Earlier this year, China-based Huawei had announced the Mate X smartphone, making it the first foldable as well as a 5G compatible smartphone from the company. However, the phone is yet to go on sale.
Now, the Huawei Mate X has appeared on TENAA, revealing the full specifications of the smartphone. It reveals that the foldable smartphone will come with an 8-inch external OLED display with 2480 x 2200 pixels screen resolution.
When folded, it transforms into a dual-display phone – one side is a 6.6-inch with 2480 x 1148 pixels resolution and 19.5:9 ratio while the other is a 6.38-inch display with 2480 x 892 pixels resolution and 25:9 aspect ratio.
Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by the company’s own Kirin 980 octa-core flagship processor clocked at 2.6GHz and comes in three variants based on the memory configuration — 6/8/12 GB of RAM and 128/256/512 GB of internal storage. It comes with the 7nm Balong 5000 modem which brings 5G support to the device.
The phone also comes with support for NM card allowing users to further expand the phone’s storage capacity up to 256 GB. As for the connectivity options, the device supports NFC, dual-frequency GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, and USB Type-C port.
It features a 40-megapixel main sensor with f/1.8 aperture, an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, a 16-megapixel ultrawide lens with f/2.2 aperture and a ToF 3D camera. The Mate X is also equipped with a side-mounted fingerprint reader.
The TENAA listing also reveals that the device is running Android 9 Pie operating system out-of-the-box and is likely to have EMUI 9.1 custom interface on top. The phone is fuelled by a 4,400mAh battery and could support SupercCharge fast charging technology which supports up to 55W.
While the pricing of the Mate X has not been confirmed but as per the reports, the phone is expected to start at €2,299 (approximately $2,580). In comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Fold starts at $1,980, which is also not available for purchase at this point in time.
As per the rumors, the phone could go on sale in China for as high as 14,999 yuan (~$2191). For the global market, the price may even reach 17,000 yuan ($2,483). Since the Huawei Mate X has been certified by TENAA, it’s China launch seems imminent.
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