HUAWEI Mate XT Hands-on & Quick Review: Huawei leads the foldable phone trend again
Posted by FragmentedChicken@reddit | hardware | View on Reddit | 15 comments
Lifeis_so_big@reddit
Chinese have a lot of hype and dump products
throwawayerectpenis@reddit
Well at least they are trying something new, I remember it was the Chinese companies who kept selling phones with headphones Jacks, large batteries and dual-sim ability while the rest of the world were sacrificing everything to get the thinnest phone out there.
I am sure there are some people who love to get the thinnest phones, but for me having a large battery and dual-sim / expandable storage is a lot more important. Today you see Western companies have catched up and sell their own budget/mid-range phones with huge batteries and other "old" features that are absent from flagship ones (Samsung A-series has been a huge success for example).
Specific-Scholar968@reddit
If I will buy this phone then I am definitely fold this phone in wrong direction (by mistake)
totoroha@reddit
how's the chip and battery life?
SnooOpinions6498@reddit
Various sources reporting a Kirin 9010... which is comparable to a SD 888
For the price that is pretty disappointing if true
Tasty-Traffic-680@reddit
It's cool but it ain't $2800 cool. I have serious doubts about the 4 million + pre-orders actually shaking out. Otherwise I wish them luck in keeping the rest of the manufacturers on their toes.
Grexxoil@reddit
Also, while it's super-cool it seems also super-fragile.
Won't bet 2800 dollars on that thing lasting too long.
But sure as hell I'll consider one in the future and I plaude them for trying.
GetsDeviled@reddit
It's also very super expensive to repair, as reported by GSMarena.
peakbuttystuff@reddit
My fold Z got stolen. It did not have the best hardware but foldables ARE the future.
LuminanceGayming@reddit
eh, until they get the screen sturdy enough i wont scratch it with my fingernails i disagree.
Next-Last-Next@reddit
Yes, but it’s still a first-gen product. There will be a subset of people who will try new stuff anyway.
Foldables were very expensive when they launched and now they’re just … expensive.
Give it a few years and if it doesn’t fade away, it could become mainstream.
sabot00@reddit
last I checked it was 16M+ preorders. But yes I doubt most of them will convert.
tommmmyyyyyyyyy@reddit
Does it support a stylus?
sabot00@reddit
There’s a lot of benefits to a trifold: aspect ratio and BOM efficiency.
With a bifold the outside screen is usually very vertical. And the inside screen is about a square. With a lot of video content being either vertical or widescreen (a lot of movies are even wider than 16:9 at 2.35:1) this makes the inside screen a very awkward fit for content. With a trifold you have an inside screen with a wide aspect ratio.
with a bifold you are always wasting either 1/3 or 2/3 of your screens. You pay for 3 panels but only ever use 2 at once. Here you use all your panels at once.
DerpSenpai@reddit
And if we can bring the price down to Samsung Fold level, it's very compelling 1 device, a phone, tablet and possibly a PC in 1.