I feel like its a bad idea for people to buy these. I mean… the screen are weak plastics that can get damaged by a fingernail. Seems like an expensive buy for such a terrible durability. A terrible deal in my opinion.

What even is the use-case for these, anyways?

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    My friend actually has 2 (and 1 regular smartphone) and dailies the Galaxy Z Fold 6. She uses it for work and media consumption and loves it so much she’s mentioned wanting the Huawei Mate XT.

    I see the appeal for people who wants/needs the screen real-estate but it isn’t required for regular users. Ultra/Pro models of phones being in a similar position of irrelevancy for people not obsessed with having the best camera.

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      Huawei Mate XT

      Got here ctrl-F-ing for this. Looks like nobody with it has commented yet.

      It seems to me if you want a fold, you might as well take it to the logical conclusion.

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        That makes sense but it is prohibitively expensive at nearly $4,000USD which is more than double the price of every other foldable phone. None of the other ones are a trifold though.

        Plus Huawei does not come with Google services preinstalled and requires additional steps to do so.

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          I mean, I’d consider that a bonus. Although whatever Huawei vendor applications probably aren’t better.

          RIP DivestOS.