Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design cover

Gorgeous Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design triple foldable coming to Malaysia

Unveiled in China last year, the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design is a jaw-dropping foldable that integrates a tri-fold mechanism that lets you expand it all the way to a full-sized 10.2-inch tablet while being only 3.6mm thin at its thinnest point. Seeing ardent demand, Huawei will be bringing their flagship triple foldable phone to Malaysia with a launch date slated for 18 February 2025.

What is the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design

Incorporating over 200 patents in its design and requiring a whopping 5 years of research and development to bring to production, the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design bears some aesthetic similarity to the already launched Mate X6 but elevates it to new heights as it features a massive foldable 10.2-inch OLED panel protected with Ultra Thin Glass folded down in a Z-shape with two ultra-thin hinge arrays made of high-grade steel. 

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design fold

When fully folded down, the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design has the dimensions of a conventional 6.41-inch smartphone. When the second panel is unfurled, you get a 7.93-inch display that dwarfs most competing foldables in screen real estate. 

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design single fold

Unfolding the final panel gets you an absolutely massive 10.2-inch display with 3,184 x 2,232 pixels resolution, a decent 1,800 nits peak brightness, 1,440Hz PWM dimming and a huge 92% screen-to-body ratio.

Powering the phone is a Kirin 9010 chipset paired with 16GB RAM and up to 1TB storage with the phone running EMUI and apps off the Huawei AppGallery for international models sold outside of China. If they’re following the usual playbook, you’ll most likely be able to run Google apps off the phone.

Belying its slim dimensions, the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design has a camera array culled from last year’s Pura 70 which consists of a 50MP main camera with a changeable aperture that can go from f/1.4 to f/4.0 on demand paired with OIS, a 12MP telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom and OIS as well as a 12MP ultra wide angle camera. The frontmost panel also has a single 8MP camera for selfies and video calls.

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design cameras

Keeping the phone juiced is an exceptionally thin yet capable 5,600mAh battery with 66W Huawei SuperCharge wired charging, 50W wireless charging and the ability for reverse wireless charging too.

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design flat

While all foldables aspire to tablet-like dimensions, the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design is thus far the most impressive offering in the market with the largest display, the thinnest dimensions and the largest battery which speaks volumes as to the innovation and sheer engineering prowess that has gone into its creation. To further add to its premium design, the backplate incorporates faux leather and can be acquired in your choice of either red or black with gold trim for both colourways.

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design launch date and price

Barring the official launch date of 18 February 2025 in Malaysia, there’s no official word on how much the phone will cost or what preorder free gifts you’ll get. At launch in China, the base 256GB model with 16GB RAM retailed for RMB19,999 which works out to about RM12,265 give or take some change. We’ll keep you posted the moment we get updates.

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design open

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