The Chinese company Huawei announced its latest
foldable smartphone for the first time, Monday, and the
first such device to be available internationally,
competing in this category, the new models of Samsung
and Motorola.
The company revealed its new phone, “Met Xs” in a
video recording instead of launching it during a press
conference, where the technical exhibition in Spain,
which was planning to reveal the phone, was canceled
due to concern about the spread of the new Coronavirus.
Like its predecessor, the “Mate X”, which saw only a
limited edition in China last year, the screen wraps
around the phone from outside when it is closed and
opens to an 8-inch screen the size of a tablet.
The company says there are other improvements,
including a redesigned 4-layer screen and a detailed
update of the “Falcon Wing”.
The phone also has the latest collection of the local Kirin
990 chipset and four-lens camera systems, and it can
also be used on a wider range of high-speed fifth-
generation (G5) network bands.
However, “Meet XS” is also facing an obvious defect
because it lacks the full operating system for Android of
Google.
The Trump administration last year prevented Huawei
from accessing U.S. components and technology for
national security reasons, which is part of a broader trade
and technology war between the United States and
China.
Instead, “Meet XS” runs an open-source version of
Android, while users can still download the applications,
but it will be from the Huawei application store, not
from the Google Play store.
Huawei, the world’s No. 2 phone maker, faces
competition from Samsung and Motorola, which
recently launched smartphones with a foldable screen.
