Phones to pop up there sooner. At the Mobile World Congress a huge fuss about the new folding Mate X was hosted by Huawei. Right?
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MWC: The Trends of the world’s largest mobile phone trade fair
A hinge, a phone open – you’d think it can’t be that hard… But: “The engineers have worked for three years at the hinge,” said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Group, as he introduced the highly-anticipated, foldable Mate X of the company at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The crowd held its breath, as he held the phone high in the air. Then he unfolded delicate the device as if it were a love letter. After completion of metamorphosis to the Tablet mode, Yu kept the larger 8-inch device flat in your Hand.
The hinge technology, which allows the Transition from the Smartphone to the tablet screen, the Huawei patented and referred to as the “Falcon-wing”. They could also be called “butterfly” or “ladybug”, but the Association with a bird of prey is probably more to the point, and fits with the rise of Huawei. “Six years ago nobody knew us. Not even in China,” said Yu. “Today, we are one of the leading brands in the world.”
Richard Yu introduces the new Mate X on the mobile wireless fair in Barcelona
A brief history of the foldable phones
As a leading brand in the mobile phone industry, Huawei must also join the race for a foldable telephone, is already running for some time. As the first of a Chinese company called Royole was able to cross the finish line. You brought in October, the FlexPai on the market. Apart from its flexibility, the device can not boast many impressive Features. Many of the software error that occurred when switching between Smartphone and Tablet – mode, led the Tech Website The Verge, to describe it affectionately as “charming terrible”.
The next milestone in the history of the foldable phones was reached last week in San Francisco, where Samsung, the world’s largest Smartphone manufacturer, the Galaxy presented as a Fold. While the device was adopted of the technology freaks, well, should have given the price of 1,980 US dollars (1.745 Euro) for more than a few eyebrows were raised.
The competitor: The Galaxy Fold of Samsung
And now, in Barcelona, Huawai followed with the Mate x. Although the flexibility is the most important Feature for the headline, but there is still a lot to discover more. The phone is 5G compatible and ready to support the latest and most powerful brand in the mobile technology. It has a camera both in the front and the back, from the Yu claimed that she is a Premium offering in the Selfie game. It also features a Dual SIM and Turbo-fast charging. It is crucial that the Mate of X unfolded in the inserted state it is slimmer than the Samsung. And if it works Mate X its full glory has, it has a larger Display than the South Korean competitor.
Too expensive for the average consumer
All of this has its price – what we stop the audible air of the crowd at the launch of the device in Barcelona. Only a few had probably expected that Huawei would go with his price far above the of the Galaxy Fold. After enough tension had been built up by the prices of the less-than-expected Notebooks were announced, out came the Yu with the number: 2.299 dollars.
“It’s very expensive,” he admitted. You could also say that This phone is completely outside the price range of normal people. And thus the question: if we are interested in foldable phones? Are they even worth mentioning? Maybe not at dinner parties. But one should bear in mind that the competition for the “Foldables” is also a Manifestation of a much larger struggle that is currently taking place.
Diversion at the right time
International governments are concerned, because you suspect that there is a close relationship between Huawei and the Chinese government. They fear, above all, that Huawei could take advantage of the opportunity, the 5G technology, other countries spy. In this respect, the idea of the overpriced Flexi-phones could not have come at a better time.
In clear columns, the Mate of X is presented by Huawei at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
After the press conference on Sunday, the media were invited in the exhibition area, where copies of the Mate X were in guarded towers made of Plexiglas issued. The urge to see her, resembled a scene as you would experience in a burning building on the way to the emergency exit: urgent, targeted, and partly in despair.
In the midst of the pushing and the urge to shoot a photo, you could feel almost, as the Falcon spread its wings, to swing upwards.