MWC 2020 being canceled due to coronavirus fears led Huawei to hold a virtual event to showcase its latest product offerings. The Chinese giant today launched a successor to its first-ever foldable smartphone and it’s dubbed the Huawei Mate Xs. It was first shown off last year and arrives with an improved design, more durable hinge, and 5G connectivity support.
In terms of design, Huawei Mate Xs features an improved hinge design and durable new display technology to offer an even better experience to foldable phone users. Huawei is using a back-to-back Falcon Wing hinge design, which is the same as the Mate X, but it’s using Zirconium-based liquid metal instead of Titanium Alloy for improved sturdiness. We also get better protection against dust with the Mate Xs.
Mate Xs comes equipped with a 4,500mAh battery pack with 55W fast-charging support. Huawei claims that you can juice up 80% of the battery in just around 30 minutes using the USB Type-C port. There’s no headphone jack aboard this foldable phone.
Huawei Mate Xs has been priced at an exorbitant 2499 euros (around Rs. 1.95 lakhs or $2700) for the single 8GB+512GB variant. It comes only in a single blackish-blue color variant. There’s currently no word on the availability of Huawei Mate Xs but we will update this story once we learn of the same.
