 Hey guys, we're here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and we've just taken a look at Huawei's Mate X. It's first foldable phone, a competitor to Samsung's Galaxy Fold, and it's one of the most exciting devices we're going to see at this show. I do say see because none of us got a chance to touch it. So let's have a look at it and I'll tell you what we know about it so far. So the big difference between the Mate X and the Galaxy Fold is pretty obvious. The Galaxy Fold folds inwards, the screen is on the inside, whereas with the Mate X it wraps around the outside of the device. When you have the screen on the inside, you have to be aware about it creasing, so you do have to have a radius on the inside of the hinge. Now, when the screen is on the outside, that radius is already integrated into it, so the actual device can pretty much fold flat. And that's what the Mate X does. But in terms of holding it in your hand, when the person was demoing it, it just looks much more natural, it looks also a more robust and durable device. Huawei's demo person, he held it pretty much within reach of myself so I could see it up close. He handled it super casually. It wasn't like one of those super fragile prototypes where you're tenderly opening and closing it. It almost feels like an expanded smartphone. You really stretched out a smartphone and then you decided, you know what, we'll just fold it. So to me that says we're talking about a device that is really much closer to a retail product than pretty much any other foldable device we've seen. Hopefully at some point during MWC somebody will let me touch it so I can speak about how it feels and whether it's as light as it looks. And that's the other thing with the Mate X, it's super thin. It's got a 5.4mm of thickness across most of the device and then it has a little bump which I consider pretty much a grip, which makes it 11mm. And that grip also integrates all the cameras. It has a USB-C charging port, which also brings to mind there's no headphone jack. As far as I've seen no headphone jack, it matches the Galaxy Fold. What can we do? The future has no headphone jacks apparently. Anyway, that's not the important thing. The important thing is how the thing functions. You have an 8-inch display when the tablet is fully open and when you close it up you have a 6.6-inch pretty much a regular smartphone on the main display and then you have a 6.4-inch really tall display on the back because that's sitting right next to the grip with the camera stuff. Then you have the rear one which helps you with taking selfies with the main camera. If you want to take a photo of somebody and you want them to see you taking their photo, you can do that. You have screen mirroring and then again you have the 8-inch tablet which is almost a square. It's an 8 by 7.1 aspect ratio. I don't know why Huawei couldn't just make it a little bit wider and give us a perfect square. That would have been just the magical Instagram device. So Huawei is keeping quite a few of the specs on the wraps for now, but I'll tell you what we do know. Firstly, the processor inside is the Kirin 980 and there's also a 5G modem in there, the Balong 5000, I love that name. Both of them are built on 7nm process so it's about as advanced as Huawei can give you. Both of them are from Huawei itself. There's also a 4500mAh battery in there. Huawei has also upgraded its charging to 55W which is kind of intense for a pocketable device. That means 85% charge in 30 minutes. Again, with such a large battery, it's super impressive. No wireless charging that I know of, but by that point we're really talking business items. In terms of practicalities, there's a fingerprint sensor integrated into the power button on the side. So this is our first very fleeting, very complete look at the Huawei Mate X. What I will say is that having handled the royal FlexPi at CES, having seen as much as you can see of the Samsung Galaxy Fold earlier this week, and now having come close to the Huawei Mate X, I think this is by far the most complete concept. It's not even a concept anymore, it really seems like a retail product, something that's ready to go on shelves and be put into people's hands. Huawei is going to have to figure out the software. It's doing some side-by-side multitasking with apps. It needs to figure out how to make the screens turn on and off when you want to use just the smartphone section, just the tablet section, etc. So there's still so many questions with it, but I do feel like this is the closest we've come to producing a foldable device that is really just ready to go on sale and for people to use and to actually enjoy using. I do like the birds. For more news, gadgets, smartphones, 5G, cameras, etc. coming out of Mobile World Congress, stay tuned to diverge.com and youtube.com slash diverge. Can't promise you that all of it will be as exciting as the Mate X, but we'll try and get our hands on this thing and bring it to you.
 Hey guys, we're here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and we've just taken a look at Huawei's Mate X.
 It's first foldable phone, a competitor to Samsung's Galaxy Fold,
 and it's one of the most exciting devices we're going to see at this show.
