Huawei Mate V foldable camera setup revealed in leaked case pictures
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TheHuawei Mate Vcould well be the next foldable phone to appear, with a rumored launch date of December 23, and newly leaked images supposedly showing the phone’s case suggest that it’ll continue Huawei’s focus on camera quality.
The pictures were posted to Chinese social media platform Weibo (viaGSMArena) and clearly show two large cut-outs on the back of the device – cut-outs which match the triple-lens rear camera setup of theHuawei P50.
It’s not clear how many rear cameras the Huawei Mate V is going to have on the back, but there’s plenty of room for them. Previous Huawei foldables, like theHuawei Mate X2, have also boasted some top-notch cameras alongside screens that can bend.
Coming into the fold
The case images don’t give us too many other clues about what else we can expect from the Huawei Mate V. This isn’t a phone that has leaked extensively but we can see that it’ll be Huawei’s first clamshell foldable, in the style of theSamsung Galaxy Z Flip 3.
Earlier rumorshaven’t mentioned much besides predicting that the phone is on the way. We’re still waiting for an official announcement about the device, but considering Huawei’s previous form for foldables, we can well believe that a new one is on the way.
Rewind a few months and there was talk that Huawei hadthree foldable phonesin the works, and that they’d arrive at more affordable price points. Considering Huawei’s ongoing trade ban in the US though, it’s not clear how widely they’ll be available.
Opinion: we need more than one foldable form factor
We’re pleased to see Huawei embracing the clamshell foldable form factor with the upcoming Mate V handset – assuming that the leaks we’ve seen so far are accurate of course, and that the device will actually launch towards the end of the month.
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Phones with a more conventional book-like form factor, such as theSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 3and theXiaomi Mi Mix Fold, tend to grab most of the headlines – and they do offer the biggest screens around, with displays close to tablet size when they’re opened out.
Clamshell phones such as theMotorola Razrand theSamsung Galaxy Z Flip 3definitely have a role to play too though – their displays might not be as big, but they’re easier to use and more compact, and make clever use of smaller secondary screens too.
WIth the Huawei Mate V on the horizon, we should have another clamshell phone to add to the mix (though worldwide availability might be an issue). When big names such asAppleandGoogleget around to launching their own foldables, we hope that they consider releasing these innovative devices in multiple form factors too.
Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.
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