- Huawei has officially introduced the first super-flexible jigsaw on the market
- It impresses not only with its 10.2″ OLED panel, but also with excellent cameras and fast charging
- It will be available only in the home country of China at a price starting at approximately 77,000 crowns
Every now and then we witness a technological milestone that is definitely worth paying attention to. This was the case, for example, when the first iPhone was introduced or when the first commercially available jigsaw puzzle was presented. Now such a milestone has been taken care of by the Chinese Huawei, which a day after the new iPhones presented its own vision of the future called Mate XT. This is a flexible phone that has been speculated for a long time, which has exactly two joints, and therefore can work in several different modes. What makes the extremely flexible Huawei Mate XT puzzle interesting?
The first extremely flexible jigsaw on the market
First, a few words about the construction itself. It relies on two hinges that divide the smartphone into thirds. While one of the joints bends inward, the other bends outward. Thanks to the Z-shaped opening, the left side of the panel can serve as an external display when folded, offering the user a 6.4-inch panel. Interestingly, the Huawei Mate XT is supposed to be 12.8 millimeters thin when folded, which is only slightly more than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 (12.1 millimeters) and surprisingly less than the Galaxy Z Fold 5 ( 13.4 millimeters).
The display naturally draws the most attention. This is a 10.2″ LTPO OLED with a resolution of 2232 × 3184 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16:11, and in essence, when unfolded, it is a classic tablet. However, if it is too big for you, you can use the Huawei Mate XT only two-thirds of the way, when you will have a 7.9″ panel at your disposal, i.e. a size comparable to current jigsaws.
The equipment is more than solid
The Chinese giant didn’t boast about the chipset it used in the device, but we guess it used its own Kirin 9010 5G, which it already used in its Pura 70 phone and which also supports satellite communication. Other equipment should include, for example, Bluetooth 5.2, a fingerprint reader in the power button or an infrared sensor. The software is of course Harmony OS. As for the battery, this is where the Mate XT encounters the first compromises. Although the 5600 mAh battery is accompanied by 66W wired and 50W wireless charging, given the size of the panel, it probably won’t break records for endurance on a single charge.
Huawei Mate XT
We must not forget the cameras either. There are three of them on the back, namely a 50 Mpx main camera with a 1/1.56″ photo chip and a variable aperture f/1.4 to f/4.0, a 12 Mpx wide-angle camera with an f/2.2 aperture and a 12 Mpx periscopic telephoto lens with 5.5× zoom. There is also a camera hidden in the display aperture, which has a resolution of 8 Mpx.
Price and availability
What is pleasing is the rich sales package, which should include a case with the option of a stand, Huawei FreeBuds 5 headphones, a 66W adapter and an 88W car adapter. A foldable keyboard will be available for additional purchase afterwards. What is no longer pleasing is the announced price and availability. Already during the leaks, we estimated that Huawei would get paid handsomely for its puzzle, and unfortunately, we were not wrong.
For the version with 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal memory, interested parties will pay 19,999 yuan (approx. 77,000 with tax), while for the variant with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of internal storage, they will pay 23,999 yuan (approx. 93,000 crowns with tax). Even if you were willing to pay that much for Huawei’s extremely flexible puzzle, you’re unfortunately out of luck – at least for the time being, the device will only be available in its home country of China, and given the price and Huawei’s position in Western markets, it can’t be assumed that in the foreseeable future it also reached our regions.
Author of the article
Michael Chrobok
Deputy editor, photographer, gamer. I enjoy baseball, F1, urban planning, Wes Anderson movies, modern art and various fantasy/sci-fi worlds. I will not despise good food, an interesting book or a trip into the unknown.
