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Huawei launches Mate XT 2 tri-fold two days before Apple’s foldable iPhone

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Huawei has released the Mate XT 2, a third-generation tri-fold phone featuring a 10.2-inch display, a 6,000-mAh battery, and a redesigned hinge that reduces the crease. It runs on Huawei’s in-house Kirin 9050 Pro chipset, which the company says is free from U.S. export restrictions. The device adopts an inward-folding design similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold and includes a built-in privacy display.

Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.

How it was reported

  1. The Next Web·
    Huawei launches Mate XT 2 tri-fold two days before Apple’s foldable iPhone

    Huawei released the Mate XT 2, a third-generation tri-fold phone with a 10.2-inch display, a 6,000-mAh battery, and a redesigned hinge that reduces the crease. It uses a Kirin 9050 Pro processor built on Huawei’s own process. Xiaomi’s 18 Fold features an Xring O3 chip, a 7.6-inch folding screen, a 200-MP camera, and 67 W wired charging. Apple’s foldable, slated for launch on 9 September, will have a 7.8-inch inner screen, a 5.3-inch cover display, no telephoto lens, Touch ID, and a price above $2,000.

  2. TechMeme·
    Huawei unveils the Mate XT2, a trifold phone powered by the Kirin 9050 Pro, an in-house designed chipset that it says is entirely free from US restrictions (Nikkei Asia)

    Huawei introduced the Mate XT2, a trifold smartphone that runs on the newly developed Kirin 9050 Pro chipset, which the company claims is entirely designed in-house and free from U.S. export restrictions. The device showcases Huawei’s effort to bypass external component limitations while delivering a foldable form factor.

  3. The Verge·
    Huawei copies Samsung’s privacy display in its latest trifold

    Huawei’s third trifold, the Mate XT 2, uses the same inward-folding design as Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold and adds a privacy-enhancing display similar to Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra. The original Mate XT, launched in late 2024 in China, featured an accordion-style fold that eliminated a cover screen but left portions of the main display exposed.

  4. Engadget·
    The Huawei Mate XT2 is the world's first tri-panel foldable with a built-in privacy display

    Huawei’s Mate XT2 launches on September 12 as the first tri-panel foldable with an integrated privacy display, unfolding from a 6.5-inch screen to a 10.2-inch 3K panel. It runs HarmonyOS, uses a Kirin 9050 Pro CPU, and features a 50 MP main, 40 MP ultra-wide, 50 MP periscope (3.5× zoom) and an 8 MP interior selfie camera. Prices start at 19,999 yuan (~$2,980) for 16 GB RAM, 24,999 yuan (~$3,725) for 1 TB, and 29,999 yuan (~$4,470) for a 2 TB collector’s edition.

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