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The Huawei Mate Xs is an improved version of the Mate X, Huawei's first foldable that it introduced exactly one year ago. While the design of the Mate Xs is similar to the Mate X, Huawei has made some notable improvements to the phone's folding design and its spec list.

First up, the Mate Xs's foldable display features a double layer optical polyimide that should be stronger, plus it has an improved back-to-back falcon wing hinge design. The display and the hinge are two of the most important parts of a foldable phone because they're both involved in how you mainly interact with it, and so it's good that Huawei is improving those features of the Mate Xs to help it better stand up to everyday use.

The Mate Xs has also been upgraded to a newer Kirin 990 processor. This octa-core chip also includes support for 5G, and Huawei says that there are more supported 5G bands in the Mate Xs for better global connectivity.

The rest of the specs of the Mate Xs are largely unchanged. The full screen is an 8-inch 2480x2200 OLED panel when unfolded, and when folded up you get a 6.6-inch main screen and 6.38-inch secondary display. There's a 4500mAh battery with support for up to 55W fast charging, and Huawei is including 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage along with support for NM SD Cards if you want more storage.

There's also a quad camera setup with a 40MP main sensor that uses an f/1.8 aperture, a 16MP ultra wide angle cam with f/2.2 aperture, and an 8MP telephoto sensor with f/2.4 aperture. Huawei has included a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor as well to help capture depth information.

Huawei says that the Mate Xs will go on sale worldwide next month at a price of €2,499 ($2,712).

The original Mate X was announced in February 2019 but, due to delays, didn't launch until mid-November. What's more, it didn't make it outside of China. It's good to hear that more folks will be able to get their hands on the Mate Xs and we're looking forward to taking the Mate Xs for a spin, especially since its "outie" folding design is different than other foldables from major mobile companies.