This month, FACT magazine set its sights on the brand-new HUAWEI Mate Xs 2, the latest generation smartphone in the HUAWEI Mate Series.

HUAWEI’s brand-new flagship foldable smartphone has hit the market and is making serious waves with its novel design and high-performance capabilities.

Exterior Design
The HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 is a beautifully designed, compact, foldable smartphone that is ultra-flat, ultra-thin and ultra-light. It’s constructed from durable materials including glass fibres for the backplane along with aerospace-grade titanium alloys used in the screen structure. The phone’s Composite Screen comprises four layers which act as a shock barrier improving resistance to drops and impacts. Furthermore, it feels great in hand, and fits easily into a pocket or purse.
The HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 showcases the industry’s first Doublerotating Falcon Wing Hinge design – a feature we found to be most impressive. This means the phone has an ultra-flat, foldable screen with no fold line running through the middle.

Hardware and Performance
When unfolded, the HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 has a 7.8-inch TrueChrome Foldable Display with an 8:7.1 ratio. When folded, the screen measures 6.5 inches with a 19:9 display ratio. Additionally, it boasts a resolution of 2,480×2,200 and a pixel density of 424ppi. The Ultra HD True-Chroma Foldable Display provided an excellent visual experience with its clear text and refined images. The HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 supports a refresh rate of up to 120Hz along with a touch sampling rate of 240Hz, providing the smartphone with a far faster screen response and an overall smoother display. We were able to effortlessly stream movies without any stalling or decrease in the resolution. Thanks to the fact it’s also an HDR screen that reproduces 1.07 billion colours, the quality of the movies was outstanding.

Functionality
A fantastic feature of the new HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 is its split-screen function, that enables both interaction and collaboration between different applications. It also allows for the use of two applications in parallel. This means we were, for example, able to construct emails whilst reading product reviews. We could also chat on a videocall and read social media comments at the same time.
Swipe Gesture meant we were able to easily access and control the floating windows. This practical approach allows for silky-smooth and efficient operations that save both time and energy.

Camera
Another outstanding quality of the HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 is the True-Chrome Camera System. This setup consists of a 50MP True-Chroma Camera, a 13MP Ultra-Wide-Angle Camera and an 8MP Telephoto Camera. Featuring improved HUAWEI XD Optics, with brand-new information recovery technology, photo clarity has been improved by 10%.
The HUAWEI XD Fusion Pro True-Chroma Image Engine, coupled with the 10-channel Multi-Spectrum Sensor and colour calibration with more than 2,000 colours, meant we were able to capture accurate and truly vibrant images.

Battery
The excellent standby battery life of the HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 is due to its high capacity 4,600mAh battery. Additionally, this battery supports 66W HUAWEI SuperCharge, which means we were able to charge the smartphone from flat to 90% in just half an hour.

Our Verdict
The HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 has surpassed previous generations in all areas of appearance and performance, and now offers a truly unique, smooth, responsive and rewarding user experience. In fact, HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 is our pick for best smartphone currently on the market. ✤

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