Huawei Mate V might be on the way, folding inwards

06 July 2020
The company has filed for the Mate V trademark in Europe, and back in April wanted to patent an inward folding design.

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Technologist, 07 Jul 2020Folding inward is better and can protect the display for lo... moreYou don't have to unfold it ever time, you can use the cover display for simple things

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    • Anonymous
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    • 09 Jul 2020

    Anonymous, 07 Jul 2020but wastes a lot more time. You have to open and close t... moreNo you can't, because it's too scratched up to read. The inward folding designs all have a rigid external screen better suited to exposed use.

      Fine, but the front of the Fold is too slim. If Huawei is going this route they need to focus on the width of the front screen. Not the length. This is a major flaw of the current Fold and I'm not sure they addressed it on the 2nd Fold. The length is not that important if it's too slim to text.

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        • 07 Jul 2020

        Technologist, 07 Jul 2020Folding inward is better and can protect the display for lo... morebut wastes a lot more time.

        You have to open and close the hinge every time you look at the phone. An outward folding phone can be used like a normal phone to quickly check messages and stuff.

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          • 07 Jul 2020

          it's what samsung is doing with the galaxy fold

            Folding inward is better and can protect the display for long time

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              • 07 Jul 2020

              AnonD-731363, 07 Jul 2020I wonder how many real people would buy this fragile toy wh... moreIf I made a couple figures more maybe.

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                • 07 Jul 2020

                Anonymous, 07 Jul 2020Good. unless they can make an actual scratch resistant fold... morescratch resistant? What's that gonna do against punctures and drops?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • I8m
                  • 07 Jul 2020

                  Wow. Right after an article claiming that folding outwards was so much better and that the fold held no better durability for folding inward.....

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                    • AnonD-731363
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                    • 07 Jul 2020

                    I wonder how many real people would buy this fragile toy which cost a lot but i would be scared even to touch it to not break it.

                      The optimal will be when they can make a 360 fold and do either.

                      Personally I hope for a three part device that can be folded either as a "z" exposing one third or close in on it self like an "e" protecting all the display surface. But that obvioulsy would require one fold to be able to fold in both directions

                        Good, competition is always good. Now we just need some budget oriented brands to jump in as well.

                        Also good thing that even Huawei finally realized that outward folding + plastic screen = scratches everywhere. This folding option is dead end until they can bring better scratch protection.

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                          • 07 Jul 2020

                          Hey Alex95, didn't you nag us to death about how superior the outwards fold is?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Ixt
                            • 07 Jul 2020

                            Folding outwards will always be bad you can't protect a device like that

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                              • Qch
                              • 07 Jul 2020

                              Letsgodigital makes such ugly renders. The only way the Mate V would work if it wasn't so damn wide while folded, otherwise it would be just like the Mate X, i.e. a tablet that folds out to another tablet.

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                                • 07 Jul 2020

                                noooooooooooo

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                                  • 07 Jul 2020

                                  Finally the correct way of doing it!

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 07 Jul 2020

                                    Mate V is not a phone fold to tablet...
                                    It's a tablet that fold to phone size.

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                                      • Bw5
                                      • 07 Jul 2020

                                      Good. unless they can make an actual scratch resistant folding glass, this is the way.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 8pc
                                        • 07 Jul 2020

                                        Expected.
                                        Outward foldables are very prone to failure.