If you’re looking to see every spec of this 8-inch foldable phone, we have you covered with 30 photos of the new device.
The foldable Huawei Mate X is our best in show pick here at MWC 2019, and we got ample hands-on time with what feels like the future of smartphones.
It’s pretty much a sci-fi dream gadget come to life. If you’re looking for Mate X photos from every angle imaginable to better understand it, we’ve got the pics for you.
Folded, unfolded, front screen, back screen and that all-important Falcon Wing hinge – all the angles have been captured by our team on the ground. Let’s take a tour.
Let’s start with the Huawei Mate X folded up and its screens off, as if it just came out of your pocket – a pocket that no longer has money in it because you spent all of it on the Mate X. The phone is chunky when folded, but flat (especially when compared to the Samsung Galaxy Fold).
The fold feels secure thanks to a clasp that keeps the bent screen in place. You’ll need to touch a button to release the screen from this locked state.
Here you can really see the folded Mate X screen in detail at the top. This has been the biggest problem in the development of foldable phones – making the wrap-around screen durable enough to bend so many times.
This photo shows the display doing an extreme 180 degree change of direction, forming an arch you wouldn’t want to see on a normal phone or TV panel. Good news: Huawei says the curved screen has been stress tested in a lab to last 100,000 folds.
There’s a tiny button on the Huawei Mate X grip, which also houses the triple-lens cameras, fingerprint sensor/power button, and the USB-C port.
Press this magic button and your dual-screen phone begins to unfold into an 8-inch tablet.
Open sesame. With the button pressed, you’re able to manually unfold the phone thanks to a small spring mechanism that’s inside the grip.
The folding process feels good. We were afraid to break the thing at first because displays are usually so delicate. But the Falcon Wing hinge makes this feel solid.
This is the little-photographed back of the Huawei Mate X. It shows the Interstellar Blue color, as Huawei calls it.
You’re not going to see much of this part of the Mate X, simply because you’re going to be staring at the front-facing 8-inch screen on the other side.
Let’s turn to that other side – this is the 8-inch screen in all of its glory. It’s bright and colorful, as you can see, with a Super AMOLED display panel giving us the full tablet experience.
