Huawei Mate X smartphone went on sale today in China and as usual, the smartphone was sold out within minutes. This marks the third time the Mate X foldable smartphone has been sold out within minutes of going on sale.
The sale of the Huawei Mate X foldable smartphone began on 10:08 AM local time in China for a price of 16,999 Yuan, which roughly converts to $2,417. However, the company has not revealed the number of units sold in these sales.
Customers can spend 2,699 Yuan (~$384) to avail 1 year screen insurance for the foldable display. Huawei recently revealed pricing for repairing and different parts of the smartphone and the screen replacement is the costliest.
The company reveals that the screen replacement on the Huawei Mate X will cost whooping 7,080 yuan, which roughly converts to $1,007. Further, battery replacement costs 278 yaun (approx. $40) while the motherboard repair is priced at 3,579 yaun that roughly converts to $509. The camera replacement will cost 698 yuan (approx. $99) to the users.
Due to the lack of supply of the smartphone from the Chinese giant, Huawei is not able to meet the demand for the Mate X. Thus, the device is now reportedly available for purchase through third-party websites for as much as 60,000 Yuan which is roughly $8,557.
As for the smartphone, the Huawei Mate X features a large 8-inch screen with a 2480 x 2200 pixels screen resolution and an 8:7.1 aspect ratio when unfolded with pretty thin bezels. When folded, it transforms into a dual-display phone – one side is a 6.6-inch display with 2480 x 1148 pixels screen resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio while the other is a 6.38-inch display with 2480 x 892 pixels screen resolution and 25:9 screen aspect ratio.
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The device comes packed with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It has dual SIM support (nano only) but only SIM 1 supports 5G. You can also swap out the second SIM card for Huawei’s NM card up to 256GB. The device also comes with the 7nm Balong 5000 modem which brings 5G support to the device.
It runs the EMUI 9.1.1 custom interface, which is based on Android 9 Pie operating system out-of-the-box. 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.
The smartphone has two built-in batteries, which offers a total capacity of 4,500mAh. Huawei has also debuted its new SupercCharge fast charging technology which supports up to 55W. The company claims that the new SuperCharge allows users to charge the device from empty to 85 percent in just 30 minutes.
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