Our quick take

Huawei Mate Xs initial

Design

  • 11mm thick when folded Spine includes hinge, ports and cameras Button to release screen, which you fold out yourself Comes with its own leather case

Dual-screen supremacy

  • 8-inch screen when unfolded 2,480 x 2,200 resolution AMOLED Front screen (folded) is 6.6-inches (1,148 x 2,480 resolution)

Latest-gen performance

  • HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G platform 512GB storage, 8GB RAM Quad camera system 4,500 mAh battery with 55W fast charging

Software

  • EMUI 10 running on Android 10 Side-by-side apps Native apps are optimised for the display

To recap

The Mate Xs is a marginal improvement on the Mate X we saw last year and is a very expensive device. Even so, it still has a lot of potential and there’s no doubt it’s an impressive device.