Mate Xs 2 folding smartphone

Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone will support Beidou satellite communication. It will be unveiled on November 5, 2022, during the Huawei Developer Conference 2022.

On October 31, Huawei revealed that the Mate Xs 2 folding smartphone, which debuted in April, will feature Beidou satellite communications. Huawei Mate Xs 2 is an amazing smartphone with a huge folding display screen and an outwards folding mechanism.

Given that Apple introduced a similar technology with its iPhone 14 devices, this technology has received widespread praise as an industry innovation. The Beidou Navigation Satellite System offers complete global coverage for time and navigation. Short message transmission is its most notable feature.

It is a distinctive innovation of China’s Beidou satellite navigation system and will provide a significant advantage to Huawei. Using satellite communication one can send an SMS to a recipient without the need for a mobile network. Such a technology, nevertheless, is still developing and needs time to expand.

According to a previous report, Huawei is trying to add further features including two-way communication so that users can also receive SMSes and even make brief voice calls in an emergency.

Professional satellite phones, however, are frequently large, heavy, and expensive. The recently released Huawei Mate 50 series was the first smartphone supporting Beidou satellite connectivity. It’s noteworthy that the Meta Xs 2 will be the first foldable smartphone to support satellite communication.

The Huawei Mate 50 series can send text messages, provide location updates, stay in contact with the outside world, and assist in generating trajectory maps even when the user is in a desert or other emergency situations without network signal coverage.

Huawei has revealed that the Xs 2 would only be able to link to satellites run by the dominant provider of AI and data services, Beidou. Despite being offered in certain other areas, like the UK, the new feature might only function on foldable smartphone models sold in China.

Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone is Huawei’s most recent foldable phone. It also introduced the use of tri-band Wi-Fi. Due to its tri-band WiFi connectivity, the phone can easily handle even the most demanding network tasks. The phone comes with a Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 4G Octa-core processor. 

It boasts a 7.8-inch foldable display that can be folded into a 6.5-inch screen. The smartphone has an OLED panel with a refresh rate of up to 120 Hz, high-frequency PWM dimming at 1440 Hz, and touch sampling at up to 240 Hz. The phone is available in two storage options: 8GB + 256GB or 12GB + 512GB.

The phone has three cutting-edge design features thanks to hardware innovation: ultra-fat, ultra-reliable, and ultra-thin. Roughly weighing 250g the smartphone is even lighter than the iPhone 14 Pro. The device’s strengthened screen and double-rotor hinge technology produce an almost unnoticeable crease and increase resistance.

Huawei is a Chinese global technology company with its headquarters in Shenzhen, China. It creates, develops, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, telecommunications equipment, and diverse smart devices.