Remember Richard Yu, Huawei's Head of Consumer Sector, who told the French media that his company is working a refresher model their foldable phablet, the Mate X that is expected to debut at next month's MWC trade exhibition, from Barcelona, Spain. Following those reports, we heard from some Taiwanese hinge makers that, they have partnered with couple of OEM's to mass produce the hinges for their foldable devices. The story also mentioned that the complications involved in manufacturing these newly designed components can take up some time and indicated that we will only see them supply by the second half of 2020.
But we hear a different statement altogether today from the industry chains, coming in courtesy of the Chinese media that the all new and forthcoming foldable handset purportedly named as Mate Xs will be launched in March. The new declarations also state that, Mate Xs's folding mechanism is less complicated to produce than the first generation hinges, so we may end up seeing the manufacturer launch the latest Mate Xs cheaper compared to Huawei's original version, also featuring a relatively reduced body size. As reported in the past the device is expected to go official with the phone maker's Kirin 990 chipset with integrated 5G modem for fifth generation cellular support as well as a more durable screen, re-engineered hinge and other overall upgrades in terms of specs and build quality.
Source: Fast Technology (Media of Drive House)
