Huawei launches Mate XT 2 tri-fold two days before Apple’s foldable iPhone

Huawei has launched a new tri-folding phone two days before Apple is expected to show its first foldable iPhone. The Mate XT 2 was unveiled on Monday and goes on sale in China on 10 September.

Apple’s event falls on 9 September, so both Huawei and Xiaomi will have shown their foldables before Apple shows its first, and Apple arrives at a market where the reference prices have already been set by somebody else. The hardware is a third-generation tri-fold rather than a first attempt.

The Mate XT 2 opens to a 10.2-inch display, carries a battery above 6,000mAh, and uses a redesigned hinge intended to soften the crease that has dogged every folding screen since the format appeared.

What is inside it matters more than the fold. The phone runs a Kirin 9050 Pro built on Huawei’s own newer process, which is a chip the company was not supposed...

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