At MWC 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, Huawei had announced its Huawei Mate X phone, making it the world’s first foldable 5G product. Presently, the company has confirmed that the Mate X will be introduced in India later this year.
Whereas the cameraphone was noted last month, the smartphone is not yet available for purchase. The manufacturer had said at the time of unveiling that the handset will be available for get in mid-2019 for a value of 2,299 Yuan.
India is an key market for Huawei and for any additional phone brand as it is one of the world’s biggest phone market. And it makes sense for the manufacturer to release its top-of-the-line product in India as well. However, after introduced, it could possibly be one of the most high-cost smartphones in India.
Mate X technical specs
The Huawei Mate X options a large 8-inch panel with a 2480 x 2200 pixels panel resolution and an 8:7.1 aspect ratio whenever unfolded with fairly thin bezels. When folded, it transforms into a dual display smartphone – one side is a 6.6-inch (2480 x 1148 pixels) 19.5:9 display although the other is a 6.38-inch (2480 x 892 pixels) 25:9 display.
CPU, RAM and storage
The phone is fueled by the company’s own Kirin 980 chipset, paired with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It has dual SIM support (nano only) however only SIM 1 supports 5G. You can Additionally switch out the second SIM card for Huawei’s NM card (256GB max.). It arrives with the 7nm Balong 5000 modem which brings 5G support to the product.
Cameras
It options 3 cameras on the back, what Furthermore double as the selfie digital cameras. The digital cameras were co-developed with Leica and are made up of a 40MP wide-angle lens, a 16MP ultra-wide angle lens, and an 8MP telephoto lens.
User interface
The smartphone runs the EMUI 9.1.1 custom interface, which is based on Android 9 Pie operating system out-of-the-box. As for the connectivity features, the device supports NFC, dual-frequency GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, and USB Type-C port.
Battery and charging
The Huawei Mate X has 2 built-in batteries, which offers a total capacity of 4,500mAh. Huawei has Additionally debuted its new SuperCharge fast charging tech which supports up to 55W. The company claims that the new SuperCharge makes it possible for users to charge the gadget from empty to 85% in just 30 minutes!