Huawei Mate XS-Full specifications, Price, Pros & Cons

Huawei Mate XS is a foldable smartphone that is one step ahead in terms of its functionality and improves mechanism. There are a lot of smartphone companies out there that are investing in foldable smartphones especially Huawei, LG, Oppo, Samsung.

It is not wrong to say that Huawei Mate XS is one of the best foldable smartphones out there in the market that doesn’t compromise with speed and performance either. There is a lot of other improvements too can be seen in the smartphone especially in the foldable hinge area as it opens more smoothly without making the unwholesome sound. Huawei mate XS and Asus Zenfone 7pro both are going to launch in Feb 2021 in India.

Pros & Cons

PROS

• The hinge is made up of zirconium
• 70-80% Charging in just an hour
• Quite thin bezels
• Good Camera quality
• OLED Display
• A protective layer of Optical Polymide on the screen.

CONS

• No Google and its native app support
• Max. brightness of only 448 nits
• Little bulky
• Plastic Body

KEY SPECIFICATIONS

Price: Starting from around Rs 2.3 lakhs /  $3,289 

Display: Folded 6.8″ (16.7cm) : Unfolded 8″ (20.32cm)

Processor: Kirin 990 5G

Rear Camera: 40 MP +8 MP +16MP

RAM: 8GB

Storage: 512GB

Battery: 4500mAh

Operating System: Android 10, EMUI 10

FULL SPECIFICATIONS

DESIGN

Huawei mate XS has a falcon-wing type design with a camera cased in the sidebar of the phone, whereas two central panel holds the battery. The body of Mate XS is made up of hard-plastic which means that can be easily prone to fingerprint marks and scratches as well.

Unlike other foldable smartphones, the MateXS hinge is made up of zirconium which is more durable and stronger than titanium alloy. Also, it can be easily and smoothly folded and unfolded. When the phone is fully opened it looks streamlined and no major screen distortion is seen at the hinge.

MODEL: Huawei Mate XS

BRAND: Huawei

OTG Compatible: Yes

TOUCHSCREEN: YES

DIMENSION:

FOLDED:-161.3×78.5×11 mm

UNFOLDED:-161.3×146.2×5.4 mm

WEIGHT: 300 grams

AVAILABLE COLOURS: Interstellar Blue

WATERPROOF: No

DISPLAY

Huawei Mate XS is inbuilt with an OLED display that gives accurate and sharp colors. The phone automatically gets light up whichever side of the smartphone is up. It would have been great if a little more improvement could be made as the phone can only reach a maximum brightness level of 448 nits whereas the Samsung galaxy s21 ultra brightness can go upto ~1500 nits

Thanks to a protective layer of Optical polyimide added on the top of the screen that gives upto 80% more strength to the display. The display is also prone to scratch, so it would be better if the user handle it with care.

SCREEN SIZE:

• FOLDED: 6.6″
• UNFOLDED: 8.0″

SCREEN RESOLUTION: 2200×2480 pixels

DISPLAY TYPE: OLED Display

PIXEL DENSITY: 414 PPI

BRIGHTNESS: ~448 nits

SCREEN TO BODY RATIO: 86.9%

SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

Talking about the processor, it is powered by Kirin 990 a “5G processor” that gives an outstanding performance and can handle heavy loads without any overheating issue. Whereas, on the software side it is powered by EMUI 10 along with ANDROID 10. There is a lot of customizable options that users get in Mate XS especially Dark Mode, News Feed, along with that users also get some unwanted ads with limited keyboard features too.

Users of Huawei Mate XS are going to miss Google Playstore and its native app such as YouTube, Google Maps, etc. after the US sanctions on Huawei.

RAM: 8GB

ROM: 512GB

USB OTG Support: YES 

CPU: Octa-core(2×2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.95 GHz Cortex-A55)

PROCESSOR: Kirin 990 5G

OPERATING SYSTEM: Android 10, EMUI 10

PRIMARY CLOCK SPEED: 2.86 GHz

GPU: Mali-G76

EXPANDABLE STORAGE: Yes

CAMERA

The cameras of Huawei Mate XS is quite similar to P30 Pro but with different image processing ratio. Mate XS has 40MP main camera along with 8MP telephoto camera and 16MP ultrawide camera with a 3D depth sensor. Users can click photos both in folded and unfolded positions of the phone.

The daylight photos are really defined and share along with a wide dynamic range but there is little inconsistency noticed in white balance. Thanks to the AI-powered camera enhancement feature that enables us to click good photos during the night time with balanced shadows highlighted with great color retention.

Whereas, for taking selfies you have to just move the camera directly towards yourself by folding it. The phone records video at a max of 4K@60fps with no option to disable EIS.

CAMERA: 40MP (f/1.8, Wide)+ 8MP (f/2.4, Telephoto)+ 16MP (f/2.2, Ultrawide)

Autofocus: YES (Laser Autofocus)

FLASH: YES (LED flash)

VIDEO RECORDING: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps

OTHER CAMERA FEATURES: Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR etc.

BATTERY

A battery of capacity 4500mAh powers the phone that can easily pass out a day on normal usage. The phone has got a really fantastic charging speed that can charge 70-80% of the battery in just half an hour whereas a full battery can be charged in less than an hour. There is no support of wireless charging.

BATTERY CAPACITY: 4500 mAh

BATTERY TYPE: Li-ion battery

REPLACEABLE: NO

BATTERY CHARGER: 55 W fast-charging.

USB Type C: Yes

WIRELESS CHARGING: No

CONNECTIVITIES

Huawei Mate XS is integrated with nearly all major connectivities. The fingerprint sensor is side-mounted and is very fast as well as reliable. Also, all major sensors including gyroscope, accelerometer, light sensors are also present and work smoothly while playing games and multitasking.

Wi-fi: YES (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)

OTHER Wi-fi RELATED FEATURES: Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot.

GPS: Yes (A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS)

NFC( Near Field Communication ): Yes

BLUETOOTH: YES (v5.0)

USB: YES (USB 3.1)

USB RELATED FEATURES: Mass storage, USB Charging

5G READY: Yes

HEADPHONE JACK: NO

SENSORS AVAILABLE

GYROSCOPE: YES

MAGNETIC COMPASS: YES

ACCELEROMETER: YES

PROXIMITY SENSOR: Yes

LIGHT SENSOR: YES

UNLOCK FEATURES: In-display fingerprint sensor, Face Unlock, etc.