Huawei Mate Xs 2 struggles to justify its price tag

The majority of respondents believe foldables are too pricey.

Last week’s poll confirms that notion.

Unfortunately for the Huawei Mate Xs 2, it’s not only the price that’s putting people off; the outward-folding design might have been a bad idea as well.

A common theme emerged while reading through the comments.

€2,000 for a phone with a year old chipset, no 5G and no Google Play Store is too much.

Trade sanctions against Huawei have hampered access to parts and services, and the situation is unlikely to improve anytime soon.

The sanctions had a knock-on effect, as they caused sales to decline, which in turn led Leica to end its partnership with Huawei.

The two companies produced some of the best mobile cameras over the years, but now they are going their separate ways.

And even if Huawei retained the know-how, not having that Leica brand on the back makes the price tag that much harder to swallow.

Those things are outside of Huawei, but this next issue isn’t.

Poll shows that inward folders are strongly preferred and that people are curious about new form factors like rollable displays.

The materials and designs used in current foldables just aren’t tough enough to give people the peace of mind that they won’t end up with a €2,000 paperweight.