The second generation of folding phones is already in the oven according to rumors: if the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 is on the way, and Motorola is in preparation for a Razr 2, Huawei does not plan to be left behind as it would be developing the Mate V, a vertically folding mobile and with a certain resemblance to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip.
2019 Huawei presented its vision of folding phones, the Huawei Mate X. Flexible screen, with high-end features and a horizontal folding system that leaves the screen exposed. This system was renewed with the Huawei Mate Xs of 2020, a practically identical mobile. And rumors suggest that the next folding mobile will change its appearance in a remarkable way since it will use the classic mechanism of ‘clamshell’ phones. Like the famous Motorola Razr.
Huawei Mate V: several cameras and with recognition ‘Face ID’
The history of the alleged Huawei mate V goes back to a trademark registration in Europe that Let’s Go Digital discovered in Germany. In this registration, the Huawei Mate V brand appeared without much more information apart from the fact that said name belonged to a device related to technology. At the time it was already speculated that the name was related to a folding mobile, a fact that Ben Geskin would have confirmed in a tweet.
As Ben says, Huawei would be in the process of developing new folding mobile, the Huawei Mate V. This mobile would be very similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, and not only because of the vertical folding system: also the design of the device. it is similar in thickness, lines and styles (it moves away from the Motorola Razr, for example, another one that shares a vertical folding system). We ignore specific details of the Huawei Mate V apart from the images that Ben Geskin has filtered in the form of render, we do know that the mobile would have multiple cameras on the back and a 3D facial recognition system very similar to Face ID (surely identical to that incorporated in the latest Huawei Mate).
We do not know if Huawei plans to present the phone in the coming months since the brand usually celebrates only one major launch in the second half of the year, that of the Huawei Mate on duty (this year it plays the Mate 40 ). Although, since the folding also shares a family with the Huawei Mate 30 Pro and company, perhaps the brand will reserve it to present the Huawei Mate V along with the Mate 40. We will have to wait to know the details.