As promised, Huawei held its event during which it presented, with initial distribution in the domestic market, the new foldable top range Mate Xs 2 and a budget tablet, the MatePad SE.
The most anticipated hardware event of the day, by Huawei, has just ended in China, bringing to the fore the new folding smartphone Huawei Mate Xs 2 and the low-cost tablet MatePad SE.
Obviously devoid of 5G due to the US ban which has also substantially imposed to fall back on the Harmony OS 2.0 operating system with adaptive and multi-tasking interface, the new foldable Huawei Mate Xs 2 collects, in black, white, or purple shades, the legacy of the Huawei Mate Xs from two years ago, adjusting its specifications. The device always offers an external folding system and, in this way, not only saves having to equip itself with an ad hoc display on the back (since it is enough to fold the main one) but it can also give the latter an “all screen”. The hinge, guaranteed for prolonged use in keeping the device open and closed, improves since, under the 4 layers of the polymeric coating to protect the display, the fold is practically invisible when the device is wide open.
Made with a microfiber and steel back, with a chassis that employs ultra-light fiberglass and an aircraft-grade titanium alloy, the Huawei Mate Xs (255 grams) from wide open reveals a resolute 7.8-inch screen at 2480. x 2200 pixels while, when closed, it still boasts a remarkable 6.5 inches resolved at 2,480 x 1,176 pixels. The panel is an AMOLED up to 120 Hz refresh rate, with 240 Hz touch sampling, PWM dimming at 1,440 Hz, more than a billion shades, support for the DCI-P3 color space and the M-Pencin 2s stylus. The selfiecamera, in the hole at the top left, reaches 10 megapixels, while the main triple camera deploys a wide-angle sensor of 50 (optically stabilized), one ultra-wide angle of 13 and one telescopic of 8 megapixels with 3x zoom.
At the helm of commands is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor castrated to implement the 4G modem only, but always with the Adreno 660 GPU: the 8 or 12 GB RAM cooperates with 256 or 512 GB of storage. in terms of energy, fast charging at 66W (recovers 90% in 30 min) works both in the case of opting for the 4,600 mAh battery, and in the case of aiming for the 4,880 mAh ensured by the Collector’s Edition. GPS connectivity, Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6 complete its assortment: prices are 9,999 yuan (1,439 euros) for 8 + 256 GB, 11,499 yuan (1,655 euros) for 8 + 512 GB, with the Collector’s Edition, 12 + 512 Gb, priced at 12,999 yuan (about 1,871 euros).
Budget version of the MatePad 10.4, the new MatePad SE tablet (7.85 mm thick in dark blue color) offers a resolved 10.1-inch IPS LCD screen at 1920 x 1200 pixels, with a 2 megapixel front camera (720p video), which they rise to 5 for the rear one (1080p video): the audio, on the other hand, counts on two stereo speakers. The beating heart of the smart tile is the self-produced HiSilicon Kirin 710A chip supported by 4B of RAM and 128GB of storage (expandable), with the Wi-Fi only version priced at 1,500 yuan (215 euros) and the one with 4G (cellular) sold for 1,699 yuan (244 euros). In this case, always chaired by the software side of Harmony OS 2.0 with the mobile services of the brand, the necessary battery, from 5,100 mAh, can be charged at 10W via microUSB Type-C, completes the card.