Huawei’s Mate XT Ultimate Design, the world’s first tri-fold smartphone, went on sale in China on Friday, alongside Apple’s iPhone 16 series smartphones, which are now available in global markets such as India. However, Chinese customers hoping to buy Huawei’s new foldable phone were reportedly disappointed as the company only sold the phone to customers who had confirmed pre-orders, suggesting that the Mate XT Ultimate Design may be available in China on a limited basis.
Consumers in Shenzhen and Beijing were dismayed to find on Friday that they could not buy the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design, which is only available to customers with confirmed pre-orders from the smartphone maker, Reuters reported.
Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design expands to 10.2-inch display
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The base model of Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design comes with 16GB RAM and 256GB storage and is priced at CNY 19,999 (roughly Rs. 2,37,000), while the company is also offering 512GB and 1TB storage variants for CNY 21,999 (roughly Rs. 2,60,800) and CNY 23,999 (roughly Rs. 2,84,500), respectively.
Meanwhile, a Shenzhen vendor is reportedly offering the top-end variant of the phone (with 1TB storage) for a whopping RMB 150,000 (roughly Rs. 17,77,800), which is five times the official price of the phone.
Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design specifications, features
The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design is a dual-SIM phone that runs HarmonyOS 4.2. It has a 10.2-inch flexible LTPO OLED screen when unfolded, but users can turn it into a 7.9-inch screen with one fold or a smaller 6.4-inch screen with a second fold.
A recent report revealed that the tri-fold phone is powered by an octa-core Kirin 9010 chipset. The phone has 16GB of RAM and is available in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB storage configurations.
There is a 50-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 12-megapixel periscope telephoto camera with 5.5x optical zoom and OIS. The smartphone also has an 8-megapixel camera on the display for selfies or video calls.
The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design comes with a side-mounted fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication. It is equipped with a 5,600mAh battery that can be charged using 66W (wired) or 50W (using a compatible wireless charger). The company has not yet revealed whether it will launch this phone in global markets.
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