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    Home » Reviews & Weekend » Huawei Mate X vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: how they compare

    Huawei Mate X vs Samsung Galaxy Fold: how they compare

    By Martyn Landi24 February 2019
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    The Samsung Galaxy Fold

    Huawei has joined Samsung in announcing its first foldable smartphone, with a flexible phone-sized screen that opens out to a tablet-sized device.

    But how do the two new devices compare?

    Samsung Galaxy Fold

    • A 4.6-inch HD+ Super Amoled front display, with the device unfolding to reveal a 7.3-inch QXGA+ Dynamic Amoled flexible screen inside.
    • Six cameras in total — a single 10-megapixel selfie camera on the front of the device, a triple rear camera system, and dual cameras on the tablet display.
    • 12GB RAM and 512GB storage.
    • 4 380mAh battery.
    • US$1 980 (R27 700 before duties and other taxes), likely to be available to consumer in May.
    The Huawei Mate X

    Huawei Mate X

    • A 6.6-inch foldable FullView display on the front, with a second 6.38-inch display on the rear of the device. These then unfold to create an eight-inch tablet display.
    • Triple lens Leica camera system.
    • 5G ready.
    • 8GB RAM and 512GB storage.
    • 4 500mAh battery with SuperCharge capability.
    • €2 299 (R36 500 before duties and other taxes), available in the the “middle of 2019”.



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