Huawei on Tuesday held a global launch for the industry’s first tri-foldable phone, which analysts said marked a symbolic victory for the Chinese tech giant amid U.S. technology curbs. But challenges over pricing, longevity, supply and app constraints may limit its success.
Huawei said at a launch event in Kuala Lumpur that the Huawei Mate XT, first unveiled in China five months ago, will be priced at 3,499 euros ($3,662). Although dubbed a trifold, the phone has three mini-panels and folds only twice. The company says it’s the thinnest foldable phone at 3.6 millimeters (0.14 inches), with a 10.2-inch screen similar to an Apple iPad.
It’s three elements that can fold together.
It’s probably called tri- because it rolls better on the tongue than dual or double fold.
But goddam €3.499m,- is a steep price, especially considering there were initial reports of quite serious problems with it.
Trifold wallets fold twice, which also doesn’t make sense, but it’s probably where they got the name.
I didn’t know that, but yes, it would probably seem confusing to use different terminologies for essentially the same thing.
Bi-fold would work… But tri means 3 and 3 is a bigger number than 2 sooooo that’s what the marketing is going with
except bifold and trifold are established terms for wallets, brochures, etc.
I think it makes more sense like this, anyway, especially considering that those words don’t really refer to the folds themselves. (trifold can just mean triple)
I was going to say the same thing a bifold wallet is two panels and one for, trifold is the panels and two folds
Americans would still get confused. Refer to ⅓lb>¼lb burger, flopped because Muricans claim weird fraction math for length is superior…yet still cannot fraction their way out a wet paper bag…
Yes of course, bi-fold rolls equally well. 👍
3500 is a lot for a device with an always exposed, easily scratched display.