HUAWEI today introduced the Mate XTs Ultimate Design tri-fold phone in China as the successor to the Mate XT, which was introduced last year as the first world’s first smartphone with a tri-fold screen in production.
It retains most specifications as the original foldable including a 6.4-inch FHD+ screen when folded, 7.9-inch 2K screen when open half, and when fully open it transforms into a 10.2-inch tablet with a 3K screen. The screen uses COE pixel super light-transmitting technology, reducing power consumption by 13% The dimension and the weight are the same.
The display also gets M-Pen 3 stylus support that can also control the phone with the button.
The Mate XTs features a Tiangong hinge system with a dual-track linkage design, achieving extreme slimness. The outer hinge strength is increased by 23%, and the inner hinge strength by 16%. The ultra-modular tri-fold screen is double-impact resistant, increasing the screen’s impact resistance by 30%.
It features an eight-layer buffer structure in the hinge area and a flexible screen design, offering a combination of softness and strength. The thinnest screen thickness is 0.02mm, and the hinge area’s impact resistance is increased by 35%. It uses aerospace-grade special steel with a material strength of 2400MPa, offering ultimate strength and tensile resistance. Ultra-precision hinge assembly achieves an internal and external folding accuracy of 0.1°.
Another change is the SoC, which is the company’s own Kirin 9020 processor, which improves the overall performance by 36% compared to the Kirin 9000 in the predecessor.
It retains XMAGE imaging featuring a 50MP 1/1.56″ main camera with variable aperture ranging from f/1.4 to f/4.0, 12MP 5.5x periscope telephoto rear camera and an 8MP camera on the inside. However, the 12MP ultra-wide camera has been replaced by a 40MP camera with 2.5cm macro option. This also adds 1.5MP multispectral sensor for better colours.
The HUAWEI Mate XTs is still powered by a 5600mAh silicon-carbon anode battery and supports 66W wired fast charging, 50W wireless fast charging, and 7.5W wireless reverse charging.
HUAWEI Mate XTs | Ultimate Design specifications
- 6.4-inch (2232 × 1008 pixels) single / 7.9-inch (2232 × 2048 pixels) dual / 10.2-inch (2232 × 3184 pixels) triple screen flexible OLED 90Hz LTPO display, 1440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, 240Hz touch sampling rate
- Kirin 9020 processor
- 16GB RAM, 256GB / 512GB / 1TB storage
- HarmonyOS 5.1
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP camera with OIS, f/1.4-f/4.0 variable aperture, 40MP Ultra Wide Angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 2.5cm macro, 12MP 5.5x periscope telephoto lens with f/3.4 aperture, OIS, 1.5MP multispectral sensor
- 8MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture
- Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
- M-Pen 3 stylus Support
- Dimensions: 156.7 x 73.5 single / 143mm dual / 219mm triple x 12.8mm single / 7.45mm/4.75mm dual / 3.6mm triple; Weight: 298g
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ax (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.2 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual-band), NavIC, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C (GEN1)
- 5600mAh battery with 66W wired fast charging, 50W wireless fast charging, 7.5W wireless reverse charging
Pricing and availability
The HUAWEI Mate XTs | Ultimate Design comes in White, Purple, Black, and Red colours. Pricing as follows.
- 16GB+256GB – 17,999 yuan (USD 2520 / Rs. 2,22,220 approx.)
- 16GB+512GB – 19,999 yuan (USD 2800 / Rs. 2,46,905 approx.)
- 16GB+1TB – 21,999 yuan (USD 3080 / Rs. 2,71,600 approx.)
- 16GB+1TB stylus set – 22,499 yuan (USD 3150 / Rs. 2,77,735 approx.)
The phone is now available to order and will go on sale in China starting from September 12th. The stylus set will be available on September 16th.