The official debut of Huawei's three folding screen mobile phone will lead a new trend

In Apple released the first AI (artificial intelligence) mobile phone iPhone 16 series 13 hours later, Huawei see extraordinary brand ceremony and Hongmeng Zhixing new product conference held in Shenzhen Spring Cocoon Stadium, Huawei terminal BG chairman Yu Chengdong officially released the world's first foldable screen mobile phone Huawei Mate XT extraordinary master.

It is reported that Huawei Mate XT extraordinary Master in the design uses the "inside + outside folding" scheme, and is equipped with a double hinge structure, so that it can achieve a larger screen size and more flexible use in the expanded state.

Huawei already has phones that fold in both ways, and its strong sales in China helped it surpass Samsung Electronics this year to become the world's largest supplier of foldable phones. In China's foldable mobile phone market, Huawei's market share reached 55.9%, and shipments increased by 115.1% year-on-year, which is the highest growth rate of the manufacturer in this market segment. Huawei was the world's top seller of foldable smartphones in the second quarter with a 27.5 per cent market share, ahead of South Korea's Samsung with 16.4 per cent, according to IDC. In China's broader smartphone market, Apple's ranking fell from third to sixth in the second quarter, while Huawei became the third largest vendor on the back of strong sales of its latest smartphones.

Compared to Apple's iPhone 16 series, Huawei's three-fold phone has obvious advantages. On the one hand, Huawei's first Tiangong hinge system achieved internal and external bending for the first time. Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei Terminal BG, said: "We have always had a dream to put tablets in our pockets, and today we have realized it. But in terms of technology, we have struggled for five years, and for the first time, the hinge system has realized internal and external bending, external bending resistance to stretching, internal bending resistance to extrusion, and solved the problem of mass production." Subverting the traditional structure, through a comprehensive breakthrough in the core components such as hinges and screens, we can achieve both thin and strong, ingenious precision hinges and super-shape three-fold large screens, achieving internal and external bending for the first time, and bringing consumers new forms of folding products beyond imagination.

On the other hand, the iPhone 16 has expanded battery capacity, a full range of support for Apple AI functions, Siri is more intelligent, new shooting buttons, etc. Overall, Apple has been emphasizing the realization of system-level intelligence, reshaping the entire user experience, rather than just a single intelligence. But judging from these AI application scenarios released by the iPhone 16, many mobile phone manufacturers have launched similar functions, and Apple has not yet announced artificial intelligence partners to support its iPhone 16 in China. And Apple's artificial Intelligence software "Apple Intelligence" will not be released in Chinese until next year, leading many Chinese consumers to believe that there is no need to replace.

In addition to Huawei, other mobile phone manufacturers are also accelerating the layout of three-fold screen phones. On August 29, Tecno, a brand owned by Transsion, unveiled its Phantom Ultimate 2 concept phone with a three-fold screen.​ Samsung, on the other hand, initially demonstrated the idea of its three-fold solution as early as 2021; Honor also has the ability to launch a three-fold screen phone at the technical level.

Is the steady change of the iPhone 16 more attention, or the bold innovation of Huawei three folding screen mobile phone better, with further market feedback and the gradual release of supply, Mate XT's future market performance or will be worth looking forward to.