Huawei has officially unveiled the Mate XT 2 Extraordinary Master at its HarmonyOS 7 launch event, confirming full specs and availability.
The tri-fold phone measures 12.3mm thick when folded and 3.5mm when fully opened.
It features a 10.2-inch inner display with 3K resolution and a 6.5-inch outer screen with 2442 x 1140 resolution and 6,500 nits peak brightness.
Huawei redesigned the hinge and screen structure, achieving IP58 and IP59 dust and water resistance – a first for tri-fold phones.
The outer display uses basalt glass, offering 30 times better drop resistance and 16 times better scratch resistance than the previous generation.
The inner display uses a multi-layer composite structure that improves impact resistance by 200%.
The Mate XT 2 comes in Black, White, and Purple, all featuring a star-diamond camera module and gold-woven brocade pattern.
Performance and chipset
Powered by the Kirin 9050 Pro, Huawei claims a 42% performance boost over the Mate XT, with 24% faster single-core and 52% faster multi-core performance.
The Ma Liang GPU supports real-time ray tracing and improves rendering performance by 142%.
The Da Vinci NPU runs an edge-based mixture-of-experts model with 30 billion total parameters.
The Balong baseband adds satellite paging and messaging, reducing video call stutter on high-speed trains by 25%.
Privacy and camera features
The Lingdun privacy screen is the first hardware-level privacy system in a foldable display, using dual-pixel technology to narrow viewing angles on demand.
The phone also includes ECG analysis and has received Class II medical device certification from Chinese regulators.
For cameras, it sports a 50MP main sensor with variable aperture, a 50MP periscope telephoto with 3.5x optical zoom, and a 40MP ultra-wide camera.
Huawei's third-generation Red Maple color camera improves color accuracy by 95%.
The Mate XT 2 is the first Huawei phone to run HarmonyOS 7, with split-screen layouts for three apps or a PC-style workspace.
Pricing starts at 19,999 yuan (~$2,980) for the 16GB+256GB model, going up to 29,999 yuan (~$4,470) for the 16GB+2TB version with stylus.
The Huawei Mate XT 2 Extraordinary Master goes on sale in China on September 13.
