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Huawei’s Mate XT smartphone and the price of US-China tech race

Amid a sharpened US-China tech war, cooperation is dead and the world is worse off.

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People look at Huawei's new tri-foldable smartphone Mate XT displayed in a glass case at a Huawei flagship store in Beijing, China September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Florence Lo

People looking at Huawei’s new tri-fold smartphone Mate XT, displayed in a glass case at a Huawei flagship store in Beijing on Sept 10.

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On Sept 10, Huawei announced

its tri-fold phone

– touted as the world’s first – just a day after Apple unveiled its latest slate of iPhones.

At a stadium in Shenzhen, Huawei executive Richard Yu unveiled the Mate XT, which has a 10.2-inch (25.9cm) display when fully unfolded, calling the product “turning science fiction into reality” after a development period of five years.

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