Huawei has been pushing boundaries in foldable smartphone design. It has dabbled in everything from book-style and clamshell devices to wild tri-fold concepts and recently a side-folding wide-screen foldable. Now, it looks like the Chinese tech giant is taking that same experimental approach to the PC space.
According to a tipster on Weibo, Huawei is developing a new PC with an “unexpected new form factor.” It apparently feels like a combination of PC, tablet, and mobile phone, though there are no images to clarify exactly what that means.
If the leak is accurate, this mystery PC will run on Huawei’s HarmonyOS NEXT, a version of its in-house operating system designed to move away from Android roots. But the software reportedly isn’t fully optimized yet, meaning Huawei could still be ironing out issues before a commercial launch.
The processor is another big question mark. The leak claims the device will use a new Huawei-made chip, but details are scarce. However, a separate report last week revealed a PC processor called the Kirin X90 recently via a Chinese listing. The upcoming PC could be using this same chip.
However, if that is the chip in question, do not expect cutting-edge performance. It is rumored to be built on SMIC’s 7nm process, which lags behind the latest chips from Apple, Qualcomm, and Intel.
Huawei has a history of experimenting with ambitious designs, often releasing them in limited quantities. If this hybrid PC is real, it could be more of a tech showcase than a mainstream product. Still, if Huawei manages to merge PC, mobile, and tablet functionality into a seamless package, it might just redefine what a personal computer can be.
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