Huawei Mate V clamshell scheduled to arrive this year

The Huawei Mate X phones are foldable devices with a vertical hinge, but now the company is planning to introduce the Mate V which will bend horizontally. Reports from China claimed the new phone will be a clamshell with a foldable screen, similar to the Moto Razr and Galaxy Z Flip.

The Huawei Mate V (kudos for using the letter V which looks like a folded phone) will be powered by a Kirin 9000 chipset, which is hardly a surprise – it is the latest and most powerful SoC by HiSilicon, Huawei’s in-house chip division.

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