Huawei Mate XT is too hot! Xiaomi also wants a three-fold screen mobile phone？ The latest news
Every edited Huang Sheng
According to the information of China National Intellectual Property Administration website, a design patent of "Mobile Phone and Its Main Body" applied by Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. on December 21st, 2022 was authorized and published. The patent is a design scheme of a three-fold screen mobile phone.
According to the information on China National Intellectual Property Administration website, the patent authorization announcement number is "CN308817132S", and the application date is December 21st, 2022. The designers are Jiang Xinyi and Wang Yi. There are two design schemes, but they are all folded in a zigzag manner consistent with Huawei.
On September 10th, Yu Chengdong, Chairman of Huawei BG and Chairman of BU, a smart car solution, announced the launch of Mate XT, Huawei’s first three-fold screen mobile phone with a 10.2-inch screen, which is known as the world’s largest and thinnest folding mobile phone.
Yu Chengdong said that Huawei’s three-fold screen mobile phone will rewrite the history of the industry, make science fiction a reality and lead a new era of folding. At the press conference, Yu Chengdong also thanked the consumers for their support.
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Yu Chengdong also announced the price of Huawei Mate XT products. The minimum configuration is 16GB+256GB, and the price is 19999 yuan. The price of 16GB+512GB version is 21999 yuan, and the price of 16GB+1TB version is 23999 yuan. The sale time is 10: 08 on September 20, and the reservation has been opened since September 7.
Yu Chengdong said that Huawei Mate XT, with a 10.2-inch screen, is the world’s largest folding screen mobile phone, which can be used with one fold, two fold or three fold. The unfolded thickness is only 3.6mm, and the back of the fuselage is made of plain leather, equipped with an octagonal lens module, which has two colors: red and black. Yu Chengdong introduced that the team has developed this product for five years.
As of press time, Huawei Mall shows that the number of reservations for Huawei’s three-fold mobile phone, Huawei Mate XT extraordinary master, has reached 6.42 million. This new product will be on sale at 10:08 on September 20th.
Counterpoint Research recently released a tracking report on the shipment of folding screen smartphones, saying that the global shipment of folding screen smartphones increased by 48% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024, and China continued to lead the growth of the folding screen mobile phone market, accounting for more than half of the total shipments. The folding screen market, once dominated almost entirely by Samsung, has now become a fierce competitive battlefield among mobile phone brand manufacturers. The agency also said that despite fierce competition in the market, Huawei still ranked first in the market share of folding screen mobile phones in China in 2023, accounting for as high as 39%.
IDC recently released a report saying that China manufacturers have actively invested in and laid out folding screen mobile phones, making China the largest folding screen mobile phone market in the world. It is predicted that China’s folding screen mobile phone market will occupy about 40% of the global market share for a long time. With the improvement of hinge, screen and other related technologies, the yield has been improved, and the price of folding screen mobile phones is expected to continue to drop. It is estimated that in 2024, the shipment volume of China folding screen mobile phone market will be about 10.68 million units, a year-on-year increase of 52.4%; By 2028, the shipment of folding screen mobile phones in China will exceed 17 million units, with a five-year compound growth rate of 19.8%.
IDC believes that the three-fold screen mobile phone will further promote the development of the folding screen mobile phone market in terms of hardware, software ecology and usage scenarios.
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