Much more expensive than Apple’s iPhone Duo
This means Huawei’s latest foldable significantly exceeds the starting price of the iPhone Duo, which seems comparatively cheap at an official launch price of 2,300 euros in Germany or US$ 1,999 in the US. Even the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold was much cheaper, at $2,899 before taxes. The 512 GB version of the Mate XT2 costs 3,845 euros ($4,462) and 3,865 euros ($4,967) respectively. The 1 TB version without a privacy display will set you back 4,065 euros ($4,716) at Trinity or 4,638 euros ($5,381) at AverageDad. Last but not least, the Huawei Mate XT2 with a privacy display and 1 TB costs 4,285 euros ($4,972) at Trinity Electronics or an incredible 5,056 euros ($5,862) at AverageDad. We cannot tell you why the two top configurations are so much more expensive at AverageDad. Neither importer currently offers the 2 TB version.
Limitations of the Chinese model
We could not find any useful information about supported network bands from either the manufacturer or the two retailers. There will be no eSIM, Android Auto or WearOS support, and unfortunately, we do not know whether the system language can be set to any other language than Chinese or English. With Huawei, the lack of Google Services is an additional complication. Unlike on Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo phones, installing the Play Store is only possible via workarounds, such as the microG services. Our how-to guide on the subject may be of help to you. In any case, you will have to accept some workarounds to run Google apps on the Mate XT2.