Huawei will announce a new flagship foldable phone later this month, according to a Weibo post on the company’s official website. Based on the name, Mate X2 appears to be a more substantial continuation of the original Mate X than Huawei’s latest foldable phone, the faster and slightly tuned Mate XS.
Unless Huawei is being deliberately enigmatic, the Mate X2 teaser image suggests that the phone could switch to a different foldable screen design with the flexible panel inside, such as Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold line. Previous Mate X phones had a single panel that wrapped the outside when closed, like Royole’s Flexpai devices.
Other than that, there are not many details on Mate X2 yet. It is likely that it has the same Kirin 9000 processor found in the Mate 40 Pro and, of course, Huawei will probably still not be able to include Google applications and services on board, limiting the viability of the device outside of China, unless something changes unexpectedly quickly with the new Biden government’s approach to sanctions. It’s always worth paying attention to Huawei’s hardware, so stay tuned for more news and details on February 22.