Folding phones, in their Concha or book modality, have come to stay and except some brand that does not bite the hook (or apple), almost all have their own version. But most of them have had to give up something on the road: be it the thickness, design, external screen size (especially in Flip or Concha models) and have always relegated a section, the camera. Until Huawei and He broke the board with the mate XT, a folding smartphone … for three.
The XT Mate has An “initial” 6.4 -inch screen, if we display the first section it becomes a 7.9 -inch screen and if we open it completely, it reaches 10.2 inches: A diagonal of about 25 cm. All this in a weight of about 298 grams, about 40 grams more than Pixel 9 Pro Fold, with a “barely” 7.6 inches screen.
But it is in the thickness where the mate xt really stands out. Currently, the thinnest folding in the market is the Magic V3 honor, with 4.4 mm if it is open and 9.2 mm if we close it. The galaxy z fold has 12.1 mm folded and is reduced to 5.6 once we open it. For its part, the Mate XT has similar measures to Samsung’s folding if it is in “discreet” mode, with 12.8 mm, but If we open it completely it is almost 50% thinner than its Korean counterpart: 3.6 mm. And notoriously thinner than Magic V3.
Even so, manages to carry A 5600 mAh battery admits rapid charging of 66 W and wireless 50 W. As for the cameras, it has a three lens configuration: a 50MP main lens, an ultra -angle lens of 12MP and a 12MP periscope lens. The front camera is 8MP.
The brain is A Kirin 9010 chipset exclusive to Huawei, 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of storage. Enough for this beast, but we could ask for more power. And, in this sense, there is a claim that could be done to the mate XT: taking advantage of the three screens, we could, use two of it independently. If we use it as a triangle, in which one screen looks to one side and the other towards the opposite, it would be “juicy” to have this independence.
That said, its benefits and careful design in red or black, have not prevented that it obtained more than 3 million in advance in the Chinese market. If we take into account that In Spain, in a whole year (2024) 10 million mobiles were sold Of almost a dozen brands and numerous models, the mate XT, is to respect, at least in the figures.
In what Regarding the hinges, a very detailed job has been done. It does not open or close suddenly and use magnets to remain closed when we want it. His folds, although visible, are comparable to those of Magic V3 honor, which is a compliment taking into account that it is one of the folding smartphones with the most superficial and less noticeable folds of the current harvest.
Unfortunately, for regulation reasons, It is not yet available in Europe, but it will not be missing much for it. What we do know is that it unites the best in the world Tablet (big screen, thin, good design, light), with the most precious of a smartphone: good battery and a more than recommended camera.