Huawei Mate Xs 2 review

05 August 2022


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Wow
This battery life is off the charts

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    • Nikojas
    • yJt
    • 06 Aug 2022

    It's a commendable effort to progress smartphone design. But it creates more problems than it solves in the quest for a bugger screen. In what world would it not make more sense to get a flagship phone and an iPad for the same money?

      Buggy, unoptimised software has killed the standby power and overall efficiency of this. I would expect with a properly optimised software, you're looking more like 60hrs, tablet-mode, 120Hz display. And in phone-mode, 60Hz display, closer to 90hrs.

      I'm guessing that QSD 888+ chipset is thirsty just like the QC 8g1, and the BOE panel they could source for the AMOLED is not very efficient either.

      Frankly, I don't see these getting rectified, so this is DOA. Hopefully, it forces Samsung to copy them and build a very similar competitor.

        Better have a slower processor . Better for battery life.

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          • Anonymous
          • p37
          • 06 Aug 2022

          Hills od, 06 Aug 2022That's the shittiest Battery endurance ratung i'v... moreSame battery as 6/7 year phone...no tks

            Hope gsma guys review vivoXfold soon, now it looks like the only capable fold cameras are from Huawei, just compare them to hi res Mate X2 and low res Mate Xs 2...

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              • blue
              • 0CN
              • 06 Aug 2022

              Tsepo, 06 Aug 2022If ever, and I mean ever Huawei manages to solve their chip... moreWithout Google services they are dead for USA and Europe...

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                • Tsepo
                • xv5
                • 06 Aug 2022

                If ever, and I mean ever Huawei manages to solve their chipset problems, The U.S will not be able to stop them again.

                  blue, 06 Aug 2022It seems Huawei is out of business due to sanctions. They l... moreYeah, not out of business but definitely in difficulty. Their biggest selling points before the hardware ban were the Kirin chips and very good cameras with custom Sony sensors. The kirin chips in particular distinguished them from other Chinese brands. However now they have lost access to both of these so it's a difficult situation. In China now it's very difficult for them also as almost everybody wants 5g phones so lack of 5g is their biggest problem. Harmony OS is their main selling point now in their homeland but that can't really make up for the lack of 5g. Will be interesting to see if they manage to survive in the smartphone business until they can come up with a solution to the 5g issue

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                    • blue
                    • 0CN
                    • 06 Aug 2022

                    It seems Huawei is out of business due to sanctions. They lost access to most recent technology and it is clearly visible here. With the size of a small tablet and small battery the times were not expected to be excellent, but this is beyond poor.

                      Anonymous, 06 Aug 2022Seems like a total mess of a ROM they used. 888/888+ bo... moreIt boils down to optimisation
                      And btw the Flip's got a smaller screen so there's that

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 7kj
                        • 06 Aug 2022

                        [deleted post]like how they justify sd 680 but g95 is bad according to them

                          That's the shittiest Battery endurance ratung i've ever come across

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                            • Anonymous
                            • a0V
                            • 06 Aug 2022

                            Seems like a total mess of a ROM they used.

                            888/888+ both use a ton of battery, but it shouldn’t be THAT bad with a battery of this size.

                            Think about this, Galaxy Flip 3 has BETTER battery life than this phone with a smaller battery.

                              This is probably the future of expandable phones, but as of today it's a flawed design. The battery is a problem. There is no excuse with 4g and larger battery. The Fold's battery is not good. I guess it comes down to quality and not quantity.

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                                • tot
                                • DGV
                                • 06 Aug 2022

                                Huawei's Problem Isn't only Chinese Backdoors. It's Buggy Software beyond recognition security software don't work banks will never release anything to this...

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                                  • Chixby
                                  • a32
                                  • 05 Aug 2022

                                  Disaster Battery life + no gms + 2K€ price tag= failure

                                    better dont use case on this device.
                                    coz if you're using case, then well, you'll think twice before unfolding it as case have to be taken out from one side in order to unfold it.
                                    a lot of work to just unfold then do the job then fold again and put the case back on. who's got that much time.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 8kP
                                      • 05 Aug 2022

                                      With this battery life belong to the garbage.

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                                        • MKL
                                        • xDY
                                        • 05 Aug 2022

                                        Beautiful, stunning and dumb design.

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