The design of the Huawei Mate X may have been tweaked ahead of its launch

Samsung has needed to make a couple of tweaks to the design of the Galaxy Fold to get it able to go on sale, and it seems Huawei has accomplished the similar with its personal foldable – new photographs of the Huawei Mate X counsel a quantity of delicate adjustments have been made.

Chinese journalist Li Wei apparently bumped into Huawei CEO Richard Yu at an airport and was capable of snap a couple of photographs of the Mate X because it seems to be now, having initially been unveiled at MWC 2019 in February.

A fourth digital camera sensor has been added on the again of the cellphone, almost certainly a time-of-flight (TOF sensor for judging depth, in addition to a carbon fiber impact (or probably precise carbon fiber) round sure elements of the handset.

There’s now an even bigger button to unhook the foldable half of the cellphone as effectively, which ought to make transferring the Huawei Mate X between its open and folded states that little bit simpler.

(Image credit score: Li Wei/Weibo)

The issues the early assessment items of the Galaxy Fold bumped into have been largely associated to the hinge, however it’s tough to inform if Huawei has made any enhancements right here. It does bend in the other way to the Galaxy Fold, with the display screen outdoors.

As for really getting our arms on the Mate X, Huawei has stated the cellphone will likely be out by September, which implies it’ll match the Samsung Galaxy Fold – after which the foldable cellphone market will likely be actually up and working.

Last month we heard that the Huawei Mate X was in its closing testing section so let’s hope that any potential mechanical issues have been ironed out, and the handset works as marketed as soon as it goes on sale.

With the US administration now apparently easing restrictions on Huawei’s client electronics division, the cellphone ought to include a totally stocked model of Android – and of course with 5G connectivity too.