Huawei Mate X 512 GB / 8 GB

Following the foldable Samsung Galaxy Fold, Huawei has made its contribution to getting the new smartphone form factor on its feet. Her vision of a hybrid of a mobile phone and a tablet looks much more interesting. And that's why.

Tandem of independent screens

Huawei Mate X is folded with the screens outward. When folded, the front and back of the single screen can work independently, dividing into a 6.6-inch panel with a resolution of 2480x1148 pixels and a 6.39-inch panel with a resolution of 2480x892 pixels. On the side of the smaller display there is a thickening in the case where the hardware is hidden. From it, a trio of cameras with Leica optics “looks” at the world around.

Golden mean

In tablet format, the diagonal of the AMOLED screen of the device is exactly 8", which is the "golden mean" in the tablet computer genre. A display of this format is well suited for the consumption of multimedia content and work in multi-window mode. Chinese Huawei engineers managed to “pack” all this beauty into a case with a thickness of only 5.4 mm (when unfolded and without thickening). That's just when looking at the deployed screen at certain angles, it can be noticeable inhomogeneities in the central part due to the use of a complex folding mechanism.

High tech

In hardware, the gadget is based on the homegrown Kirin 980 chip from the category of uncompromising flagships and is equipped with 8/512 GB of memory. The volume of the internal drive is expanded with cards of its own NM Card format. The power supply to the electronic components of the device is organized by energy threads launched from two rechargeable batteries with a total capacity of 4500 mAh. They are charged by a 55-watt (!) power supply — from zero to 85%, the battery tanks are "refueled" in just half an hour at the outlet. Negative sediment leaves only a sky-high price tag for a smartphone. However, here it should be understood that high technologies a priori cannot be cheap.