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00:00Well that was tricky, but I've managed to get as close as I possibly could to the new Huawei Mate X
00:06Which according to Huawei is the world's fastest
00:09Foldable 5G phone. It's quite a title. There's about a hundred million journalists here scrabbling to get about five feet from the device
00:16We can't actually get hands-on. This is as close as we could possibly get so three screens 5G
00:22It's foldable using a flexible AMOLED has a whole bunch of cameras. It's using a Kirin 980 processor
00:27That's the same one you get in the Huawei Mate 20 Pro plus a new 5G modem
00:32I don't know what you think
00:33But I'm actually genuinely excited for this a lot of people aren't sure about whether foldable phones
00:38Tablets are gimmicky or actually a next-generation device
00:41But what we've seen so far from Samsung's Galaxy Fold and this new Mate X of which personally I think looks a lot nicer
00:47The bezels are much thinner you have three screens in total a 6.6
00:51inch main daily driver screen that you're gonna use for most of the stuff a smaller 6.3 inch screen
00:576.38 inch screen on the back which when you're taking selfies or taking someone's photo
01:01They can actually see what their finished photo is gonna look like which is great
01:05If you're into your photos and then you have that full 8 inch screen when it's unfolded you get that tablet experience
01:13Unfolded it's just five millimeters thick and then when you do fold it back together
01:17Which is completely flush completely flat unlike the flex pie from Royole. It's 11 millimeters thick and
01:24Despite that slim design while we have crammed in a
01:284,500 milliamp hour battery now, they didn't actually give any battery life quotes
01:32I assume there's still lots of optimizations to be done
01:34But the Mate X will come with the world's fastest phone charger a 55 watt supercharger
01:40Which is up from the already very quick 40 watt charger you get on the Mate 20 Pro and promises to give you
01:4785% of the battery in just 30 minutes
01:49From a design and engineering point of view, I can't wait to get a close look at that hinge mechanism
01:55Huawei are calling it a falcon wing design and as impressive as it does seem
02:00We'll have to wait and see about the long-term durability
02:03We also get a two-in-one
02:05Fingerprint and power button on the Mate X as well as a curved grip on the back to make it easier to use one-handed
02:11I think Huawei have been really smart with the design as they put the power button the cameras and that rear grip
02:16Altogether on one edge meaning that when you do have it opened up in tablet mode
02:21You get a beautiful edge to edge screen with almost no bezels
02:24But my first thought was on those outside screens gonna get scratched
02:28But Huawei say they will be offering a Mate X cover case that's designed to protect the screens while still making it easy to unfold
02:35So I'm genuinely really excited about the Mate X, but since it is such a different product
02:40I wanted to get the reactions and first impressions of a few of the other guys here at this event
02:44I see like so many phones every year and they're all kind of the same
02:49I think that Mate X is I'm just gonna say it's probably the nicest phone
02:54I've seen the Galaxy Fold was cool, but just a few days later, you know
02:58This I think it's so much nicer
03:01Actually being able to use it as a normal phone
03:03Where the Galaxy Fold that really tiny screen on the front will make a massive difference
03:06Definitely one of the most exciting products that I've ever seen and I really want to use it more really want to hold it really
03:11Want to fold it and yeah, I just really want one
03:14so I think the challenge for any phone manufacturer is really to be able to take that idea that might sound crazy and or gimmicky and
03:21Make it practical. Do we really need a phone a device that can switch between a phone and a tablet?
03:28The one thing I'm kind of thinking about is will this ergonomic grip be helpful? Will it be counterintuitive?
03:34Will that make this a better device or a worse device than the Samsung Galaxy Fold?
03:39I don't know a fair number of jackets, but I'm not as proud of that collection as I am my waistcoats
03:45I believe that is how you say it over here, isn't it good?
03:49Vests
03:51One syllable, what do you need? You know, I just I learned today that a sweater over here is called a jumper
03:59Keep expecting people to be wearing jumpsuits everywhere, which would be fun
04:03The first impressions are that it is sexier than the Samsung offering because it folds flat
04:09And it has that interesting little ledge on it
04:11That's like a Kindle Oasis or if you if you like like a Moto Razr
04:15You have to be excited about foldables or I don't understand you
04:19we were talking about something that's that's a phone when it wants to be and a tablet when it wants to be and
04:24You don't have to carry on two devices. Also, you don't have to carry around one device that does one of those jobs poorly
04:31Eventually the software is going to take a while
04:33I mean even with official support coming from from Google and the next Android version or maybe even the current one
04:39It's going to be a remarkably awkward experience
04:41I think for the first generation or two of devices and of course then you factor in the hardware failure rate from
04:48Increasing numbers of moving parts. So I understand skepticism about the first couple generations. It's warranted. You probably shouldn't buy a first-gen foldable
04:56But it's going to be the future and it's going to be an exciting future
04:59I think so the price is obviously going to be ridiculous
05:02Not everyone's going to want to buy this not everyone's gonna be convinced by the foldable design and there are questions
05:07Around the software optimization how many apps are actually going to use that the multitasking how seamless it's going to be
05:12There's a lot of questions, but for a first generation of a whole new device
05:16It's pretty exciting, I think but I'd love to hear what you think
05:19Let me know you make of the Mate X in the comments below
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05:25I will get you guys a full review and proper test. Thanks for watching. I'll catch you next time right here on the tech job