HUAWEI Mate Xs: A Close Look At A True Foldable Smartphone Experience

Huawei’s latest smartphone, the foldable HUAWEI Mate Xs, is the brand’s breakthrough product in the growing foldable smartphone trend. However, it features a unique design and some flagship features that make it stand out from other devices in its segment. A premium phone for an even more premium user, Huawei’s packs the latest in smartphone technology into the HUAWEI Mate Xs, paving the way for a truly unique user experience. Let’s take a closer look at the technology behind the HUAWEI Mate Xs and the secrets behind its folding technology.

A look at the Falcon Wing Design

Revolutionizing the foldable smartphone industry, the HUAWEI Mate Xs folds outwards. This new design ethos, an improved version of the Falcon Wing Design, is aimed at providing users with more ways to use their screens. The phone is designed in such a way that users enjoy a full-fledged smartphone experience when folded and a full-view display tablet experience when unfolded. To enable this seamless experience, Huawei has introduced two main innovative solutions, one for the hinge and the other to protect the folding display itself. A key highlight of the display however, is its protective layer on the outer surface. The protective layer is composed of a double aerospace-grade optical polyimide, a unique material that is more expensive that gold. The two layers are attached together with a flexible optically clear adhesive. Not only does this enhance the screen’s durability, but it also allows for a sharper and vibrant display.

The hinge itself is made with unique materials and manufacturing processes. Built with a zirconium based liquid metal, the hinge packs vastly improved strength, even comparable to titanium alloy. It consists of over a 100 mechanical parts and is capable of contracting and extending itself depending on the state of the display. This gives the screen the necessary support to stay flat when unfolded, lying flat with minimal indent for a more immersive viewing experience.

In terms of display, the HUAWEI Mate Xs is engineered to provide users with a massive 6.6-inch main screen upfront and a 6.3-inch secondary screen on the back. Once unfolded, users can enjoy an 8-inch tablet experience. This gives the HUAWEI Mate Xs three different sizes by using the smartphone in different angles, complete with a near-borderless view, and giving users a different experience for daily productive tasks and entertainment.

This design also includes a sidebar along the rear side of the phone which houses the SuperSensing 40MP Leica Quad camera. Along with taking stunning pictures, users can also use this unique design to take selfies with the secondary screen and the main camera along with the Smart Mirror mode to displays a live preview of the photo on the rear screen for the subject to see.

How to use the HUAWEI Mate Xs
While users can enjoy a full-fledged smartphone experience when the HUAWEI Mate Xs is folded, its unfolded form provides users with a wide range of muti-tasking focused features. This includes the App Multiplier feature that allows for two instances of the same app opened at the same time to enhance efficiency and make use of the full screen. Users can also run two apps simultaneously with the Multi-Window feature with which one app can be run on the left and another on the right side of the display. In addition to running multiple apps, users can also share images, text or videos between the two apps by dragging and dropping. For example, users can drag images from the Huawei Gallery to the Huawei Notepad or images from HUAWEI Browser and drop them in the Huawei Gallery. In addition to this, a third floating window can also be added to quickly reply to messages or do calculations.

Multi-tasking is further enhanced with the help of Multi-Screen Collaboration. This feature allows users to seamlessly stream their smartphone display on a compatible HUAWEI MateBook, giving them control over both devices with the same peripherals. Users can also transfer files between the two devices with a simple drag and drop and even use the laptop’s larger display to watch videos or play games from the phone.

The HUAWEI Mate Xs comes pre-installed with the new HUAWEI AppGallery, one of the top 3 app distribution platforms globally. Packed with a wide range of popular apps secured with intensive security protocols to ensure user safety, the HUAWEI AppGallery is currently available in over 170 countries/regions and boasts 400 million monthly active users.

In addition to all of this, the HUAWEI Mate Xs is powered by the Kirin 990 5G chipset, which provides powerful and efficient 5G performance with support for 2G, 3G, 4G, NSA and SA 5G networks along with 5G+4G dual standby. The HUAWEI Mate Xs also houses a massive 4500mAh battery in a revolutionary dual-battery design. The battery is quickly charged up with the 55W HUAWEI SuperCharge technology that can charge the smartphone back up to 85% in just half an hour.

Thanks to its pioneering innovations and customer-focused features, the HUAWEI Mate Xs is capable of providing its users with a foldable smartphone experience like no other. The phone is designed to give uses multiple ways to enjoy their smartphone, while also enhancing the tablet experience with multi-tasking features once unfolded, making it a true foldable smartphone.