{"id":553868,"date":"2026-07-17T05:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553868\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T05:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:12:12","slug":"leaked-huawei-mate-xt-2-patent-hints-at-a-new-design-and-folding-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553868\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Huawei Mate XT 2 patent hints at a new design and folding mechanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in April, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/huawei_mate_xt2_tipped_to_debut_in_october_with_these_upgrades-news-72562.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumor<\/a> claimed that Huawei would unveil the Mate XT2 in October. Now, a newly surfaced patent for the alleged tri-fold smartphone hints at a new design and folding mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>The patent images, shared by well-known tipster Ice Universe on X, suggest that the Mate XT2 could adopt an inward-folding design, replacing the Z-shaped folding mechanism used on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/huawei_mate_xt_ultimate-13320.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mate XT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/huawei_mate_xts_ultimate_5g-14121.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mate XTs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784265130_991_gsmarena_001.jpg\" alt=\"Leaked Huawei Mate XT 2 patent hints at a new design and folding mechanism\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The folding mechanism appears to be similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/samsung_galaxy_z_trifold_5g-14292.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold<\/a>, although it works differently. Based on the patent images, the Mate XT2 will offer a cover display alongside a large flexible inner screen, unlike its predecessors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784265131_853_gsmarena_002.jpg\" alt=\"Leaked Huawei Mate XT 2 patent hints at a new design and folding mechanism\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The images also reveal a circular camera module positioned on the middle panel, while the right panel houses the cover display. The left panel appears to fold inward first, followed by the right panel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784265132_867_gsmarena_003.jpg\" alt=\"Leaked Huawei Mate XT 2 patent hints at a new design and folding mechanism\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As for the specifications, a recent rumor suggested that the Huawei Mate XT2 will be powered by the Kirin 9050 Pro chipset and pack a battery larger than 6,000mAh. It is also expected to feature a triple rear camera setup similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/huawei_mate_x7_5g-14314.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Huawei Mate X7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UniverseIce\/status\/2077915621766111444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in April, a rumor claimed that Huawei would unveil the Mate XT2 in October. Now, a newly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-553868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}