HUAWEI just announced the MateBook Fold ULTIMATE DESIGN, the company’s first HarmonyOS 5-powered laptop with a foldable OLED screen in China, as it had promised.
This is also the world’s largest commercial foldable screen PC, with a dual-layer OLED flexible display that unfolds to 18-inches and when folded there is a 13-inch screen. The thinnest part is just 7.3 mm, and it weighs only 1.16 kg.
In terms of screen, the MateBook Fold uses the world’s largest double-layer OLED display, the first commercial LTPO technology in a laptop, and improves comprehensive energy consumption by 30%. It has a high resolution of 3.3K, a peak brightness of HDR of 1600 nits, a contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1, supports adaptive refresh rate, and has a screen-to-body ratio of 92%.
The MateBook Fold adopts the world’s largest basalt water drop hinge; three-stage shaft with mortise and tenon structure, stable and durable; ultra-high precision integrated load-bearing main shaft, ultra-high density zirconium-based liquid metal; water drop shape, closed and seamless; multi-link drive, precise linkage.
It has built-in ultra-thin diamond aluminum dual fans, with 28W performance release and 3.5mm fan thickness. Adopts antigravity VC technology to innovate gravity pump: through innovative technology, ensure that the computer can maintain consistent performance in different forms.
It runs HarmonyOS 5, which connects multiple devices such as mobile phones, tablets, computers, watches, large screens, and headphones, and has accelerated adaptation of 150+ exclusive PC ecosystem applications, 1000+ integrated ecosystem applications have been adapted, and 2000+ integrated ecosystem applications have been accelerated.
HUAWEI MateBook Fold ULTIMATE DESIGN specifications
- 13 inches (2472 × 1648 pixels) 3:2 (folded) / 18 inches (3296 × 2472 pixels) 4:3 (unfolded) Double-layer LTPO OLED (flexible display), up to 700 nits typical brightness, up to 1600 nits Peak brightness, 1440 Hz High frequency PWM dimming
- 32GB RAM, 1 TB / 2TB NVMe PCIe SSD
- HarmonyOS 5
- 8MP front camera
- Fingerprint Power Button
- Wi-Fi 6E 802.11ax 2.4 GHz/5 GHz/6 GHz, Bluetooth 5.2, 2 x USB-C
- 6 Speakers, Quad Microphones
- Dimensions: 382.5 x 288.5 x 7.6 mm (left) / 7.3 mm (right) (Unfolded) / 288.5 x 193.7 x 14.9mm (Closed) ; Weight: 1.16 kg
- 74.69Wh battery, 140W USB-C fast charging
Pricing and availability
The HUAWEI MateBook Fold ULTIMATE DESIGN comes in Forging Shadow Black, Cloud Water Blue, and Skyline White colours and is priced at 23,999 yuan (USD 3328 / Rs. 2,84,410 approx.) for the 32GB + 1TB model and the 32GB + 2TB model costs 26,999 yuan (USD 3744 / Rs. 3,19,930 approx.). It will be available to order in China starting from today.