 I do say see because none of us got a chance to touch it.
 So let's have a look at it and I'll tell you what we know about it so far.
 So the big difference between the Mate X and the Galaxy Fold is pretty obvious.
 The Galaxy Fold folds inwards, the screen is on the inside,
 whereas with the Mate X it wraps around the outside of the device.
 When you have the screen on the inside, you have to be aware about it creasing,
 so you do have to have a radius on the inside of the hinge.
 Now, when the screen is on the outside, that radius is already integrated into it,
 so the actual device can pretty much fold flat.
 And that's what the Mate X does.
 But in terms of holding it in your hand, when the person was demoing it,
 it just looks much more natural, it looks also a more robust and durable device.
 Huawei's demo person, he held it pretty much within reach of myself so I could see it up close.
 He handled it super casually.
 It wasn't like one of those super fragile prototypes where you're tenderly opening and closing it.
 It almost feels like an expanded smartphone.
 You really stretched out a smartphone and then you decided, you know what, we'll just fold it.
 So to me that says we're talking about a device that is really much closer to a retail product
 than pretty much any other foldable device we've seen.
 Hopefully at some point during MWC somebody will let me touch it
 so I can speak about how it feels and whether it's as light as it looks.
 And that's the other thing with the Mate X, it's super thin.
 It's got a 5.4mm of thickness across most of the device
 and then it has a little bump which I consider pretty much a grip, which makes it 11mm.
 And that grip also integrates all the cameras.
 It has a USB-C charging port, which also brings to mind there's no headphone jack.
 As far as I've seen no headphone jack, it matches the Galaxy Fold.
 What can we do? The future has no headphone jacks apparently.
 Anyway, that's not the important thing. The important thing is how the thing functions.
 You have an 8-inch display when the tablet is fully open
 and when you close it up you have a 6.6-inch pretty much a regular smartphone on the main display
 and then you have a 6.4-inch really tall display on the back
 because that's sitting right next to the grip with the camera stuff.
 Then you have the rear one which helps you with taking selfies with the main camera.
 If you want to take a photo of somebody and you want them to see you taking their photo, you can do that.
 You have screen mirroring and then again you have the 8-inch tablet which is almost a square.
 It's an 8 by 7.1 aspect ratio.
 I don't know why Huawei couldn't just make it a little bit wider and give us a perfect square.
 That would have been just the magical Instagram device.
 So Huawei is keeping quite a few of the specs on the wraps for now, but I'll tell you what we do know.
 Firstly, the processor inside is the Kirin 980 and there's also a 5G modem in there,
 the Balong 5000, I love that name.
 Both of them are built on 7nm process so it's about as advanced as Huawei can give you.
 Both of them are from Huawei itself.
 There's also a 4500mAh battery in there.
 Huawei has also upgraded its charging to 55W which is kind of intense for a pocketable device.
 That means 85% charge in 30 minutes.
 Again, with such a large battery, it's super impressive.
 No wireless charging that I know of, but by that point we're really talking business items.
 In terms of practicalities, there's a fingerprint sensor integrated into the power button on the side.
 So this is our first very fleeting, very complete look at the Huawei Mate X.
 What I will say is that having handled the royal FlexPi at CES,
 having seen as much as you can see of the Samsung Galaxy Fold earlier this week,
 and now having come close to the Huawei Mate X, I think this is by far the most complete concept.
 It's not even a concept anymore, it really seems like a retail product,
 something that's ready to go on shelves and be put into people's hands.
 Huawei is going to have to figure out the software.
 It's doing some side-by-side multitasking with apps.
 It needs to figure out how to make the screens turn on and off
 when you want to use just the smartphone section, just the tablet section, etc.
 So there's still so many questions with it, but I do feel like this is the closest we've come
 to producing a foldable device that is really just ready to go on sale
 and for people to use and to actually enjoy using.
 I do like the birds.
 For more news, gadgets, smartphones, 5G, cameras, etc. coming out of Mobile World Congress,
 stay tuned to diverge.com and youtube.com slash diverge.
 Can't promise you that all of it will be as exciting as the Mate X,
 but we'll try and get our hands on this thing and bring it to you.