Huawei Unveils The Future: World's First Tri Fold Smartphone Hits The Market
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Huawei launched the Huawei Tri Fold smartphone one of its kind and the first Tri Fold phone in the world. The three-way foldable Huawei Mate XT has a 10.2-inch screen that folds twice to become a 6.4-inch normal-sized phone. The phone is the new thinnest portable computing device in the world with a 3.6 mm thickness. The Huawei trifold has a 50-megapixel main camera with a variable aperture that can switch between f/1.4 and f/4, meaning there are physical aperture shutter blades that open and close depending on user need. There’s also a Periscope camera that can do 5.5X optical zoom at over 120mm. These features are one-of-a-kind and are not available in the other foldable phone models from Google and Samsung. The phone runs on 16 GB RAM and a self-developed Huawei Kirin Chip. The Mate XT Ultimate's hinge system, named after the Tiangong space station, allows for "internal and external bending" using dual tracks and moving parts to ensure zero-gap folding. The hinge is constructed from a composite laminate with non-Newtonian fluid components, adding durability. The Huawei Tri-Fold has a single screen—a flexible LTPO OLED with a 120 Hz refresh rate and support for 10 billion colors. Its full resolution is 3,184 x 2,232 pixels, which adjusts to 2,232 x 2,048 and 2,232 x 1,008 pixels depending on the folding configuration. Huawei calls this display “3K,” positioning it as a middle ground between 2K (QHD) and 4K. The screen has a 92% screen-to-body ratio, with the fully unfolded 10.2-inch display boasting a 16:11 aspect ratio. Huawei also claims to enhance the display with "AI computing image The demand for the phone in China is so high that the stock is low forcing retailers to sell it at $6000 from a normal retail price of $2800 (20000 Yuan). Huawei XT Mate was announced at the same time Apple announced the iPhone 16 model in September 2024. This has resulted in the low demand for the iPhone 16 models due to the high demand for the Huawei Ri Fold Xt Mate. It’s unlikely that Huawei will release the Mate XT Ultimate outside China, especially given that the last international release of a Huawei foldable, the Mate X3, was 18 months ago. A non-ultimate version is also an improbable heading to the future as this is a luxury device targeting a niche market.
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