Weekly poll: would you buy a Huawei Mate X3 or a Huawei P60 Pro?

Weekly poll: would you buy a Huawei Mate X3 or a Huawei P60 Pro?

Huawei’s new P60 series became available in China this week (with the P60 Art launching next week), the company’s new foldable flagship is out in a few weeks. Both flagship series are slated for a European launch on May 9, so they’ll be available in a bunch of markets. But would you actually buy one?

Let’s start with the Huawei Mate X3, a lightweight (239g) foldable with large displays (7.85″ main, 6.4″ cover, both 120Hz), IPX8 water resistance rating ( unheard of outside the Samsung range) and a 50+8+13MP trio camera including a 5x periscope (125mm).

This phone is by no means cheap – at CNY13,000 ($2,000/€1,740 approx), it matches the price of the Galaxy Z Fold4 and costs more than the vivo X Fold+ (CNY10,000), Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 (9,000 CNY), Oppo Find N2 (8,000 CNY). Keep in mind that only the Galaxy is widely available among these.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 • Vivo X Fold+ • Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 • Oppo Find N2

There is a new type of battery, silicon-carbon, which offers greater capacity without adding bulk or weight to phones. A version of the Mate X3 and Huawei P60 Art use it (getting a 260/285mAh boost over regular batteries), but these will likely remain China-exclusive. One feature that is definitely China-only is the two-way satellite communication feature, which uses the BeiDou constellation.

Huawei Mate X3

So, an interest in the Huawei Mate X3?

We’ll skip the other two as the Huawei P60 Pro is the only one we know will go international. It will retail for CNY6,000 ($1,025/€800), which is pretty good considering the camera hardware on offer.

Huawei’s specialty is RYYB sensors and more recently variable apertures. The main camera has a 48MP sensor and a lens that can switch from f/1.4 to f/4.0 in 10 steps depending on lighting conditions and your choices. The Pro model also features a 90mm periscope with an incredibly bright f/2.1 aperture and a high-resolution 48MP sensor. The ultrawide module is less exciting with a 13MP sensor.

With a standard lithium battery, the P60 Pro has a capacity of 4,815mAh and supports 88W wired charging and 50W wireless charging. For comparison, the P60 Art’s silicon-carbon battery has a capacity of 5,100 mAh and supports the same charging speeds.

Huawei P60 Pro

Let’s take a quick look at the prices of the competition. The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra starts at CNY 9,000/€1,400, the Xiaomi 13 Pro at CNY 5,000/€1,300, the Oppo Find X6 Pro at CNY 6,000 and the vivo X90 Pro+ at CNY 6,500 (unfortunately, the last two will not come to Europe).