
BARCELONA, Feb. 25, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2019 shows Huawei's new foldable 5G ready smartphone Mate X at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. Chinese tech company Huawei on Sunday launched its Mate X, a foldable 5G ready smartphone, at an event attended by around 3,000 people held on the eve of MWC2019 which opens here on Monday.The Mate X has a 6.6-inch screen, which can be opened out into an eight-inch OLED screen to allow the user to read or view videos. (Xi
Beijing (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has delayed the market delivery of its foldable smartphone Mate X from June to September. Mate X was launched in February this year.
The Chinese tech giant said that it was taking a "cautious" approach with the shipments, following the failed launch of Samsung's own foldable device -- the Galaxy Fold, The Verge reported late on Friday.
After extensive tests, the device has passed the Chinese 3C certification mark, a mandatory product certification system with the aim of protecting consumer security, under model number TAH-AN00.
It is likely to include a new power adapter with a maximum output of 65W with a HW-200200CP1 charger. The smartphone when unfolded, measures in at 8-inches while the Galaxy Fold's display is 7.3-inches. When folded, the displays are 6.6-inches and 4.6-inches, respectively.
The device is powered by a 1.8GHz octa-core Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor that features 2 cores clocked at 2.6GHz, 2 cores clocked at 1.92GHz and 4 cores clocked at 1.8GHz. It comes with 8GB of RAM.
The phone runs Android 9.0 and is powered by a 4,500mh battery and supports proprietary fast charging.