Huawei stuns with triple-foldable Mate XTs

Huawei Technologies has unveiled the Mate XTs Ultimate Design, its latest foldable smartphone featuring the new Kirin 9020 processor and HarmonyOS 5, in a move aimed at strengthening its ecosystem across devices.

The handset, introduced at a launch event in Shenzhen on Thursday, carries a price tag of CNY17,999 (USD2,520). The release also marks the first time in four years that Huawei has publicly highlighted its in-house Kirin chip at a major product announcement.

The Mate XTs is designed as a triple-foldable phone, building on Huawei’s position as the first Chinese brand to ship more than 10 million foldable devices. With HarmonyOS 5, the company is focusing on seamless cross-platform connectivity between smartphones, tablets, PCs, and smart wearables.

At the event, Huawei showcased how popular desktop applications including WPS Office, Alibaba’s DingTalk, and ByteDance’s Feishu can run natively on the Mate XTs. Zhang Yonghao, head of Feishu’s instant messaging product, said the device enables users to switch between tasks typically reserved for PCs, tablets, and phones, using a single interface powered by HarmonyOS.

The capability is driven by HarmonyOS’s adaptive interface layout, which allows apps to adjust automatically across different screens and devices. Huawei executives said the framework now supports a wider range of applications as developer adoption grows.

Richard Yu, executive director and chairman of Huawei’s consumer business group, said more than 14 million devices already operate on HarmonyOS 5, with foldables expected to further accelerate its rollout. The system is now integrated across smartphones, tablets, PCs, smart screens, and wearables.

According to International Data Corporation, China’s foldable phone shipments rose 13 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2025 to nearly 5 million units. Huawei accounted for 3.74 million of those shipments, reinforcing its lead in the domestic market.