Huawei Technologies' new $2,800 tri-fold smartphone, the Mate XT, has hit the market, but many eager buyers were left disappointed due to limited availability.

Huawei and Apple’s latest smartphones go on sale in China on Friday, with the Chinese tech company’s much-anticipated $2,800 tri-foldable phone offered at more than twice the price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Huawei’s tri-fold smartphone is in high demand, it seems, as sales estimates have risen by 100%. This information comes from a well-known analyst,

Strong demand for Huawei Technologies' attention-grabbing Mate XT tri-fold smartphone, which is in tight supply, has prompted consumer electronics vendors in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei to triple the handset's selling price ahead of its official release this Friday.

A leak of Xiaomi's patent for the design of a tri-fold smartphone has sparked speculation that Xiaomi intends to enter the triple-folding phone market, following the launch of the Huawei Mate XT.

It has a base price of about $2,800. Huawei unveiled the Mate XT Ultimate last week as the world's first tri-folding smartphone. It is

Another smartphone OEM might join the tri-fold trend as a set of images was spotted in a Chinese database. The discovery made by 91Mobiles suggests that the Chinese OEM Xiaomi is

Both Xiaomi and Honor have previously applied for a design patent on a double-hinged handset, according to public records.

Xiaomi on Wednesday promoted a new triple-fold smartphone patent, following Huawei’s launch of the Mate XT, the industry’s first triple-fold smartphone,