Huawei’s tri-fold phone – Mate XT has marked a major success with 400,000 sales

Huawei’s Mate XT is currently the only tri-fold smartphone in the world and the latest statics revealed a major success for this device with more 400,000 sales.

It is reported that the Huawei Mate XT has shattered a sales record despite being introduced with a new display technology. A report from China shows that the sales volume of the Mate XT has crossed 400,000 units sold globally.

Released in September last year, the Mate XT launched in two colors and three storage options with the following 19,999 yuan for 256GB storage, 21,999 yuan for 512GB and 23,999 yuan for the 1TB storage variant.

These prices are quite high compared to other Huawei flagships, which comes at around 40% or 50% of this pricing.

With this high price tag and sales numbers, the product is appeared to be a major success for the Chinese tech giant. This will also have a positive impact on the foldable smartphone industry, which continue to rise following new and improved display technologies and changing form factor.

The Mate XT brings a 10.2-inch foldable screen that could fold twice. It becomes a 7.9-inches device when folded once and 6.4-inches with twice fold.

This is an OLED panel with LTPO adaptive refresh rate, 1440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, and 240Hz maximum touch sampling rate. The rear side has three cameras, including a 50MP main sensor with variable aperture, a 12MP ultra-wide angle camera and a 12MP periscope camera.

What’s more interesting is that this device has a super large, 5600mAh battery that provides extended power backup and charges with a 66W wired charging.

In 2024, China’s foldable smartphone sales increased 27 percent and Huawei topped the segment with its new devices. Among the latest release, Mate X5 and X6 become the top sellers, followed by Pocket 2 and Nova Flip.

According to IDC, foldable Huawei phone share increased to 48.6 percent in 2024, taking the first spot in the tally. Honor appeared second with 20.6%, Vivo ranked third at 11.1 percent and Xiaomi fell to fourth place with 7.4%.

With increased Mate XT sales, Huawei’s foldable market share is expected to increase further in the first quarter of 2025.

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