The HUAWEI Mate X6, the brand’s latest foldable, is now out with a thinner design, bigger screen, and a couple of expected upgrades.
About 5mm thinner than its predecessor when unfolded, the HUAWEI Mate X6 is only 4.6mm thin when opened and 9.9mm when folded. Albeit, it’s still not thin enough to beat the current title holder, the HONOR Magic V3.
The display also got slightly bigger and better. It now has a 7.93-inch foldable LTPO OLED panel with the latest Kunlun Glass. The cover screen is now a 6.45-inch LTPO OLED panel. Both screens have a 1-120Hz variable refresh rate.
HUAWEI still can’t disclose the chipset they used on this one, but it’s suspected to be the rumored Kirin 9100, a 6nm chipset with a Cortex-X1 prime core and is also found on the new Mate 70 series.
Users have two battery options. The standard one has a 5,110mAh capacity while the 16GB model has 5,200mAh. For charging, we have 66W speeds for wired and 50W for wireless.
HUAWEI also redesigned the antennas to have dual-satellite communication on China’s Beidou and Tiantong. There’s also a new 3D vapor chamber with liquid cooling.
For the cameras, we have a 50-megapixel main shooter with a variable aperture of f/1.4-f/4.0, a 48-megapixel telephoto with 4x optical zoom, and a 40-megapixel ultra-wide lens with autofocus.
There’s also a hyperspectral sensor that helps improve color accuracy.
Initially available in China, the HUAWEI Magic X6 12GB/256GB version retails for CNY12,999 (~Php105,300), 12GB/512GB for CNY13,999 (~Php113,400), 16GB/512GB for CNY14,999 (~Php121,500), while the 16GB/1TB is at CNY15,999 (~Php129,600).
HUAWEI Magic X6 Specs
- HarmonyOS 4.3 (upgradable to HarmonyOS Next)
- Dual SIM, Dual standby
- 7.93-inch 2.2K foldable LTPO OLED display, 2440 x 2240 pixel resolution, ~418ppi
- 120Hz refresh rate, 1800 nits, HDR
- 6.45-inch FHD+ LTPO OLED display, 2440 x 1080 pixel resolution, ~413ppi
- 120Hz, HDR, 2500 nits
- Kunlun Glass 2 or Kunlun Glass Bassalt Tempered
- Chipset: TBA
- 12GB/16GB RAM
- 256GB/512GB/1TB internal storage, non-expandable
- 8-megapixel front camera
- 8-megapixel cover camera
- 50-megapixel (f/1.4-f/4.0, PDAF, OIS) + 48-megapixel (4x telephoto, PDAF, OIS) + 40-megapixel (ultra-wide, f/2.2, PDAF) rear cameras, LED flash
- Side-mounted fingerprint scanner, Face unlock
- Stereo speakers
- IPX8 dust and splash resistant
- Stylus support
- HSPA+, 4G LTE, 5G
- WiFi 6, dual-band
- Bluetooth 5.2
- dual-band GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BDS, NavIC
- NFC
- IR blaster
- Satellite messaging
- USB-C
- Dimensions: 156.6 x 144.1 x 4.6mm (unfolded) | 156.6 x 73.8 x 9.9mm (folded)
- Weight: 239g
- Colors: Red, Gray, Blue, White, Black
- 5,200mAh/5,110mAh non-removable battery, 66W wired, 50W wireless, 7.5W reverse wireless, 5W reverse wired charging