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SpecEagle review · Huawei

Huawei Mate X6 review: Kirin book fold with a variable-aperture main and periscope.

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2024·CNY 12,999
Overall
84/100
Class rank
#139 of 248
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

A camera-led Kirin book fold.

Huawei Mate X6 pairs a variable-aperture 50 MP main, a 4× periscope and a 40 MP ultrawide in a refined book fold with IPX8. The missing Google services are the only real barrier.

01Display

88/100

88/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

Inner7.93″ LTPO OLED, 120 Hz
Cover6.45″ OLED, 120 Hz
Peak brightness1,800 nits

02Camera

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

Main50 MP variable f/1.4-4.0, OIS
Periscope48 MP, 4× optical, OIS
Ultrawide40 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

78/100

78/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2024 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetKirin 9020 (7 nm)
RAM12 / 16 GB
Storage256 GB / 1 TB

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 85-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2024.

Capacity5,110 mAh
Wired66 W
Wireless50 W

05Build

86/100

86/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2024.

06Value

74/100

74/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2024 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • Variable-aperture 50 MP + 4× periscope.
  • 40 MP ultrawide — strong all-round.
  • 66 W + 50 W wireless + IPX8.
  • Premium build.
What doesn't
  • No Google services.
  • Kirin 9020 trails Snapdragon.
  • Heavy 239 g.
  • Mostly China-only.
Cross-shop it against
iPhone 17 Pro Max
$1199 · score 93/100

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 248-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .