Huawei presented the availability, starting February 25 and for the Chinese market, of the Mate Along with the screen improvements, the company highlights those that were introduced in the hinge, so that the phone is flatter when folded. It uses a Kirin 9000 chipset, which Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, says is the most powerful 5G modem in the world. It comes with two memory options: 256GB and 512GB at a price close to $3,000 in the lowest capacity version and in both cases in four colors.

According to the executive, although the company was affected by supply chain problems as a result of US sanctions, it had sufficient production capacity to make the new device available. These same restrictions prevented access to Google's Android operating system and accelerated work to develop HarmonyOS as an alternative. Although Huawei ultimately continued to have access to Android, Yu said that users of its flagship phones could start using the new operating system from April, and Mate X2 buyers would be among the first. (Source: Mobile World Live).