Huawei’s clearly been studying Apple’s playbook of late. Last year, it launched the Mate X, and this year, it’s the strikingly similar looking Mate Xs. What, no Mate Xs Max?
You can say what you want about Huawei’s smartphone naming strategy, or its track record when it comes to security, but good luck arguing that the Chinese tech behemoth hasn’t been nailing innovation over the last few years. Its Mate 20 RS Porsche Design was the first phone to launch with an under-display fingerprint scanner. Just over a year later, the P30 Pro introduced periscope camera zoom tech, which can now be found on the new Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra.
Huawei’s unique Mate X also led the charge for foldable phones, stealing the show at last year’s MWC, while the Samsung Galaxy Fold garnered significantly worse press throughout the year. To be fair to Samsung, the Mate X was never subject to the same scrutiny as it didn’t launch outside China, but it always looked more futuristic than the Fold.
Fast forward to 2020, we’ve been using the new Huawei Mate Xs for 24 hours, putting its beefed-up internals, improved new UI and quad-camera to the test around London ahead of its launch – and for the most part, it’s been dreamy. (It should do too at this price: €2499 for the model with 512GB of storage and 8GB of RAM.)
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