Huawei Mate X2 hands-on

The Mate X2 is Huawei’s nearly $3000, third-generation foldable phone. Sareena shares her first impressions.
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[@CNET]

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[@RavenousFallen]

No camera hole on display is genius. I want a cellphone without a hole in the display to enjoy videos without being distracted by it. Not everyone cares to take selfies.

[@iCozzh]

Just put a camera in the bezel , being unable to video call from the large display is a missed feature

[@RavenousFallen]

@@iCozzh Yeah, I like that idea if they can just shrink the camera small enough to fit in the upper bezel. Many phones don't have bezels with infinity displays so they can deal with the camera hole. But no point in making everyone annoyed by it.

[@vincenttdpham]

Some people use it for zoom or would need it for zoom

[@RavenousFallen]

@@vincenttdpham I'm not saying all phones shouldn't have front cameras, but one model without it would likely sell well for people who don't want an ugly notch or hole in the display and don't use the front camera.

[@footballtalk4857]

@@RavenousFallen not enough profit margin to take it out unless it's underdisplay

[@Ben7seven7]

The last time I was this early, if you folded your phone in half you'd break it.

[@belalali3588]

The US based sanctions re google play services against Huawei should only apply in the US rather than unfairly impacting everyone else globally. Even though google based services can be installed manually we shouldn’t have to resort to this in other countries. Biden should seriously consider relaxing this ban… That and the huge price tag make this a real deal breaker… it really is very well designed and best in class from a hardware only perspective though…

[@pranavyeole102]

exactly! I completely agree, this is violating consumer rights..

[@thedrunkengardener9367]

Nice video! I'm really curious how or if their new operating system is going to work here in the US? I've been using a Mate 20x for over a year and a half now, and it is still checking quite a few more boxes than most flagships.

[@roxaschen9449]

It doesn’t work well in us is because USA don’t want any Chinese company to enter USA and Europe markets,

[@Sonderax]

Any Huawei without google services isnt available in the US for general consumers. In europe it is so could be imported?

[@MrOPP301]

I wish Huawei wasn't banned in the U.S. I would buy this phone over the samsung z fold 3. The phone is just as cool closed as it is open, as opposed to the candy bar form of the other foldables.

[@mocasorla2753]

Great job Serena, I truly enjoy your reviews on these new devices. Regardless of how people feel about the design of these devices I agree with you, this is great engineering and you got to give credit to the device manufacturers for either trying or adopting ideas. It certainly looks great too bad is out of most average consumer’s budget or not available in the North America market.

[@PhotoPrimierePro]

So excited for the "karen" 990 if its anything like the first-gen it will come out asking for the manager

[@PhotoPrimierePro]

@Socialists deserve To be gassed wtf 😤you pot smoking baby

[@auslei]

Really don’t see the point of foldable with all the sacrifices but it’s really good to see the tech in there.

[@julesking8355]

Watch movies on or anime for me . I'm definitely getting this phone

[@itt-itamartechtime8867]

He talked about no IP rating or no glass screen or the fact that a lil of dirt can break it (Rip my fold 2)

[@brady50429]

With very brittle screens no thanks I'll keep my waterproof phone that doesn't scratch and cost less than a a third of the price.

[@SyrupSplash]

but it doesn't fold

[@brady50429]

@@SyrupSplash true but prices will come down in a couple of years

[@timtwining5943]

That was cool. It made perfect sense and was well worth the watch!!!

[@ThomasTheTankEngine22]

Great review. She's a keeper

[@QuitYourCryin]

If you value privacy, do not buy.

[@burningknuckle26]

American lies

[@robbykidman]

so i cant use the main cam as selfie just like in the mate x?

[@Aman-xo4yx]

These are exciting than apple M1 iPad lol

[@iCozzh]

Lack of cameras on the inside is stupid.

[@andyH_England]

Why? It has two displays so using the main cameras for vlogs and selfies will give you far better quality and variation? That way we do not have that notch/pinhole that everyone whines about in reviews!

[@iCozzh]

@@andyH_England imagine wanting to use a video call on the big screen and you cant.. they can easily fit something into the bezel.

[@andyH_England]

@@iCozzh 99.5% of smartphone users are okay using the outside display on a candy bar phone so I am not sure it is something people are begging for? The Mate X2 is selling out of stock in most places so the indications are that this is maybe not a negative, an undisturbed display worth one less camera, it already has six!

[@titanxie5579]

How is Huawei still able to make new phones??!

[@MrBah-tw3gt]

Bcus they're the lagest telecom equipments manufacture in the world. A company with the largest budget and R&D plus they're highly supported and subsidise by the Chinese government. What do you expect? Sanctions cannot eliminate a company as huge as huawei.

[@titanxie5579]

@@MrBah-tw3gt nah they can’t make chips. Even chip design software licenses have been revoked.

[@MrBah-tw3gt]

@@titanxie5579 right they only design their kirin chips and usually send them to Taiwan to be manufactureed. Huawei said, they stockpile a bunch of those chips enough to be used for a long period of time before the ban began. When they finish, huawei will still make phones but the quality in terms of speed will no longer be competitive for at least 2 years china's SMIC is able to manufacture those chips. NB: TSMC of Taiwan chips are 5nm heading to 3nm by next year. SMIC currently is on 14nm and heading to 7nm by the end of this year. In fact smic main problem is the ban on the machine that produce those chips, otherwise they will be at par with global competitors

[@davessi]

they were prohibited from imposing pre-installed Google services on their smartphones, not from manufacturing phones.

