Huawei Mate X2 Plain Leather Collector’s Edition goes on sale in China

Jeet — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:01:20 +0000

Huawei Mate X2 smartphone was launched in China earlier this year as a third foldable smartphone from the Chinese tech giant. Last month, the company launched the Plan Leather edition of the same in China.

Now, after waiting for more than a month, the Huawei Mate X2 Plain Leather Collector’s Edition is available for purchase in China. The device is priced at 19,699 yuan, which roughly converts to $3,093.

The smartphone comes with a 6.45-inch 90Hz cover OLED display with a pill-shaped cut-out that houses a single 16MP front-facing camera. The foldable display is an 8-inch OLED panel and also has a 90Hz refresh rate.

Interestingly, the device comes powered by the company’s own Kirin 9000 chipset which supports 5G connectivity. Ever since the United States imposed sanctions on Huawei, the company hasn’t been able to launch a smartphone with 5G connectivity support.

It is said that the outer screen uses nano-crystalline glass material which increases the drop resistance by five times. As for the memory, the device comes packed with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage.

In the camera department, there’s a quad-camera setup that includes a 50-megapixel primary sensor, a 16-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens, a 12-megapixel telephoto sensor, and an 8-megapixel periscope lens.

For a better user experience, the Huawei Mate X2 Plain Leather Collector’s Edition comes with support for one-step split-screen, one-step small windows, and horizontal screen small windows for applications such as games and videos. The company also says that most of the top 200 apps in the Huawei App Market have been optimized for large-screen usage.

It comes running the company’s own EMUI 11 interface based on the HarmonyOS 2.0 operating system. The smartphone is powered by a 4,500mAh battery and comes with support for 55W fast charging technology.

Huawei Mate X2 Collector’s Edition sold out in seconds, Second hand bids cross $3000

Sean — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 10:11:59 +0000

Earlier today (18th November 2021), Huawei launched a special variant of its Mate X2 foldable smartphone. Within just a few seconds, the new Mate X2 Collector’s Edition was sold out, despite the device being an ultra high end device.

The new special edition of the Mate X2 was priced at 18,999 Yuan (roughly 2,976 US Dollars). For those unaware, this variant of the Mate X2 upgrades the original’s 8GB of RAM to 12GB, which is paired with 512GB of internal storage. Under the hood, the ultra premium handset sports the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 processor, which supports 5G networking. Apart from the minor changes, the device is basically the same in other aspects to the original version.

Since Huawei was cut off from its primary chip supplier TSMC, the Kirin 9000 5G SoC are based on the remaining inventory of its in house chipset. In other words, its supply is very limited, which, in turn, would’ve raised its value as a “Collector’s” item. And with the brand’s high popularity in its home market, it arrives as no surprise that it was sold out in mere seconds. Interestingly, some users even took to online channels to resell this model owing to the surprising demand. These online listings have started accepting bids (Via ITHome), with the highest bid even crossing a whopping 21,000 Yuan (roughly 3,200 US Dollars).

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Huawei Mate X2 Plain Leather Collector’s Edition goes on sale in China

Huawei Mate X2 Collector’s Edition sold out in seconds, Second hand bids cross $3000