Scalpers are charging up to $10,000 for the Mate XT, more than triple the official price of Huawei’s tri-fold handset.

Indeed, with Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 6 altogether so similar to its predecessor, and Google having only just elevated its conventional folding phone prospects, it's clear that Huawei's research and development could teach the other big dogs a new trick or two in making the best Android phones of the future.

The phone is a piece of engineering marvel: when unfolded, the device measures only 3.6mm thick, making it the new thinnest portable computing device in the world. This slimness is needed, because when completely folded up, it is essentially three stacked layers, which then does increase thickness to 12.8mm.

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As told to GSMArena, Huawei will be bringing its first tri-fold device to more markets globally. While Huawei has not confirmed how it plans to do so (since its products are banned in certain markets) it has confirmed that it's foldable will be launched globally in Q1 2025, as per the report.

Huawei and Apple's latest smartphones went on sale in China on Friday, with many fans of the Chinese company disappointed that its much-anticipated $2,800 phone was not available for walk-in customers.

First up, by ‘tri-foldable’ I naturally mean a phone that folds at two points. Unintuitive, perhaps, but it’s the three screen sections that really make the name make sense. The Mate XT can be used at a roughly regular phone size,

However, analysts warn that supply chain constraints could leave many buyers of Huawei Technologies' Mate XT empty-handed. The launch of the Mate XT, which analysts say has a locally-made chipset, underscores Huawei's ability to navigate U.