86 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.36 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.95 GHz) processor with ARM Mali-G76MP16 GPU, Dual Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs (Neural-network Processing Unit)
• 8GB LPDDR4x RAM, 512GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with NM card
• Android 10 with EMUI 10.0.1, HMS
• Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / NM card)
• 40MP rear camera with f / 1.8 aperture, 16MP Ultra Wide Angle lens with f / 2.2 aperture, 2.5cm macro, 8MP Telephoto lens with f / 2.4 aperture, 3x optical zoom, 30x digital zoom, OIS, Time-of-Flight (TOF ) Camera
• Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
• Dual Speakers
• Dimensions: 161.3 x 78.5 (146.2 unfolded) x 5.4-11mm; Weight: 300g
• 5G Multi-mode, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz) (wave2), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual band), NFC, USB Type-C (GEN1)
• 4500mAh (2250mAh x 2) battery with 55W SuperCharge

The US ban forces Huawei to release the device without Google services, and so the Mate XS comes with EMUI 10 which is based on Android 10, but to download applications you have to do it through Huawei App Gallery.

Work smarter, quicker and increase your efficiency with the #HuaweiMateXs'new multi-window design.#TOGETHERConnectingPossibilities pic.twitter.com/cdRWJLLWzv

- Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) February 24, 2020

The company has also announced that it has made optimizations for better management of the transition from smartphone to tablet mode, so that applications do not have problems with the enlarged format of the screen.

Availability and price

It will be available from March, without specifying specific countries, and its price will be at 2499 euros ($ 2700) for the device with 8GB RAM and 512GB storage.

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