The Huawei Mate X2 has just arrived for review and boy oh boy, is this the one I’ve been waiting for. Judging by its form factor alone, it’s the foldable phone Huawei should’ve made a couple of years ago.
To be fair, I actually liked the old Mate Xs design. I appreciated the uninterrupted main display, the economical use of cameras, and the full-sized external screen. But the durability question around an outward-folding display was far too great for far too many people. Since Huawei and Samsung debuted their first foldable phones two years ago, Samsung has gone on to dominate the foldable space with over 80% market share.
The Mate X2 is Huawei’s attempt to claw back some of that market share from Samsung. Ironically, Huawei’s new design is highly reminiscent of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2‘s “innie” design. Regardless of who did it first, Huawei is doing it really well here, possibly even better than Samsung itself. Here are my first impressions of the Mate X2.
