Huawei's tri-fold phone gets 2.7 million pre-orders ahead of Apple's iPhone 16 launch
Chinese tech giant Huawei is planning to release a tri-fold smartphone on Tuesday, just hours after Apple’s scheduled new iPhone launch.
BEIJING — Huawei has received more than 2.7 million pre-orders for its tri-fold smartphone, its website showed on Monday.
The Chinese company began pre-orders for its Mate XT midday on Saturday. That was more than two days ahead of Apple’s planned iPhone 16 launch early morning Tuesday Beijing time.
Huawei had previously announced it would launch a new product at 2:30 p.m. local time (2:30 a.m. ET) on Tuesday. The company has yet to share a price for the Mate XT. The device is set to officially begin sales on Sept. 20.
Apple fell out of the list of top five smartphone vendors in China in the second quarter, according to Canalys. It was the first time that domestic players held all five spots, the firm said.
Huawei ranked fourth by market share with 10.6 million smartphones shipped, according to Canalys.
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