Huawei Mate XT Ultimate's repair costs are truly eye-watering
Huawei's Mate XT Ultimate is the world's first tri-fold smartphone, announced yesterday. It's a truly unique product and a showcase of Huawei's innovation capability, but since it's the first of its kind it's also very expensive: CNY 19,999, which right now translates into a whopping $2,809 or €2,549.
The phone's price, however, is far from the only expensive thing about it. It turns out that the repair costs are eye-watering too. According to the official price list published by Huawei itself, repairing the Mate XT Ultimate's screen will set you back CNY 7,999 normally, which is $1,123 or €1,019.
Thankfully there's a limited number of repairs available for CNY 6,999 ($983, €892), and you can also pay CNY 3,499 ($491, €446) or CNY 3,999 ($561, €509) in advance to enjoy one screen replacement within one year of the phone's purchase.
Moving on, the mainboard, if it ever needs replacing, costs CNY 9,099 ($1,278, €1,160), while the battery is a much more palatable CNY 499 ($70, €63).
The back covers of the device are priced at CNY 1,379 ($193, €175) for the one with the camera lens, and CNY 399 ($56, €50) for each of the other two. The telephoto camera costs CNY 578 ($81, €73), the selfie camera is CNY 379 ($53, €48), the main rear camera is CNY 759 ($106, €96), and the ultrawide is CNY 269 ($37, €34).
So, if you buy a Mate XT Ultimate, make sure you take very good care of it so that nothing bad happens to its screen and mainboard. Otherwise, you'll be paying more than you would for most phones just for a repair.
Reader comments
I believe Huawei was inspired by Samsung's Flex S and Flex G. I also agree going from two panels on a fold to three is more evolution vs. revolution, but Huawei brought it to the market first. No one will remember those concepts from Samsung. ...
- 17 Sep 2024
- iRM
- sayabosanhidup
been using the huawei p30 lite since 2019 and i know that huawei phones are made to last + outperform too my next capable phone will no doubt be huawei again i just still wait ing for a 10x optical + 100x digital zoom !
- 17 Sep 2024
- XVx
we might see Quad folds etc as novelty, but as long as the crease is visible, there will be limited users at such a high price
- 16 Sep 2024
- PBZ