Huawei was one of the few companies to unveil a foldable smartphone this year. The Mate X as the device is called has a single flexible panel that folds outward. In a recent interview, Huawei’s CEO revealed more foldable phones are coming and even gives a time frame on when to expect them.

Speaking to GSMArena, Richard Yu said half of their flagships in two years could be foldable. Technically, that is just two phones if we are talking about Huawei-branded flagships only.

I think that on a flagship level in two years, half of our devices could be foldable. – Huawei CEO, Richard Yu

The Chinese giant has two main flagship series – the P series and the Mate series. Our guess is the Pro version of both series will be the foldable phones while the non-pro model will stick to the traditional design. If we decide to add the Honor brand, then there might be more foldable phones and the likely model will be the Magic series.

The Mate X is actually more expensive than the Galaxy Fold which is its closest rival. However, the Huawei executive believes the price of foldable phones will reduce in the coming years, even selling for the same price as current flagships.

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There are also plans to make smaller sized models according to Mr. Yu. “In the future, we can make a foldable phone sized in half of this one [P30 Pro], we have plans for a smaller foldable phone.” he said.

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Up until last year, Huawei’s Mate series was considered to be the flagship phone lineup and its sibling, the Huawei P-series hardly received any attention. That was not surprising, given that the Huawei P8 models were decent but nothing out of the ordinary. But things have changed with the Huawei P9, and it is heard that the phone is selling very well, thanks to the powerful Kirin processor inside as well as the Leica certified dual 12MP cameras at the back.

Naturally, the next generation model in the P-series, most likely called as the Huawei P10 should come with better specs. Even the dual Leica branded cameras on the phone is expected to be upgraded. The upgraded specs would probably call for an increase in the price tag, but as of now, we are clueless about any exact figures.

In case you are preparing to get hold of the Huawei P10 when it launches at MWC 2017, then it’s worth mentioning that a new rumor states that the P10 will be quite costly. In fact, Ricciolo, who leaked this information says that the Huawei P10 will be the most expensive P-series phone till date. But he adds that it would be cheaper than the exorbitantly priced Huawei Porsche Design model (~$1500). Well, that was kind of obvious, wasn’t it? Even after hearing this, I still hope that the base model starts at less than $800. In case you are wondering, the current Huawei P9 32GB model starts at around $650.

https://twitter.com/Ricciolo1/status/823527800451858432

Specs wise, the Huawei P10 is expected to come with a 5.5-inch display with 2K resolution. The phone’s design is reported to be similar to the existing P9 and we did see a couple of new renders of the upcoming flagship a couple of days back (added at the end of this article).

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Since the Huawei P10 is expected to be unveiled at MWC 2017, more info about the phone should be on its way soon.

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