Huawei has formally unveiled its second-generation trifold smartphone, the Mate XTs, on September 4. Priced at $2,520 (Rs 2.22 lakh, roughly), the gadget builds on the success of final 12 months’s Mate XT, which pioneered the trifold design.
Not like most foldables, which use a single hinge to fold in half, the Mate XTs options two hinges. When totally unfolded, it resembles a pill, providing a big show for multitasking. Huawei says the gadget is designed as a productiveness software, powered by HarmonyOS 5.1, with PC-like performance that lets customers stack, resize, and transfer home windows across the display screen. Studies counsel it would include a 5,600 mAh battery.
Huawei first launched the Mate XT in China final 12 months earlier than increasing to pick worldwide markets in 2024. The mannequin has been a business success—producing over $1.3 billion in income from 470,000 models bought by the tip of the second quarter this 12 months, in response to the Worldwide Information Company (IDC).
Huawei has additionally reclaimed management in its residence market, with an 18 per cent market share in China’s smartphone sector in Q2 2025, up from 15 per cent final 12 months. Within the foldable class, the corporate dominates with a 75 per cent share.
Commenting on the robust gross sales of Huawei’s trifold, Francisco Jeronimo, vice chairman of gadgets at IDC, informed CNBC: “The efficiency is forceful contemplating it’s one of the crucial costly smartphones accessible, and this reveals there’s a demand for one thing progressive.”
The launch of the Mate XTs additionally highlights Huawei’s efforts to show it will probably nonetheless innovate regardless of the 2020 US sanctions that restricted entry to essential software program and semiconductors. Since then, Huawei has accelerated the event of its personal working system and {hardware} options, utilizing gadgets just like the Mate XTs to showcase its resilience and ambition.
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