{"id":698331,"date":"2026-07-18T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698331\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T11:43:17","slug":"huawei-mate-xt-2-leaked-patent-hints-at-new-design-and-folding-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/698331\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei Mate XT 2: Leaked patent hints at new design and folding mechanism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>A newly surfaced patent gives an idea of what the successor to the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design (pictured here) may look like.<\/p>\n

A leaked patent suggests that Huawei\u2019s next tri-fold could replace the original model\u2019s Z-style hinge with a U-shaped, fully inward-folding design and add an external display. The Huawei Mate XT 2 is expected to launch sometime later this year.<\/p>\n

Huawei’s next tri-fold smartphone might be taking a different approach, according to a newly surfaced design patent. The filing, tied to the anticipated Mate XT 2, suggests the company is abandoning the Z-style hinge used on the original Mate XT in favor of a U-shaped, fully inward-folding structure meant to shield the inner screens from damage.<\/p>\n

The patent illustrations reveal a triple-panel device, with the outer display panels folding inward against the main screen, a setup that echoes Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold<\/a> ($420 refurbished at Amazon<\/a>) but reverses the closing order: where Samsung folds right first, Huawei’s design reportedly closes left before right. There is also an external display panel, a feature missing from the previous two Mate XT generations, as well as large circular camera module on the back. The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design, for comparison, features a Star Diamond camera module. <\/p>\n

However the patent dates back to 2023. Hence, it could well contain errors and is certainly no guarantee of a final product. At best, the documents suggest that the company continues to actively develop the next generation of its innovative tri-fold lineup, with more details expected to emerge in the coming months as Huawei prepares for a launch later in the year, possibly sometime from September onwards.<\/p>\n

\t\"Jacob<\/a>Jacob Fisher<\/a> – Tech writer\/translator – 2969 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022<\/p>\n

I first became acquainted with computers in my early teens after a broken leg from a football (soccer) match temporarily condemned me to a predominately indoor lifestyle. Soon afterwards I was building my own systems. Now I live in Germany, having moved here in 2014, where I study philosophy and anthropology. I am particularly fascinated by how computer technology has fundamentally and dramatically reshaped human culture, and how it continues to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d8 Notebookcheck A newly surfaced patent gives an idea of what the successor to the Huawei Mate XT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2596,268,4662,1120,7996,15558,231993,269,33213,4755,208835,2453,231992,262,6919,1149,231991,2306,267,261,8373,270,266,263,129,4429,86,265,264,101349,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-698331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-android","tag-benchmarks","tag-camera","tag-design","tag-display","tag-foldable","tag-galaxyztrifold","tag-graphics-card","tag-hinge","tag-huawei","tag-iceuniverse","tag-innovation","tag-inwardfolding","tag-laptop","tag-launch","tag-leak","tag-matext2","tag-mobile","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-patent","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-smartphone","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-trifold","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}