Huawei Teases Mate XT 2: Now Folds Inward With Cover Screen

Remember the first Mate XT? The one that folded out like a brochure and scratched if you looked at it wrong.

Huawei apparently remembered too. They dropped a teaser ad today. Didn’t show much. But within an hour Weibo was full of what look like official renders.

What’s new

Dark purple. Triple screen. And one big change: it folds inward now.

Instead of zig-zagging out, both sides fold in. G-fold, like Samsung’s tri-fold. Dumb name, honestly. But smart move. Means your screens aren’t facing the world when it’s in your pocket.

They also finally added a cover screen. The original forced you to unfold it just to check WhatsApp. This one has a little outer display. The cut-out is a pill, not a dot.

Leakers are saying multispectral camera. Could be. Could also be nothing.

The back camera is still that octagon in the middle. Rim looks chunkier this time. Huawei teased square and circle for months and then… nah, same shape.

Launch

Expected launch is September 7. Huawei’s already blasting it on a billboard in Wangfujing, Beijing.

Look, is it exciting? Kinda. The first one was a flex. This one actually sounds usable. If the cover screen is decent and the screens don’t die in 6 months, people might actually buy it instead of just posting it.

We’ll find out next week.