Large Huawei Mate X2 5G leak reveals details and specifications for key design

08/11/2020 Technology


Foldable smartphones are still very much in their infancy, but information about new leaks suggests Huawei is ready to acknowledge that Samsung last year introduced a superior collapsible design with the Galaxy Fold.

The Huawei Mate X2 will look a lot like the Fold 2

Show President CEO of Supply Chain Consultants Ross Young has heard from seemingly reliable sources within the display industry that Huawei has plans to fit the foldable Mate X2 with a collapsible display instead of an outside panel.
That decision essentially means that Huawei is looking to close the unique Mate X and Mate Xs design in favor of something that closely resembles the foldable Samsung Galaxy Fold & Z Fold 2.
The smartphone will have an 8.03-inch display similar to the original models, according to Ross Young, with the key difference being the way it falls. That will be coupled with a 4.5-inch external screen.

Huawei hopes to drill its panels from long-term partner BOE and competitor Samsung, which means the Mate X2 will be the first non-Samsung foldable with a Samsung display. But unlike the Galaxy Z Flip and Fold 2, Huawei will use plastic instead of ultra-thin glass.

Huawei was able to use a Kirin chipset in the Mate X2

Huawei recently announced that it will stop production of Kirin chipsets on Tuesday, September 15, due to the restrictions imposed by the US government on the company. The Mate 40 series was also confirmed as Huawei’s latest Kirin-powered flagship.

Despite this, Ross Young believes the ultra-premium Mate X2 will come equipped with the next-gen Kirin 1000 chipset, combined with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage as standard. Expandable storage support is not likely, but 12 / 256GB and 16 / 512GB variants are planned.

Also planned, according to Young, is 5G network support and a massive 6,000mAh battery that supports reasonably fast 65W charging technology. The software version is not specified, but Android 11 and EMUI 11 right out of the box are very likely.

This will enable a so-called Laptop Mode which, as the name already suggests, works in a 120-degree angle like a traditional laptop. Support for the Huawei Pen stylus is also expected.

Impressive cameras, as with all Huawei high end

Accompanying all of the above should be a 40-megapixel main camera that sits next to an ultra-wide 40-megapixel angle-snapper and a 12-megapixel telepoto shooter with support for 3x optical zoom. A 5-megapixel depth sensor is also expected.

As for the selfie cameras, it has been rumored that Huawei will match the Mate X2 with both a 16-megapixel camera and a 32-megapixel alternative.

Huawei Mate X2 announcement and release date

Earlier Huawei folders were introduced at MWC in Barcelona in February, so perhaps the Huawei Mate X2 will follow a similar timeline by making an appearance at the 2021 edition.

However, the actual release could happen a few months later. The original Mate X folding was only made available for purchase in China and the newer Mate Xs is only available in a limited number of markets at certain locations and retailers.

Huawei should make the Mate X2 more readily available, but given the lack of Google apps and services, it can be found quite easily in Europe and other international markets.

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