At a time when most candybar smartphones look nearly identical from the front, Huawei continues to experiment with new form factors. The company helped popularize the wider book-style foldable design, a direction that Xiaomi and Apple are now exploring for its more practical aspect ratio. According to recent leaks, Huawei also sees potential in bringing that concept to a traditional slab smartphone with a wider, tablet-like display. The device is reportedly expected to arrive after the Mate 90 series, potentially before the end of 2026.
The leaks suggest Huawei is testing a 16:10 display with a 2K-class resolution, giving the phone a noticeably wider screen than most current flagships. While foldables have explored similar proportions, this would bring the concept to a conventional smartphone form factor.
Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station recently claimed to have seen an engineering prototype and described the device as surprisingly thin and lightweight despite its larger footprint. Details about the final design remain unclear, including the shape of the rear camera module.
On the camera side, Huawei is reportedly testing a 50MP primary sensor with a large 1/1.3-inch format, paired with a 50MP periscope telephoto camera and a multispectral sensor. If those specifications make it to production, the device could sit firmly in flagship territory and continue Huawei’s focus on advanced mobile photography.
Power is expected to come from a next-generation Kirin 9000 series chipset and a 7,000mAh battery.
For now, the device is still believed to be in development, so specifications could change before launch. Even so, the idea of a wide-screen candybar flagship would give Huawei something genuinely different in a market where most smartphones look increasingly similar.
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