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The folding phone standoff: Samsung's Galaxy Fold vs. Huawei's Mate X

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The folding smartphone may have finally arrived during Mobile World Congress this week with the unveiling of Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huawei's Mate X. So what do these two bendable blowers stand for exactly? While we'll need to get our hands on them to really flesh that out, here we'll take a look at the design and technical details to see how they stack up at this early stage.

Samsung's Galaxy Fold, bent in half

Samsung is yet to detail the exact dimensions of the Galaxy Fold

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Offering the screen real estate of a small tablet with the compact footprint of a smartphone, it's easy to see why Huawei and Samsung both raced to bring folding handsets to market, and they surely won't be the last. But the way the two have delivered on this promise differs ever so slightly, as do the final specs and performance of the two products. So where do they differ?

Behind the fold

The folding capabilities of both the Mate X and the Galaxy Fold leverage hinge mechanisms sealed away in the center of the device.


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