In September, Huawei released the Mate50 series. With the advantages of Kunlun Glass, self-developed XMAGE variable aperture imaging, satellite communications, etc., it has been hot sales. In addition to not supporting 5G networks, the Mate50 series can be said to have no shortcomings and live up to the name of the flagship of the year.
Recent news shows that Huawei still has a killer move after Mate50, and the new foldable screen phone has been exposed, that is Huawei Mate X3.
Huawei official channels such as Huawei Mall , JD self-operated Huawei official flagship store, Mate X2 has been removed from the shelves, indicating that Mate X3 is already in preparation. Currently, Huawei's official channels are sold in three folding screen phones, Mate Xs2, P50 Pocket, and Pocket S. Among them, Mate Xs2 returns to the outer folding design, so Mate X3 will still adopt the Mate X2's inner folding dual-screen solution.
According to media reports, Huawei Mate X3 has started mass production this month and is expected to be released and launched in January 2023, with the release time before the Spring Festival.
In this year's foldable screen mobile phone market, everyone is focusing on thin and lightweight, and Huawei Mate X3 is naturally no exception. The 257-gram Mate Xs2 has done this. For comparison, Xiaomi MIX FOLD2 is 262 grams, 5.4mm thick (after expanded) , and the newly released Honor Magic Vs is 261 grams (plain leather version), 6.1mm thick (after expanded) . In terms of the core configuration of
, Huawei Mate X3 will be equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen2, which has just released , Qualcomm , becoming Huawei's first Snapdragon 8Gen2 mobile phone. However, due to supply chain control, the 4G version of Snapdragon 8Gen2 is still missing the 5G version.
Yu Chengdong had previously expressed helplessly that as the global leader of 5G, Huawei is the only mobile phone manufacturer selling 4G mobile phones in the 5G era, which is a joke. However, market data shows that it is okay to only use 4G networks, and it does not affect consumers' choice of Huawei folding screen mobile phones.
Huawei has ranked first in the domestic folding screen mobile phone market for three consecutive quarters (Q1-Q3). Statistics show that Huawei's share in the domestic folding screen mobile phone market reached 53.2% in Q3 2022, and increased by 95% year-on-year, ranking first, and Samsung and Xiaomi ranked second and third respectively.
Huawei is also full of confidence in Huawei's Mate X3, and optimistically estimates that the total shipment of MateX3 will increase by about 80% compared to Mate X2. The Mate X3, coupled with the Mate Xs2 and Pocket series, is enough to help Huawei continue to consolidate its advantages in the foldable screen mobile phone market. The starting price of
Mate Xs2 is 9999 yuan. This is the first time Huawei has reduced the price of a large-screen foldable mobile phone to less than 10,000 yuan, but the Mate Xs2 only has one screen, which is much lower. The Mate X3 has dual-screen internal and external screens, plus upgrades in hinges, Soc chips, imaging systems, etc., and the price is definitely more than 10,000 yuan. Of course, it is definitely much lower than the 17,999 yuan of Mate X2. It is estimated that the starting price will be around 12,000-13,000 yuan.
The previous generation model Huawei Mate X2 was released on on February 22, 2021. uses a 6.45-inch 2700×1160-pixel OLED external screen, an 8-inch 2480×2200-pixel OLED internal screen, and is equipped with Kirin 9000 chip, a 16-megapixel camera in the front, and a 50-megapixel super-perception main camera with a rear 16-megapixel ultra-wide angle + 12-megapixel telephoto head + 8-megapixel super-zoom module. The battery capacity is 4500mAh and supports 55W fast charging. The weight of
Mate X2 reaches 295g. Mate X3 should drop to about 260g like Honor Magic Vs and Xiaomi MIX FOLD2. Huawei Mate X3 will also use domestic screens, and are supplied by two domestic panel giants, BOE and Visiono . Huawei has a killer move after
Mate50. The new folding screen Mate X3 is exposed, equipped with Snapdragon 8Gen2 chip, expected to be released before the Spring Festival. Are you looking forward to it?
