Today is a very special day because I got to play with the Huawei Mate X and yes, I've seen it before in like dark dungeon rooms down in Wally's headquarters and I've seen it at MWC where we got to see it from behind a glass panel. But now, I actually got to play with it for about two hours straight, and I've got to say, it was a pretty cool experience.

First of all, let me just take you through my experience with the Huawei Mate X. When I first picked up the phone, I was immediately struck by its size and weight. It's definitely a chunky device, but in a good way. The screen is huge, and when you unfold it, you get this giant kind of one-to-one display that's just incredible to look at.

One of the things that really impressed me about the Huawei Mate X is how well-designed the hinge mechanism is. You have to press this physical button which swings the rest of the screen around, and there's a hinge mechanism that lets this work seamlessly. The phone can be unfolded in pretty much any angle, although if you look at it from a glaring angle, you will notice a slight crease. But honestly, it's not that noticeable if you're just reading content or watching video on this phone.

I was using the Chinese version of this phone, which means I couldn't access the Google Play Store. However, Huawei is working with third-party companies to bring the Google Play Store to their phones. This means that users will be able to download and install apps from the Google Play Store, even though it's not natively available on the Mate X.

One of the things that set the Huawei Mate X apart from other foldable phones like the Samsung Galaxy Fold is its display size. While the Galaxy Fold has a small 4.5-inch screen when folded, the Mate X has a huge screen that you can interact with even in closed mode. This makes it much more practical to use for everyday tasks like browsing the web or reading emails.

Now, I want to take you through some new updates about the Mate X that we learned today at a small round table after the Huawei Aoife keynote. One of the things that was announced is that the phone will be launching next month. However, there's no word on whether it will be available for purchase outside of China, which means that people in other countries might have to import it from China to get their hands on it.

Another update is that Huawei really wanted to work with developers who were putting apps on this phone to make sure that the app continuity was there. This means that when you close the phone, your apps will be in their default state, and when you open it up again, they'll scale properly to fit the screen. It's a small thing, but it makes a big difference.

The reason Huawei delayed launching the Mate X for a month is because they wanted to ensure that everything was ready to go before releasing it to the public. They didn't want any last-minute issues or bugs that could have affected user experience. And from what I can tell, it seems like they really made an effort to get things right.

Something else that's worth mentioning is that Samsung has just announced their Galaxy Fold phone, which will be launching later this month. We'll hopefully get our hands on it soon and see how it compares to the Mate X.

I'm honestly really stoked about the Huawei Mate X because I really enjoyed my two hours with this device, and I want to spend a little more time with it to see if foldable phones are really the future of smartphones. And from what I can tell so far, they're definitely onto something special here.

Finally, I just wanted to mention that there's apparently a bunch of foldable TCL displays on display at Aoife as well. We'll have some photos and information about those over at Android Authority soon, so be sure to check it out if you're interested in learning more about the latest advancements in foldable technology.

That's all for now – I'll catch you later!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso today is a very special day because I got to play with the huawei mate X and yes I've seen it before in like dark dungeon rooms down in Wally's headquarters and I've seen it at MWC where we got to see it from behind a glass panel but now I actually got to play with it for about two hours straight and I've got to say it was a pretty cool experience so I first just want to take you through my experience and then I want to take you through a couple new small updates about the main X that we just learned today at a small round table after the Huawei Aoife keynote so first of all just like the Samsung Galaxy fold I freaking love foldable phones they are so fun to play with you can just open them up and suddenly you have this whole tablet experience now what's really nice about the Huawei mate X is that you've actually got pretty much a normal sized phone when it is in the closed mode whereas they Samsung Galaxy fold has a small four and a half inch screen on there see Huawei mate X has a huge screen that you get to interact with so you don't have to use it in the unfolded mode most of the time but when you unfold it you get this giant kind of one-to-one display and it's a little bit weird because one to one is not really optimal for pretty much any kind of content but it's still bigger than the kind of content that you would be usually watching or reading when you have the phone in regular mode so it's still really nice also websites and other things that you're reading will scale to fit that one-to-one display so it's still really handy if you're like reading a book or if you're reading a website another thing I really like about this phone is the hinge mechanism so you have to press this physical button which swings the rest of the screen around and there's a hinge mechanism that lets this work now at pretty much any angle but a glare angle you really can't notice the crease if you do look at the phone in a glaring angle you will notice the crease a little bit more than we saw on the Samsung Galaxy fold but honestly it's not that bad if you're just reading content or watching video on this phone you're not going to notice that crease now I was using the Chinese version of this phone so there's no Google Play Store although there's probably no gonna be any native Google Play Store on this phone anyway because always not really allowed to use Google Play services but while we did say that they are working with third parties to be able to get the Google Playstore onto this phone now just like Oppo and VEVO are able to just download the Google Play Store as an app through the aw go ab soar huawei is going to be working with the third party to also be able to get the Google Play Store onto their phone now that does seem a little weird but we don't even really know if while we is going to be selling this phone outside of China so there's probably going to be plenty of people that are going to want to import it from China to get it in America because honestly it's just a really great cool foldable phone now something else that's a little bit interesting is that while we said that they actually could have started selling the made X last month and they are going to put it on sale next month and the reason that they didn't start selling it last month was because they really wanted to work with the developers that were putting the apps on this phone to make sure that the app continuity was there and that means that the app should be able to be in its default state while you have the phone closed and when you open it up to reveal that awesome tablet like state the app will actually scale with the phone so it doesn't look really janky and weird but I'm honestly really stoked this phone is going to be launching next month because I really enjoyed my two hours with this device and I want to spend a little bit more time with it so I can see if foldable phones are really the future now the Samsung Galaxy fold is launching later this month and we're hopefully going to be getting our hands on it really really soon so I'll be sure to let you know if I think that foldable phones are the future once I get to play with multiple foldable phones we did ask huawei if they were going to be reducing the price of this phone because the phone did get announced like multiple multiple months ago and they wouldn't comment on that but we're hoping that we you learn more over at the huawei mate 30 pro launch event in Munich Germany in just a couple of weeks so that's been about it for the huawei mate X now I just also did something on the samsung galaxy fold if you want to go check that out and also there's apparently a bunch of foldable TCL displays here at Aoife as well so we're gonna have a bunch of photos of that over at Android authority comm where you can get all the information from Aoife and beyond so until the next video I will catch you later\n"