Huawei's tri-foldable phone hits global markets in a show of defiance amid US curbs

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https://apnews.com/article/china-huawei-trifold-phone-f8a18e6031a881d1febb691dbaeeb156

Huawei on Tuesday held a global launch for the industry’s first tri-foldable phone, which analysts said marked a symbolic victory for the Chinese tech giant amid U.S. technology curbs. But challenges over pricing, longevity, supply and app constraints may limit its success.

Huawei said at a launch event in Kuala Lumpur that the Huawei Mate XT, first unveiled in China five months ago, will be priced at 3,499 euros ($3,662). Although dubbed a trifold, the phone has three mini-panels and folds only twice. The company says it’s the thinnest foldable phone at 3.6 millimeters (0.14 inches), with a 10.2-inch screen similar to an Apple iPad.

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Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Although dubbed a trifold, the phone has three mini-panels and folds only twice.

It’s three elements that can fold together. I see nothing wrong or confusing with the name.

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- miseducator@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Trifold wallets fold twice, which also doesn’t make sense, but it’s probably where they got the name.
  
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  - Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I didn’t know that, but yes, it would probably seem confusing to use different terminologies for essentially the same thing.
    
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- dabaldeagul@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Bi-fold would work… But tri means 3 and 3 is a bigger number than 2 sooooo that’s what the marketing is going with
  
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  - Sturgist@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Americans would still get confused. Refer to ⅓lb>¼lb burger, flopped because Muricans claim weird fraction math for length is superior…yet still cannot fraction their way out a wet paper bag…
    
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  - Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yes of course, you are 100% right. 👍
    
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- SuperSpecialNickname@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  3500 is a lot for a device with an always exposed, easily scratched display.
  
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Sho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The whole “folding screen” concept is nice but I always have a sense of caution when I play with the idea of buying a folding screen phone. Something that is used as much as a smartphone is can ware out moving components really quickly. Also more parts, more stuff that can break or fail…

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- 0x0@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  For what its worth, my galaxy flip 5 is over 2 years by now and have no issues whatsoever. I also work in construction so it is by no means pampered. Ive had regular phones break earlier than this have held up now.
  
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  - Sturgist@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’ve got the Honor Magic V3, it’s the 2 panel version of the OP device. I’ve had it for 6 months now, no complaints so far. I’m a stone mason, loooooots of super fine dusts of varying degrees of caustic. I got a slightly more robust case than what came with it, and I’m a bit more careful about what pocket I keep it in. I’ve dropped it over a dozen times, and mangled the hinge on one case already. But like you, I’ve had regular phones start failing around now, and this one is still fine. I feel like the first and 2nd gen foldables were where most of the kinks were worked out, and now they’re only slightly more delicate in very specific ways compared to a regular slab phone.
    
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  - Sho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    That’s not bad, given your profession. You got a case on it? Just curious since I always get a case with a new phone.
    
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- FatCrab@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Seconding the other guy’s endorsement of the zflip. I got mine as a really cheap trade in upgrade thinking the folding was just a gimmick and now I’m pretty much always advocating for the thing. Hasn’t been any less durable than any other phone I’ve had and though there’s a very minor crease mostly from the protective panel, it’s never been an issue.
  
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latenightnoir@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Wake me up when the quadfold drops. Heck, quilt me a smartphone/picnic blanket, then we can talk.

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- SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I want to have a phone that I have to wrangle-fold like an old paper map
  
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- Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s a laptop you can fit on your pocket. I think it’s a great idea, if it’s effective enough. Knowing this company, it isn’t… So I’ll wait for Samsung.
  
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  - latenightnoir@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Sso… like my already existing smartphone. Only larger.
    
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- iopq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Call me when the phone folds into an origami swan
  
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- cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I kind of get the appeal, like turning your phone into a media munching device.
  
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  - latenightnoir@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    See, that’s just it, I already do that with my standard phone… At this point, they’re all basically phablets, Nexus 6 was right all along (although it still did it better). Multi-window splits have also been a thing for a good while now, I honestly don’t see the point for more screen on my pocket device… Heck, I even mainline as a secondary PC, use it to have YT/movies in the background while doing stuff on the big dude.
    
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andyortlieb@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Very very interesting, and stupid

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Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Oh man, this is a cool phone, but I’m not touching potential Chinese surveillance equipment.

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jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
“priced at 3,499 euros ($3,662)”

Mmm… nope!

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- Alborlin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It would be enticing even with that price for some, IF ( THIS IS BIG IF) they could use Google apps. It’s quite useless without Google’s android, and in Western world you can’t use it for banki g purposes due to lack of security
  
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  - ladfrombrad@lemdro.id ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    without Google’s android, and in Western world you can’t use it for banki g purposes due to lack of security
    
    Weird how I can use this PC (Made in China) without needing no oversight from lel Google to access my bank without issue. Right?
    
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  - EngineerGaming@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Which is weird, because where I am, most banks don’t rely on Google services at all for this precise reason (and as a side effect my bank works perfectly on Graphene). Not all budget Chinese phones lack Google services of course, but Huawei and such are still a big chunk of the market.
    
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Enkers@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The company says it’s the thinnest foldable phone at 3.6 millimeters (0.14 inches),

I mean, it better be, otherwise, if its 3x as thick in your pocket, that’s going to be one chonky phone.

3.6 × 3 = 10.8 mm folded. Definitely on the thicker side, but not outlandishly so.

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thatradomguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Still a dumb concept… just bring back classic flip phones. ffs

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