Huawei tested the Google-free waters ahead of announcing the Mate XS with its Mate 30 Pro. Despite launching in 2019, it only hit select shelves in the west in 2020.

The Huawei Mate Xs should get a wider launch than the Mate X which has never been sold outside of China, but it’s set to cost a staggering 2,500 Euros, which is around $2,700 at the time of writing.

The Mate Xs 2's design is very similar to its predecessor, but HUAWEI says it's more durable this time. The dust caps on the ends look to be very similar to those on the original Mate Xs.

The Huawei Mate Xs’s design is virtually unchanged from last year’s model. You still get a wraparound display, which, when closed in phone orientation, makes for a Galaxy Fold shaming 6.6 ...

A note on this HUAWEI Mate Xs review: I used the Mate Xs for 12 days in Berlin, Germany. It was running Android 10 with the February 2020 security patch (since updated to EMUI 10.1 in some markets ...

A 6.6″ main display (AKA when the Huawei Mate Xs isn’t folded out). A 8″ expanded display (AKA when it is). Camera-wise, it has: a 40MP main lens, a 8MP telephoto, and a 16MP ultra-wide camera.

Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro and P30 Pro are two of my favorite camera phones, and I had no complaints at all with the Mate Xs, which took very good photos. When you use the camera with the phone folded ...

The Huawei Mate Xs display is much the same as it was before. Folded up, you have a front 6.6-inch display and a rear 6.4-inch display, which extend to combine into an 8-inch screen.

We compare the iPhone XS and Huawei Mate 20 and ask whether the iPhone can compete with the three cameras on the back of the Mate 20 and the bigger screen, and if the iPhone's waterproofing ...

Overall, the Mate Xs is 78.5 x 161.3 x 11 mm and approximately 300 grams. That's including the 4,500 mAh battery, which is split in half so that Huawei can divide it between the two sides of the ...

The Huawei Mate Xs picks up where the original left off. That means a design that is almost identical — although that’s most definitely not a bad thing, by any stretch.

Day three: I dropped a £2,000 phone. For the first few days with the Huawei Mate XS, I’ve been coddling it.The foldable has lived in a microfiber sleeve. Nothing too firm or protective, but I ...