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Huawei’s new foldable phone spotted in an airport
Huawei mobile chief seen with Mate X prototype as Samsung teases September release for Galaxy Fold
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The world got its first glimpse of Huawei’s foldable Mate X back in February, when it stole some of the limelight from rival Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy Fold unveiling.
If that feels like forever ago, well, in a sense it was. Since then, reviewers finally got their hands on the Galaxy Fold -- and then promptly saw many of the units fail, forcing Samsung to delay their high-profile handset to implement some extra fixes. And despite claiming it was on track for June, Huawei also quietly delayed the Mate X.
Now Samsung is making headlines again by announcing that the Galaxy Fold is ready to go. And totally by coincidence, we have a burst of news on Huawei’s Mate X -- and even a sighting of the handset in the wild.
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A Chinese tech blogger ran into Huawei’s mobile chief Richard Yu at the airport on the way to Shenzhen. The executive was carrying -- you guessed it -- a Mate X, which the blogger showed us in her Weibo post. Yu apparently said the foldable phone was finally on track for release in September.
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These pictures offer a better look at the camera setup than what we’ve previously seen. They show four cameras on the grip to the side of the screen. They correspond to a 40 MP wide angle lens, a 16 MP ultra wide angle lens, an 8 MP telephoto lens, and a time-of-flight camera, according to Huawei’s website.
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