Weekly poll: what do you think about the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate?

23 March 2025
It's the world's only tri-foldable at the moment - would you want one or something similar? Or is this just a gimmick?

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MarkusLeto, 24 Mar 2025They're definitely pushing boundaries here. While dura... moreI totally agree with you. This is a history re-run of Samsung's original 2019 Galaxy Fold. Once we have competition from other brands, the tech will mature eventually.

    Minu, 24 Mar 2025If this gets launched in South Asia outside India, expect t... moreMate XT officially launched here in Malaysia with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage trim. Guess how much it costs over here? $3,300. To put it into perspective, that's only a $500 increase from the Mainland China RRP. For a first-gen product, that is impressive value. I'd expected it to be around the $5,000 mark, especially when that was how much you used to pay to Giztop beforehand. Press F to those who paid for Giztop markups.

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    403 Forbidden, 24 Mar 2025Probably will never happened because it will cannibalize th... moreThat's why I always maintain the iPad Pro is not worth buying because of iPadOS. If Apple installs macOS in it, then it'll be a completely different story. I doubt it'll cannibalize the MacBook sales since the MacBook can't have a stylus and touchscreen support unless it's a 2-in-1 convertible.

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    Minu, 24 Mar 2025I wouldn't honestly mind the brand name due to using t... morei mostly would love Vivo's excellent battery optimisation and cameras. That's why I wrote Vivo.

    And yea, i understand your point but it all depends on how the person uses the phone i think. Some people can break even a Ulefone Armor whereas some might find it hard to break a foldable.

    Besides, phones are manufactured planned obsolescence anyways, all tech is like that now. Nothing much to do about it, that's how it's gonna be and it's gonna get worse.

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    Minu, 24 Mar 2025One thing to add: a touchscreen Apple laptop would be more ... moreProbably will never happened because it will cannibalize the iPad Pro's sales. Except if you specifically need a thin & light device with 120Hz screen and back camera, there's almost no reason to not get the touchscreen Macbook instead.

    > What's even worse is that Apple still uses half-duplex storage for their phones and tablets, so multitasking, even with a powerful processor, would be a total train wreck.
    Huh, TIL.

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    This is the only foldable design worth buying. I want a small one the size of a Pixel 9 or iPhone 16 that folds out to be the size of an iPad Mini.

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    403 Forbidden, 24 Mar 2025Tbh the only thing that I need from an Android tablet is th... moreOne thing to add: a touchscreen Apple laptop would be more compelling than a corpse lineup of tablets with neutered functionality. What's even worse is that Apple still uses half-duplex storage for their phones and tablets, so multitasking, even with a powerful processor, would be a total train wreck.

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    jiyen235, 23 Mar 2025If this were made by Vivo, with an 8 Elite and triple ultra... moreI wouldn't honestly mind the brand name due to using the same ODM, but spending over $500 for a device intended by the brand and manufacturer to be obsolete and depreciate to its scrap value the moment you unpack it, is simply none other than a poor investment. It's not made out of rare and exclusive materials as in watches and jewelry, after all.

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    GAMIR3DH, 23 Mar 2025Nah, i may pick up the Tri-Fold when they release one. Im o... moreBut still, it would be the same ODM (Wingtech) responsible for this design and Samsung's design, so they'll have to make it stable for other brands to market them under their brand. If they manage to unlock the bootloader, wouldn't a One UI ROM make up for the lack of an option from Wingtech under the Samsung brand?

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      Tech Guy, 23 Mar 2025It would have been more justified if it would have launched... moreIf this gets launched in South Asia outside India, expect this to be priced above US$10000 with zero justification.

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      unxpctd, 23 Mar 2025It's a cool concept but I don't see it being comm... moreTbh the only thing that I need from an Android tablet is the desktop mode, such as Samsung DeX or Lenovo Desktop Mode. That mode is the reason why I prefer Samsung or Lenovo tablets over any other tablets, including iPad.
      And oh yeah, speaking of iPad, iPadOS is also not that great (except on base iPad and iPad Mini, it's fine on those iPads). Just like Android in tablets, iPadOS is just a bigger version of iOS, with its limited app compatibility compared to MacOS (the only apps that run good on iPad is usually 1st party apps or sometimes those 3rd party apps that only release their apps exclusively on Apple products for some reason). That sounds worse when we realize that those iPad Air/Pro is powered by the (almost) same chipset as the one on Macbook Air/Mac Mini. I'm gonna buy the big iPad if only iPadOS could run Mac apps.

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      [deleted post]You don't need to spam those comments y'know.

      But yeah that's also my reaction when Apple release their Vision Pro. And that one even worse because they're not the first one in this VR/AR market. So many companies has offer better products for cheaper.

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      They're definitely pushing boundaries here. While durability and pricewise it's not for me, products like this drive innovation and promote competition. But since it's the only one at the moment, competition still has to drive price down. No competition means they set the price.

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      • 24 Mar 2025

      For the €3500
      I can buy a 13" ultrabook for €1500
      A phone for €900
      A quality compact tablet for €600 like a legion or iPad Mini
      And still have €500 left to buy a mocha at the coffeeshop around the corner for a year.

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      It’s a gimmick. Even the Chinese themselves ridiculed it. Only western YouTubers (and forum goers who won’t ever buy it) went gaga over it, pretending to be smart.

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      unxpctd, 23 Mar 2025It's a cool concept but I don't see it being comm... moreAndroid tablet market share keeps increasing, and Apple tablet market share keeps decreasing.

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      I don't like to use my daily phone over a plastic screen; it's not premium. I still like the idea of a normal fold when there is a glass screen (of course, it likes to be too wide screen).

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      It's a cool concept but I don't see it being commercially viable.

      1. The price alone makes it strictly an upper class object.

      2. Even if it was cheap, it's an Android tablet at the end of the day. We all saw what happened to that market. Android is not serious about tablets and routinely kills off "legacy" apps for "compatibility reasons" at both the store and OS level. It's a platform that does not care about what gets built for it.

      3. Because of the above, it's a bad value. Just buy a separate laptop if you want a larger screen. You'll have more and better programs available for it.

      4. How often would one need to fully expand their phone screen? I can see it for the middle screen size, but not for the fully extended screen size. I don't see consumers actually taking advantage of what this brings to the table, and not because they are lazy this time, but because the use case is niche. When are you gonna use it? If anything, go in reverse. Make it a foldable with a "big" mini cover screen.

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      Nice concept idea but, too fragile to be consumer product. Besides, Huawei products worth half their price tags outside China.

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      Over hyped piece of junk. People are so tired of apple and Samsung backwardness they'll take just about anything any other brand throws at them. I don't see how a phone should cost 3000 dollars and it doesn't fly to me, print me money, give me something nothing else does or a new function and it's supposed to be a thing. RAM same like others, storage same, what's new ? Many screens you can't even use all at once ? Parts that will be hard to repair when it breaks down and an operating system with less integration ? Jokes

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