A couple of says, at its pre-MWC 2019 event in Barcelona, Huawei took the wraps off its flagship smartphone — Huawei Mate X. The phone is also the first from the China-based company to have a flexible display and 5G connectivity.
Apart from the foldable display and the 5G connectivity, another major feature that the smartphone comes with is support for Huawei’s next-generation of SuperCharge technology that offers 55W fast charging.
Now, Huawei’s President of Consumer Business and Mobile Products has revealed that the 55W SuperCharge technology will be exclusive for the Mate X smartphone for some time and the company has no plans to expand it to other devices.
He further added that offering 55W SuperCharge in Huawei Mate X is possible because the phone comes with two batteries so it’s possible to charge them faster simultaneously. Compared to Mate X, other smartphones come with just a single cell unit.
Huawei‘s Mate-series smartphones, which has been the company’s flagship lineup since the past few years, currently offers 40W fast charging. The clarification from the Huawei’s executive makes it clear that we should not expect the 55W fast charging in other smartphones anytime soon.
To remind you, the Huawei Mate X has a large 8” screen with a 2480 x 2200 resolution and an 8:7.1 aspect ratio when unfolded with a pretty thin bezel. When folded, It becomes a dual display phone – one side is a 6.6-inch (2480 x 1148) 19.5:9 display while the other is a 6.38-inch (2480 x 892) 25:9 display.
It is powered by the Kirin 980 paired with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It has dual SIM support but only SIM 1 supports 5G. The 7nm Balong 5000 modem brings 5G support to the device. There are three cameras on the back of the Mate X which also double as the selfie cameras. The cameras were co-developed with Leica and are made up of a 40MP wide-angle lens, a 16MP ultra-wide angle lens, and an 8MP telephoto lens.
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The Huawei Mate X runs EMUI 9.1.1 based on Android 9 Pie and comes with NFC, dual-frequency GPS, Bluetooth 5.0 for connectivity. As said, the company has split its battery into two for a total capacity of 4,500mAh. Huawei has also debuted its new 55W SupercCharge fast charging technology which is claimed to charge the device from empty to 85 percent in just 30 minutes.