[@tecemdia9759]

🇧🇷

[@TomTomdog]

Zfold 2 is 280gm which is lighter but it was still too heavy for me. Folding phones needs to lower the weight down to 250gm. Its not user-friendly at all

[@LordCommandor]

I work remotely and my fold 2 literally replaced my work Ipad. We must agree to disagree.

[@militaryrankings4325]

Huawei makes amazing products

[@jamestaylor954]

I thought this company was banned in the USA?

[@03Chris25]

It is, but it doesn't mean reviewer can make reviews about it.

[@rydhwan]

They brought the band back for one last time

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

Why is it banned ? Scared of competition ?

[@jamestaylor954]

​@@The-Heart-Will-Testify The White House issued its original executive order almost a year ago, barring US companies from doing business with Huawei due to national security concerns about the Chinese firm supplying equipment for network infrastructure (particularly as the US undergoes its ongoing rollout for 5G) sources google.

[@davem3477]

If you can’t beat your competition, make a product that is an almost replica of one.

[@andyH_England]

Funny enough Huawei has been investing in foldable tech for as long as Samsung and had in and out foldable ready over two years ago. They went with the fold-out originally but due to the failure rate in production that had to revert to their fold-in design. It is clear they nailed that far better, with less of a crease, no gap when closed and a better hinge as well as a far superior front display including a better aspect ratio. All in all, Huawei have made the Fold 2 look like 2-3 cycles behind and Samsung needs to up their game? Looking at the previews of the Fold 3, it is not going to happen this year though s-pen support and flagship cameras are welcome additions.

[@footballtalk4857]

@@andyH_England it's funny you say that when the CEO itself said it would never make this type of Fold and laugh at Samsung for doing even know some tech was stolen from Samsung headquarters (outside source, and then the first Huawei foldable came out which was more $ but Huawei themselves came back and said it actually was a good design

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

Inagine the replica being better lol, Samsung fold looks like the down grade version...imagine a replica ps5 being better than the original lol

[@tanmaynagarkar1013]

4:54 please zoom this image too

[@jomama468]

"Huawhay"

[@dondragon10]

Basically copied samsung lol

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

Made it better lol

[@dondragon10]

@@The-Heart-Will-Testify hardware wise for sure but still a dirty play lmao anyone can make it better given the chance, the critical part was definitely the concept props to samsung.

[@radicalsaled5756]

@@dondragon10 samsung copied motorola. Motarola copied mythbusters in 2011

[@dondragon10]

@@radicalsaled5756 you mean the flip phone? Cuz if I remember correctly they are drastic in terms of how they fold, and I think we have two different interpretations of copy here. Im saying Huawei copied their fold is cuz if you look closely the fold mechanism is obviously similar lol, and bringing up Mythbusters was kinda pointless the idea of folding phones was inevitable.

[@MrPuckpunk]

@@dondragon10 i owned my first foldable phone in 2002, almost 20 years ago

[@bluelantern9]

just a comment

[@noraisalive8193]

I want but don't have ? Tell me answer

[@henrih137]

I know for a fact the galaxy fold 3 will blow this out the water

[@9oth]

Fact proven wrong…

[@MrPuckpunk]

@@9oth facts dont matter, feelings do

[@J.U.Kim514]

The security.

[@sugarbait]

Samsung copy. next.

[@theylied1776]

Why even review Huawei? You can't even use them in the United States.

[@crawlingfingers]

Probably trying to appeal to Chinese viewers.

[@Claro1993]

c|net has has international viewers too.

[@EnnuinerDog]

I didn't realize KZbin was only for Americans.

[@BukuiZhao]

@@Claro1993 Yea

[@BukuiZhao]

@@EnnuinerDog But it's not true

[@urdhavkoch700]

Is it just me or did I see a crack in the screen at 2:13

[@archie2934]

Probably just a hair

[@urdhavkoch700]

@@archie2934 yeah probably but considering its in the middle or crease section I doubt it

[@fenne9]

Not a glass screen, mate.

[@archie2934]

@@fenne9 well it has glass/plastic I think like together this one might not tho

[@dreamcastdc]

No thank you still has the fold crease between the screen.

[@irwanpriambodo]

1st comment

[@arafatkhan3002]

2nd comment

[@aadithyakrishnan1336]

The lady is full of bs... If this type of phone is still beta, how did samsung sell the volume that they did!? Jerk!

[@andyH_England]

Depends on what you think is a good volume? The original Fold only sold 400,000 corrected after the CEO claimed 1m sales to try and make it sound good. They have not announced how many Fold 2's that have been sold but claimed they would only make 800,000. I suspect that is aiming high seeing how quickly the price has fallen (oversupply). That is okay for a new product but def, not mind-blowing and I would agree probably beta so uptake has been less than Samsung and their fans hoped for? The Huawei Mate X2 is sold out everywhere but has limited supply so will sell a lot less than Samsung. The whole market for foldable tech was