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Huawei’s Mate Xs 2 sets a few foldable phone records that prove the outward foldable form-factor shouldn’t be overlooked by rival companies.

Huawei Mate Xs 2: As light as an iPhone and with a bigger battery than the Galaxy – is this the most “normal” foldable to date? In true Huawei spirit, there were a bunch of Galaxy and iPhone comparisons throughout the presentation, which, of course, aimed at painting Huawei in a positive light.īut let’s see if Richard Yu & Co have anything to brag about…

Huawei really believe in the outward folding design, and if we look at what the company’s managed to achieve here, it’s hard to argue with the end result. What’s left is to see if progressive thinking and impressive engineering are enough to convince western audiences that outward-folding phones without Google apps are the way to go. Meanwhile, although the Chinese foldable contender was visibly shaken by the (ongoing) US trade embargo that cut the company’s stream of Google apps and access to key hardware components, Huawei… persisted.In fact, in the midst of the trade ban, the company from Shenzhen pulled off a miracle techbecoming the first phone-maker to surpass Samsung and/or Apple and become the world’s biggest phone manufacturer – a lead that Huawei held just for a few months back in 2020.ĭespite the hard times, Huawei’s overachieving, ambition-filled, and innovation-driven corporate culture remained intact, and the Huawei Mate Xs 2 is here to deliver the proof. It’s still heavier, bulkier, and less capable in some key areas compared to a slab phone.It still has the most prominent crease and gap we’ve ever seen on a foldable.The Fold 3 is still awkwardly shaped when closed.

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As you might know, Samsung’s 20 Galaxy Fold successors decided to follow a linear upgrade pattern with some obvious changes that should’ve been there from the beginning (Galaxy Z Fold 2), or some appreciated but yet incremental improvements (Galaxy Z Fold 3).And despite being a massive upgrade over the original Galaxy Fold (the bar wasn’t set high), Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 is still facing challenges that troubled the company’s foldable phones from day one…