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Back in September 2023, Huawei debuted its Mate X5 foldable smartphone in the Chinese market. The foldable features an in-house Kirin 9000s chip along with an impressive camera system. A new report has now surfaced revealing when we can expect a successor of the Mate X5.

Huawei Mate X5

As per tipster Smart Pikachu over at Weibo, Huawei will be updating its X series foldable products in the second half of 2024. While the tipster has not revealed any details or even the name of the device, we expect it to be called the Mate X6.

As for what improvements we can expect, the upcoming foldable will likely offer an improved camera system, an improved hinge, and likely a new processor. Huawei has the option to either go with the Kirin 9010 or the upcoming “super core” chip which is rumored to power the upcoming Mate 70 series. We can take a look at the specs of the Mate X5 to get an idea of what to expect from its successor.

Huawei Mate X5 specs:

The Huawei Mate X5 has a 6.4-inch OLED LTPO external display with a 2504 x 1080 resolution, 20.9:9 aspect ratio, 300Hz touch sampling rate, and Kunlun glass. Inside, it has a 7.85-inch foldable OLED LTPO display with a 2496 x 2224 resolution, 8:7.1 aspect ratio, and 240Hz touch sampling rate. Both screens support a 1Hz-120Hz refresh rate, 10-bit colors, P3 color gamut, and 1440Hz high-frequency dimming. It includes a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.

The Mate X5 likely uses the Kirin 9000s chipset and may support 5G. It comes with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage. The front camera is 8MP, and the rear setup includes a 50MP main camera, a 13MP ultra-wide lens, and a 12MP periscope telephoto camera with OIS. It runs on Harmony OS 4.0.

The device has a 5,060mAh battery with 66W wired and 50W wireless charging. Other features include dual SIM, NM card slot, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, dual-frequency GPS, NFC, 2D face unlock, USB-C (USB 3.1 Gen 1), two-way satellite connectivity, and IPX8 water resistance.

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