According to our reports from December 20, we reportedly have a new version of Mate X awaiting in line for a formal launch that is due on the upcoming Mobile World Congress trade exhibition from Barcelona in February 2020. Now we have some new rumors making it's way from a Taiwanese media claiming that the Chinese are already working on a successor to the original Mate X that was launched back in February this year.
According to the new speculations, we should see the next generation Huawei Mate X arrive in the second half of next year. In the past we heard from the company's Head of Consumer Sector, Richard Yu that the newer model of the Mate X coming at next year's MWC will bring upgrades like their flagship Kirin 990 SoC under the hood, also featuring a better hinge mechanism, more resistant screen and other improvements. But this time around for the successor model, we hear that the people from China are presumably working with Taiwanese hinge makers as well as panel manufacturers and have begun trial production for components in small volume, that's required for the new foldable smartphone from Huawei. The source also mentioned that the Taiwanese hinge maker have partnered with two Chinese OEM's for the design and production of hinges for their foldable devices. But due to complicated component designs involved in making these forthcoming foldable smartphone, the mass production and supply can take up some time and we will only see them in the second half of 2020.
Source: DIGITIMES
