- Huawei presented its new Matebook Fold Ultimate Design portable computer during Computex 2025
- It has a 18 -inch OLED screen and a new folding mechanism to rival competitors
- It is only available in China now, but it could soon reach global markets
Computex 2025 is here, and it was just a matter of time until one of the large technological companies during the Expo revealed a new device that carries the design of the laptop at the next level, and it can be worth watching.
On its website (translated from the Chinese), Huawei announced the new Matebook Fold Ultimate Design portable computer, with an 18 -inch OLED 3K screen (when it expands) that runs in Harmony OS 5. in particular, unlike other folding laptops such as the Asus Zenbook Duo, the design of Matebook fold ultimate refers to a single full screen.
Essentially, this means that, instead of what would be two screens connected through regular laptops hinges, it is a ‘water drop hinge’ that allows it to open and close gently, and stay completely flat for a 18 -inch screen experience. This mechanism is possibly a step up above the new Pro Surface Pro surface, which acts as a tablet, but it is also a 2 in 1 when it uses its keyboard (which is sold separately).
When you are in your laptop shape, you will have a 13 -inch OLED screen at your disposal using your tactile screen keyboard (or the keyboard that is included in the package). However, the Matebook Fold Ultimate design seems more than a portable computer 2 in 1; You can transform it from a regular laptop on a 18 -inch portable screen for informal visualization on the device in seconds.
Closing the laptop completely gives you an elegant and elegant newspaper design or daily, as if it were built as a costume, which is separating it in terms of its competitors design. To add a cherry at the top, it has 1,600 maximum brightness nits and a 74.69Whr battery, and both features could be easily only as important points of sale.
According to a reliable technology analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, Huawei is planning a production target for the Matebook fold between 180,000 and 200,000 units, and its life cycle will depend mainly on the feedback of users with respect to the functionality of the software.
It is an important factor to take into account, since the Matebook fold is not at all an economic portable computer. It is currently only available in China, from ¥ 23,999, which becomes around $ 3,330 / £ 2,490 / au $ 5,200, but its new features will be difficult to reject if you can pay it.
Analysis: If this is the future of the laptop design, I am here for it
I have played many futuristic games like Cyberpunk 2077 and seen enough films such as Impossible mission Suggesting that Huawei’s new laptop could be a game change. It is not like other companies, such as Asus, they have not introduced similar devices; The difference is that none of them uses the ‘water drop hinge’ mechanism that Huawei has introduced.
It simply makes the duo Asus Zenbook and the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i look like clumsy configurations, which require a support to stay vertically and depend on both screens. The Matebook fold is the first folding portable computer for laptop that I have seen that it has caught my attention, if I could only pay it.
The only inconvenience here is that thousands of dollars will probably be delayed if it is finally launched worldwide. However, if you sell well enough and win the traction I anticipate, we could easily see the competitors of Huawei and others follow their example soon, and that is exactly what I hope.
