Huawei has achieved something that has never been seen before, namely that the new iPhone is not the star of September; Just hours after the Apple event, Huawei presented the first triple folding device on the market, a device that has the potential to change the way we work with our mobile.
Thanks to its flexible screen and two sets of hinges, The Mate XT can be opened twicenot just one like most of the foldables on the market. Closed, it is the size of a classic mobile phone; and the first time you open it, it is the size of a folding book. The interesting thing comes from the second opening, that is, when the mobile becomes a 10.2-inch tablet with all the multitasking and leisure advantages that this entails.
But the Huawei Mate XT is not only one of the most innovative phones on the market, it is also one of the most expensive; with a starting price of 19,999 yuan, around 2,500 dollarsfar outstrips even the most expensive foldables. Therefore, probably no one expected, not even at Huawei, that the Mate XT would be a popular product; at least initially, it would be a niche product, like the first foldables were, aimed at a very specific type of user. We couldn’t be more wrong.
Today is the public launch of the Huawei Mate XT, and the official stores have been filled with people looking for new devices, and in Beijing and Shenzhen there have even been some queues of dozens of people to be able to enter, according to Reuters; Some describe themselves as Huawei “super fans”, but others were curious to try the device and see first-hand the dual-hinge system that allows the phone to be unfolded until it transforms into a tablet.
But most of these enthusiasts and curious people had to leave empty-handed. Huawei has one of those problems that every company wants to have: its new product is so successful that it can’t keep up with all the demand. Store employees had to announce that the sale of the Mate has been limited to users who have made the reservation before the presentation; although this figure alone already exceeds 3 million users.
The curious result of this decision is that the Mate XT is already appearing on resale sites at outrageous prices. Some sellers are asking for up to 70,000 yuan, around 8,900 dollars at the exchange rateto get one of the first units of the Mate XT; These are users who reserved the device and were among the first to get it, and who can now make several thousand dollars in profit from the resale.
Although Huawei is struggling to meet all the demand for the Mate XT, this success may have convinced the company to launch the device in Europe and the rest of the world. According to sources from Android AuthorityHuawei Mate XT will reach the global market in the first quarter of 2025that is, in just a few months.
The company has not officially confirmed this information, so it could be a tentative date, or even that the device will remain in China; but everything indicates that the company is interested in the global launch, as it is already using the Mate XT in its marketing campaigns outside of China.
Obviously, if it arrives in Europe, the Mate Plus, although in China it comes with Huawei’s HarmonyOS system, it is more likely that in Europe it will arrive with the EMUI layer based on Android, although all this is just speculation.
