Huawei Mate X review: Outward-folding 5G foldable with no cover-screen compromise.
The outward-folding rival.
Mate X took the opposite approach to Samsung's Fold — folding outward so the screen wraps the outside, eliminating a separate cover display. Bold engineering, but the exposed panel and the Google ban kept it a China-only curiosity.
01Display
84/10084/100 puts it above the 80-point average for foldable phones of 2019.
02Camera
82/100At 82/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among foldable phones of 2019 — 11 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
80/10080/100 puts it above the 76-point average for foldable phones of 2019.
04Battery
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among foldable phones of 2019 — 14 points above the cohort average.
05Build
72/10072/100 trails the 76-point cohort average for foldable phones of 2019.
- Outward fold — no separate cover screen needed
- 55W SuperCharge fastest of early foldables
- Integrated 5G via Balong 5000
- Exposed screen vulnerable when folded
- No Google services post-ban
- Very expensive and China-only
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 11-phone cohort of foldable devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .