Huawei Mate X: features and price of the first folding mobile with 5G

As announced a few weeks ago, Huawei has presented at the Mobile World Congress 2019 with heavy artillery: the new Huawei Mate X, a mobile phone with a folding screen that also incorporates the star technology of the fair this year, 5G connectivity. It, therefore, becomes the first smartphone to combine both features.

We had the opportunity to see the Huawei Mate X both during the presentation keynote at the MWC and in its first promotional video, in which several of its main features are shown, beyond the folding screen, a clear and rapid response to the Samsung’s mobile phone presented this week.

In this case, the characteristics of the Huawei Mate X make it a competitor to be taken into account by other high-end. Its screen is 8″ when it is fully deployed, and its panel is OLED.

This mobile has everything you can ask for a smartphone this year 2019, in addition to the two main innovations right now. It is not a qualitative leap in terms of power or memory, although on the other hand, it is not necessary either.

We do a little review of everything we know and has revealed about the first Huawei folding phone.

Huawei Mate X: features and price of the first folding mobile with 5G

Two screens that add up to 8 inches

In particular, it is striking that the panel is OLED, a particularly expensive item that will surely trigger the price of the Huawei Mate X when it goes on sale.

And not only that, but it is also a foldable OLED. Unlike other similar mobiles, in this case, they do not look like two screens joined by a hinge, but a continuous screen that can be transformed according to the user’s needs at any time.

This technology has been called Falcon Wing and consists of a hinge of more than 100 components, a success from the point of view of the necessary engineering but a potential problem for the user.

However, we must differentiate them as if they were two different: one of 6.6″-filled- and one of 8″ when it is fully deployed.

One of the things that draw attention is that it has no hole or notch in the front area, in addition to a thickness of only 5.4 mm deployed and 11 mm when the two screens meet.

It’s a design milestone, that’s for sure.

Leica camera and double screen, also in photos

One of the advantages of having two screens is that you can see the photo they are doing while they are doing it, something that the Huawei CEO has emphasized as an advantage.

In addition, it also has a Leica front camera, although many details about the specifications of it have not been provided.

Yes, we have seen in the images a triple rear camera system, which is probably identical to the Mate 20 a few months ago, praised as the best camera available in mobile telephony right now.

Balong 5000 and Kirin 980

A surprise of this Huawei Mate X is that it will equip neither processor nor modem of Qualcomm, but the Kirin 980 of Huawei with its own modem compatible with 5G, the Balong 5000 that already appeared a month ago.

According to the brand, it offers the highest mobile speed in the world, capable of downloading 1 GB of data in just three seconds when connected to 5G networks.

Obviously, as for Kirin 980, there is not much surprise. It is the best processor of Huawei today, both for power and graphics capacity and also for energy efficiency, so it was sung that would be chosen.

In this case, it seems that at least in the fast loading section if they have hypervitaminoses the chip, which rises to 55W capacity, 15W more than in the standard Mate 20.

In theory, you can load 85% of its capacity – 4,500 mAh – in just 30 minutes. It becomes one of the fastest, but still behind some mobile with SuperVOOC.

Huawei Mate X: Full Specifications

SIZE

COLOR

Interstellar Blue

DISPLAY (SCREEN)

Type:
OLED

Size:
Unfolded: 8 inches
Folded: 6.6 inches for front panel, 6.38 inches for back panel

Resolution:
Unfolded: 2480 x 2200
Folded: 2480 x 1148 for front panel, 2480 x 892 for back panel

*The display has rounded corners and the screen is measured as a standard rectangular shape diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

CHIPSET

HUAWEI Kirin 980 + Balong 5000

HUAWEI Kirin 980

CPU: 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.6 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 1.92 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.8 GHz
GPU: Mali-G76
NPU: Neural Network Processing Unit

Balong 5000

2G / 3G / 4G / 5G Multi-mode
Support SA&NSA

OPERATING SYSTEM

Android 9

MEMORY

8 GB RAM + 512 GB ROM
NM card: support up to 256 GB

*NM card sold separately.

NETWORK

Primary SIM card:

• 5G NR TDD: N41 / N77 / N78 / N79
• 4G LTE TDD: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40 / B41
• 4G LTE FDD: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B26 / B28 / B32
• 3G WCDMA: B1 / B2 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B8 / B19;
• 2G GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8 (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)

Secondary SIM card:

• 4G LTE TDD: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40 / B41
• 4G LTE FDD: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B26 / B28
• 3G WCDMA: B1 / B2 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B8 / B19
• 2G GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8 (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)

Note:
Functions available on the live network depend on the carrier network.

DUAL SIM SUPPORT

Card slot 1: nano card
Card slot 2: nano card or NM card
*NM card sold separately.

GPS

GPS (L1 + L5 dual band) / AGPS / Glonass / BeiDou / Galileo (E1 + E5a dual band) / QZSS (L1 + L5 dual band)

SENSORS

• Gravity Sensor,
• Ambient Light Sensor,
• Proximity Sensor,
• Gyroscope,
• Compass,
• Fingerprint Sensor,
• Hall sensor,
• Barometer,
• Infrared sensor,
• colour temprature sensor

BATTERY AND CHARGING

4500 mAh (Typical Value)*

*Typical value. Actual capacity may vary slightly.
This capacity is the nominal battery capacity. The actual battery capacity for each individual phone may be slightly above or below the nominal battery capacity.

55 W HUAWEI SuperCharge

CAMERA

Leica camera

• 40 MP (Wide Angle Lens) +
• 16 MP (Ultra Wide Angle Lens) +
• 8 MP (Telephoto)

Price and availability of Huawei Mate X

Obviously, the million dollar question about this mobile is what will be the price of the Huawei Mate X and when it can be officially purchased all over the world.

There is an added problem, and that apparently will go on sale around the month of June, although there are still some tests to be done with the 5G. When they are ready, the launch date will be confirmed.

For now, the price of Mate X is € 2,299 with 8 GB of RAM + 256 GB of internal storage.