Samsung Galaxy Fold vs Huawei Mate X: Comparison

The era of foldable phones has begun! On February 20, South Korean technology giant Samsung unveiled its Galaxy Fold, which is one of a kind foldable phone that has top-of-the-line specifications. Days later, Chinese smartphone brand Huawei has taken wraps off its foldable smartphone named Huawei Mate X at MWC 2019. It seems like in the next few months, the smartphone market will get to see the launch of a host of these foldable smart devices that look like they are straight out of a sci-fi movie. Both the foldable phones have crazy and ground-breaking specifications along with a hefty price tag. These phones are not for everybody but for serious tech-lovers. People will buy these foldable phones only when they have a love for advanced technology and are ready to pay a hefty price for it. Here, we have compared Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone with Huawei’s Mate X. Take a look at our spec-to spec comparison and decide which one is the right buy for you:

Display

Samsung Galaxy Fold: Main Display – 7.3-inch Infinity Flex Dynamic AMOLED panel with 1536×2152 pixels and an aspect ratio of 4.2:3.

Cover Display – 4.6-inch Super AMOLED panel with 840×1960 pixels resolution and 21:9 aspect ratio.

Huawei Mate X:

Main display – 6.6-inches with 1148×2480 pixels resolution and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9

Secondary display – 6.38-inch display with 892×2480 pixels and an aspect ratio of 25:9 (when folded)

An 8-inch OLED FullView Display panel with 2480×2200 pixels resolution and an aspect ratio of 8:71 appears when the device is unfolded.

Processor

Samsung Galaxy Fold: Snapdragon 855 SoC

Huawei Mate X: Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset

Primary Camera

Samsung Galaxy Fold: 16MP ultra-wide sensor with an f/2.2 aperture, a 12MP wide-angle sensor that has a variable aperture of f/1.5 to f/2.4, and a third 12MP telephoto lens with PDAF and an f/2.4 aperture paired with 2X optical zoom.

Huawei Mate X:  A 40MP wide-angle sensor, a 16MP ultra-wide-angle sensor and an 8MP telephoto sensor.

Ten years after the first Galaxy, we didn’t just change the shape of the phone, we changed the shape of tomorrow. #GalaxyFold
Learn more: https://t.co/gYYGF4ZvdJ pic.twitter.com/C8s0Jxdhkz

— Samsung Mobile (@SamsungMobile) February 20, 2019

Front Camera

Samsung Galaxy Fold: A 10MP sensor with an f/2.2 aperture + an 8MP RBG depth sensor with an f/1.9 aperture + a 10MP sensor with an f/2.2 aperture.

Huawei Mate X: A 40MP wide-angle sensor, a 16MP ultra-wide-angle sensor and an 8MP telephoto sensor.

RAM and Storage

Samsung Galaxy Fold:  12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage

Huawei Mate X: 8GB RAM and 512GB internal storage

Unrivalled speed. The #HUAWEIMateX combines the world’s first 7nm 5G multi-mode modem, the #Balong5000 with the #Kirin980 for unbeatable performance. #ConnectingTheFuture #MWC2019 pic.twitter.com/nWzZryI7RS

— Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) February 24, 2019

Support for Storage card

Samsung Galaxy Fold: No

Huawei Mate X: Yes, up to 256GB

Battery

Samsung Galaxy Fold: 4,380mAh

Huawei Mate X: 4,500mAh

Operating System (OS)

Samsung Galaxy Fold: Android Pie skinned with Samsung One UI

Huawei Mate X: Android Pie skinned with EMUI 9.1.1

Starting Price

Samsung Galaxy Fold: $1,980 (approx. Rs 1,41,300)

Huawei Mate X: EUR 2,299 or $2,610 (approx. Rs 1,85,525)