Shortly After Official Sales, Huawei Mate X Has Suffered A Serious Display Issue

After its first launch at the MWC 2019 event earlier this year, the Huawei Mate X foldable smartphone launch date has been repeatedly delayed. It was delayed until Huawei officially launched the handset its home market China, with a price of CNY 16,999 (around Rs. 1,73,400).

But recently, a Huawei Mate X with a serious faulty screen was shared on Chinese social networking site Weibo. Currently, it is not possible to determine the cause of the Mate X's folding screen leading to such severe damage. It is unclear whether it was a user error or a design or production issue by Huawei.

The Huawei Mate X also has a unique foldable screen design similar to Samsung's Galaxy Fold. However, it’s foldable screen is exposed, so it is easy to be damaged by collisions with other hard objects. Therefore, dropping this smartphone could be a disaster.

Samsung had previously had major problems with the Galaxy Fold's screen design, which it later had to overcome by switching to a new design. 

Huawei Mate X: Specifications & Features

The device has an 8-inch main screen with a resolution of 2,840 x 2,200 when unfolded. When folding the device, it will turn into a 6” screen with 2,480 x 1,148 resolution and a 6.38-inch screen on the rear with 2,490 x 892p resolution. Ticking at its core is a Kirin 980 SoC with a Balong 5000 5G modem for the next-gen connectivity. Fueling the whole setup is a 4,500 mAh battery that supports 55W SuperCharge technology. Security-wise, the brand offers a fingerprint sensor at the back of this phone.

For photography, its triple camera setup includes a 40MP main sensor, 16MP ultra-wide-angle camera, and an 8MP telephoto lens. In terms of software, it runs on Android 9 Pie out of the box and EMUI 9.1 on top. The device is only in a single 8GB RAM / 512GB storage model.