The first wave of Huawei Mate X foldable phones has finally gone on sale in China - and the initial batch (of an uncertain amount) reportedly sold out in minutes, according to the BBC.The foldable phone was introduced at MWC 2019 back in February and originally slated to launch over the summer, then publicly delayed until September.
TheIndianSubcontinent exclusively learned in August that there was no possibility it would make that deadline, and would much more likely become available in November (and at the very least, before the end of 2019).Thats come to pass after Huawei officially launched the foldable in China back in October and asserted it would go on sale in November - which it has, with a pricetag of 16,999 yuan (1,900, around $2,495 / AU$3,559).A second wave of devices (again an uncertain number) will go on sale in China on November 22.
But theres still no announced plan to bring the device to other regions.Huawei delayed the Huawei Mate X months after the Samsung Galaxy Fold abandoned its April launch due to durability issues, though the former company didnt give any reason to push back the Mate X - so its unclear if they ran into any similar reliability issues or just wanted to avoid sharing Samsungs fate since the publics trust in foldables had been shaken.Rather, the initial delay in June followed the US Huawei ban.
Since that hasnt been repealed, only temporarily reprieved in August thats set to expire today, theres no plan for the Mate X to come to the United States.Huawei maintains that the Mate X will be coming to other countries than China at some point, per the BBC.
In any case, the company has allegedly already revealed a successor, the Huawei Mate Xs, which will pack the latest Kirin 990 chip (its unclear when this will launch).