Huawei has just introduced a new form factor to the smartphone market, a wider screen experience in a regular non-folding design.

Today, August 20, the company officially launched the Huawei Pura X View, calling it the world’s first wide-screen candybar smartphone and positioning it as “born for content.” The idea is to give users a broader horizontal view inside a traditional slab phone, making videos, reading, gaming, and other content feel more immersive and complete.

The Pura X View has a 6.39″ OLED display with a 16:9.5 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2232 × 1320. It reaches an impressive 96.1% screen-to-body ratio thanks to extremely thin 1.05 mm bezels on all four sides. Peak brightness hits 6,500 nits, and it supports high-frequency PWM dimming. Despite packing a 7,000 mAh battery, the phone stays slim at just 6.68 mm thick and weighs 201 g.

It launches with HarmonyOS 7 and is tuned for “wide-screen” uses like better video watching, reading, gaming, and productivity. Color options are Leap Shadow Red, Linen Gray, Zero Degree White, and Phantom Night Black. Reservations started today, with in-store experiences and pre-sales beginning on August 28.

Earlier leaks from tipster Digital Chat Station had pointed to a high-positioned wide-screen Huawei device with a roughly 16:10 ratio, a flagship-level 9-series chip, around 7,000 mAh battery, and a 50 MP triple-camera setup that includes a periscope telephoto. The official announcement confirms the core design direction, taking the wide-screen concept first seen on the foldable Huawei Pura X (launched in 2025 with a 6.3-inch 16:10 panel) and bringing it into a regular non-folding phone.

By moving the wide-screen idea from foldables to traditional candybar phones, Huawei is trying out a new direction for regular smartphones, one that could change how people consume content on handheld devices.

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(Source: Huawei)

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