Huawei’s next book-style foldable, the Mate X8, is reportedly set to launch on 24 November, according to a rumour out of China.
Weight and thickness are where the tip says the phone improves: it is meant to be slimmer and lighter than all three of its predecessors, the Mate X5, X6 and X7. Colour options are said to match the X7’s, with one more shade added that a machine translation of the Chinese post renders as bold and bright.
The rumour comes from a Weibo post that outlets in China picked up, and its author is not someone Huawei has endorsed. Treat each detail below as a claim to be checked at the launch, not as a spec sheet.
Camera is the other talking point. The tip says the Mate X8 works with Huawei’s Ruiying Z10, a detachable zoom unit. Zoom is optical up to 10x, covering 24-240mm. The Collector’s Edition of the Mate 90 Pro Max came with it in the box, which hints at a similar edition for the foldable, though that is a guess from the module’s history, not part of the tip.
The specs below come from a separate, earlier rumour, with different sources behind it:
- Chips: Kirin 9050 and Kirin 9050 Pro, plus a privacy-display version
- Screens: 6.5-inch cover, 8.15-inch inner
- Cameras: 50MP main with variable aperture, 50MP periscope
- Battery: 6,000 mAh or more
Huawei itself has confirmed neither the date nor the price, and the tip says nothing about markets outside China. If 24 November holds, official teasers should start appearing in the days before the event, and prices would come with the launch.
