The Mate X8 now has a face. Huawei reportedly put the foldable in a short clip celebrating eight years of the Mate X line, and it appears both shut and unfolded, with a circular camera island on the back.
The clip, posted on Weibo, is about looks only. Reports say no specification, price or release date came with it, and the Weibo page would not open for us, so the description rests on those reports.
Like every Mate X, the X8 folds inward and keeps its big screen inside when closed. The round camera island echoes Huawei’s other recent Mate foldables, so anyone who has seen the Mate X7 will recognise the shape.
Everything below the design is tipster talk: screens of 6.5 and 8.15 inches (the Mate X7’s inner panel is 8), ultra-thin glass, the Kirin 9050 Pro chip, two editions topping out at 16GB RAM and 1TB storage, and five finishes including Danxia Orange and Zijin. Huawei has confirmed none of it.
The chip tip is plausible on one count: the Kirin 9050 Pro is reportedly already in the Mate 90 Pro Max and Mate 90 RS, both launched this autumn, and is built on Huawei’s LogicFolding 3D architecture. The Mate X7 runs the older Kirin 9030 Pro, so the X8 would be a step up in processing if the tip holds.
The reported 24 November launch is nine days away, so a full spec sheet, a price and the collector’s edition’s details could follow within days if the date holds.
