Huawei Mate XT Ultimate review

12 March 2025


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Kinda shocked me when I just had to keep on scrolling for that benchmark score. I was like surely it can't be worse than that then it kept going. Quite impressive how smooth the performance appears to be considering how little horsepower it has. Shame the US govt really fucked over Huawei just when they were getting in their stride. Imagine this with an 8 elite or dimensity 9400 and access to all the Google service without workarounds and wondering if it'll all just stop working one day. Would be awesome.

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    Anonymous, 16 Mar 2025a bifold wallet folds once. Trifold has always meant foldin... moreno one cares bro

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      • 16 Mar 2025

      There are a ton of videos on YouTube showing people cracking the phone even before paying the money for it. This design is just not durable in the slightest.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 16 Mar 2025

        Kangal, 16 Mar 2025True, this folds twice... not sure why they're calling... morea bifold wallet folds once. Trifold has always meant folding to have 3 sections, not folding 3 times.

          DaFink, 13 Mar 2025But but but, it folds.....twice.....because 🤷‍♂️ They ke... moreTrue, this folds twice... not sure why they're calling it a Tri-Fold. Maybe better to call it a Tri-Screen, nope a Dual-Fold sounds much better.

          As to what this is solving, it is putting a Tablet into a Pocket. That is ambitious. And should be commended. The first Samsung Fold was horrible, and so are the rest of them. The Samsung Flip and other models are okay, they are turning a "phablet" into a "mini phone" which has... some ...appeal.

          However, a phablet turning into a tablet has not been successful yet. And I believe the solution was with the first Foldable Phone, the Huawei Mate X. You need to start off with the maximum pocket size first, then build around that restriction. The best way to do that is with an Outer Fold. This makes the radius larger, so you eliminate Crease on the screen. It also allows you to use the Phone while closed up, and doesn't require putting in an extra camera, or an extra screen. Talking about the camera, you only have space for three.... but they'll be the best Selfie and Rear around (but no External Lens attachment). That's a hump on one edge of the "tablet", you can have a second. The second hump could hold a Headphone Jack and an S Pen silo. You can also dust and waterproof the device the way Samsung did, in sectors. The ONLY negative aspect is that we don't have the technology for this yet, as the outer tablet screen needs to be smooth glass but not fragile, and strong enough to handle regular wear.

          Until that happens, I think Fold Phones will be severely compromised experience. To the point, where you are better served having two dedicated devices instead. So yah, that's that. This latest Huawei Fold is not there, because it is too heavy, and too thick, to be properly pocketable. Let alone other obstacles, like the camera quality, battery life, software limitations, chipset performance, or the price. Just get a proper flagship, and get a proper tablet, do not get this Huawei Fold device as it's clearly in experimental state.

            Anonymous, 13 Mar 2025You've said this device is just an extra hinge and scr... moreWhat fingers did I point? all I have done here is stuck to my opinion. You’ll have to go back and point out exactly where I have demanded others to agree. You’ll won’t be able to so stop wasting time with stupid comments.

            I have my opinion on this device and I ain’t changing it to appease you, so agree or don’t, I really do not give a flying F.

              1989, 15 Mar 2025No?? You said that arm macs have ram embedded within cpu.huh, Apple Silicon SoC is literally just everything combined (CPU, GPU, etc.). I was thinking of how Intel packaged their Lunar Lake CPUs (CPU contains SoC instead) when I talked about the RAM being separated in the SoC. Sorry!

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                AltFantasy, 15 Mar 2025...yes?? I literally said that the RAM is separate from the... moreNo?? You said that arm macs have ram embedded within cpu.

                  Anonymous, 14 Mar 2025Who would win a speed test: the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate (€3... moreto be fair, though, you buy a foldable (not just this one) for being able to swap between screen sizes instantly, and for the cool factor, *not* for power.

                    1989, 14 Mar 2025They arent. The memory embeded in the cpu is called cpu cac... more...yes?? I literally said that the RAM is separate from the SoC...

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 14 Mar 2025

                      Who would win a speed test: the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate (€3,499) or the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (€479)? It honestly feels wrong to type that, but it wouldn't be a huge difference. I would argue that the A56 would do better.

                        [deleted post]Careful, I’ve learned first hand saying anything that isn’t instantly perceived as total devotion to Huawei and its products round these parts can open a right can of worms 🤷‍♂️

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                          AltFantasy, 14 Mar 2025SoC, CPU, they're nearly the same thing anyway. The RA... moreThey arent. The memory embeded in the cpu is called cpu cache. If the ram were there only the cpu would be able to use the ram. Which is why its off to the side as seperate chips.

                            1989, 13 Mar 2025Ram isnt embedded within the cpu. Its right next to the soc... moreSoC, CPU, they're nearly the same thing anyway. The RAM on those Apple Silicon chips are integrated into the chips themselves, and Apple put that RAM right next to the "core part" of those chips (a.k.a the SoC).

                              Anonymous, 13 Mar 2025It's a laptop worth $2000 at best (apple loves making ... more"destroy" it in what? if it's gaming... you don't buy a Mac for gaming.
                              Anyway, there's a reason why professionals still buy Macs to use for rendering, modelling, and so on. Those 4000 USD MacBooks are mostly made for those people who earns a lot of money and use their computers as a way to earn that much money anyway. And you forget that Adobe stuff are *really* optimized to work well with Apple Silicon, too.

                              And yes, the Huawei phone is expensive for a good reason. Also, yes, Apple is bloody greedy. That doesn't mean *all* of their stuff is suddenly awful, though.

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                                • 14 Mar 2025

                                Look at all these people getting upset over someone insulting a *checks notes* a Phone.
                                Look, if you are invested in this company the you do you.

                                  this phone is awesome but way too overpriced not gonna lie

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 14 Mar 2025

                                    Shame about the chipset is really holding it back.

                                      I don't know if you can speak about innovation. Thin, thinner, thinnest isn't immediately something I would call innovation. Also, I'm not convinced that a plastic oled screen that is exposed as outer display with an exposed side as well is durable. It should use foil-able glass oled instead. For the rest I'm also thinking at the durability of all the contacts that have to pass the hinges, in this case ones more than other classical foil-able devices who are also thicker and have in theory more space to operate slightly more freely and thus maybe also more durably in the long run. I do see some people will have use of such a form factor but to me it's still more of a (very expensive) gimmick.

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                                        • 14 Mar 2025

                                        Needs a stylus! Such a waste of that big unfolded screen if you cannot draw on it using Sketchbook Pro etc. Also needs Sharp3D CAD, then it can replace my iPad mini 7th gen.

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