Huawei and Apple's latest smartphones went on sale in China on Friday, with many fans of the Chinese company disappointed that its much-anticipated $2,800 phone - more than twice the price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max - was not available for walk-in customers.

Huawei and Apple’s latest smartphones went on sale in China on Friday, with many fans of the Chinese tech company disappointed that its much-anticipated $2,800 tri-foldable phone was not available for walk-in customers.

Huawei's new trifold smartphone, the Mate XT, is set to hit stores on Friday. Online scalpers are already looking to make a quick buck on it.

Another eager consumer surnamed Guo said he took a day off from his job in manufacturing to queue from Thursday night

Huawei has a host of AI features on the Mate XT, including AI Senior Editor, AI Information Consultant, AI Translation Expert, and AI Photo Editor. The $2,800 phone ships with 256GB storage, but you can upgrade to 512GB for around $3,090 (converted from Chinese Yuan) or 1TB for a whopping $3,371. The RAM is 16GB across all variants.

SHENZHEN, China - Huawei and Apple's latest smartphones go on sale in China on Friday (Sept 20), with the Chinese tech company's much-anticipated US$2,800 (S$3,600) tri-foldable phone offered at more than twice the price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

The phone is a piece of engineering marvel: when unfolded, the device measures only 3.6mm thick, making it the new thinnest portable computing device in the world. This slimness is needed, because when completely folded up, it is essentially three stacked layers, which then does increase thickness to 12.8mm.

After weeks of teasing, Huawei has officially launched the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen foldable phone and it’s just as expensive as we feared. In China, prices for the Mate XT Ultimate Design start at 19,

Huawei enthusiasts were left disappointed as the anticipated $2,800 tri-foldable Mate XT was unavailable for walk-in customers upon its launch in China. Supply chain issues restricted availability to pre-order holders only.

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HUAWEI and Apple’s latest smartphones go on sale in China on Friday (Sep 20), with the Chinese tech company’s much-anticipated US$2,800 tri-foldable phone offered at more than twice the price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.