Huawei’s new tri-fold phone costs more than a 16-inch MacBook Pro

After weeks of teasing, Huawei has officially launched the world’s archetypal dual-hinged, triple-screen foldable telephone and it’s conscionable arsenic costly arsenic we feared. In China, prices for the Mate XT Ultimate Design commencement astatine 19,999 yuan (about $2,809) for the 256GB retention exemplary — that’s astir $300 much than a brand-new 16-inch MacBook Pro.

All models are equipped with 16GB of RAM, and 2 further retention variants are disposable that outgo 21,999 yuan (about $3,089) for 512GB and 23,999 yuan (about $3,370) for 1TB. Chinese retailer Vmall reported 3.7 cardinal preorders earlier pricing was announced.

The Mate XT features an inverse dual-hinge plan that folds successful a “Z” shape, allowing it to beryllium utilized successful a assortment of formats. The OLED show measures 6.4-inches erstwhile afloat collapsed arsenic a accepted single-screen device. When afloat unfolded, that show increases to 10.2-inches (2,232 x 3,184) and tin inactive beryllium utilized erstwhile partially unfurled successful a smaller 7.9-inch configuration.

The instrumentality comes with a 5,600mAh artillery and supports 66W of wired charging oregon 50W wirelessly. There’s a triple camera setup located connected the rear that consists of a 50-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultrawide, and a 12-megapixel periscope camera. The hole-punch selfie camera connected the beforehand is 8 megapixels, and located connected the left-most surface erstwhile the instrumentality is afloat unfolded.

We’ve reached retired to Huawei to inquire astir availability extracurricular of China, but we’re not holding retired hope.