Older flagship · 2022

Huawei Mate Xs 2

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

Best for

Strength 66W fast charging, 120Hz AMOLED

Extras Foldable display, Leather back

Watch out No Google Play, No more updates

7.8″ AMOLED · 120Hz

888 4G 8 / 256 GB

4600 mAh 66W charging

50 MP 3 rear · 10.7 MP selfie

4G LTE Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Huawei Mate Xs 2 looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

7.8″ · OLED · 2200 × 2480 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

7.8"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

2200 × 2480 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

725 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 4G (5 nm) · 8-core 2.84 GHz · Adreno 660

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 4G (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

Launch class

Flagship

AnTuTu

886,400

v10

GeekBench

3,131

Graphics test

GFXBench 28 fps

CPU

8-core, 2.84 GHz

GPU

Adreno 660

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex X1 2.84GHz + 3x Cortex A78 2.42GHz + 4x Cortex A55 1.8GHz

Software & updates

EMUI 12, no Google Play Services (International); HarmonyOS 2.0 (China) · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new HarmonyOS versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

EMUI 12, no Google Play Services (International); HarmonyOS 2.0 (China)

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · 11 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.8

Telephoto

8 MP f/2.4

Ultrawide

13 MP f/2.2

Front camera

11 MP f/2.2

Main sensor

1µm

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4600 mAh · 66 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4600 mAh

Lab endurance

49:00h

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Removable

Audio

Very good (-25.8 LUFS) · Stereo

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Very good (-25.8 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Configurations

8/256GB · 8/512GB · 12/512GB

Storage type

UFS

Expandable

Connectivity

4G LTE · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Falls short for 2026

4G only

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C 3.1

USB OTG

Yes

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — no 5G

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · no 5G

Full

A Airtel

4G full · no 5G

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B18, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a

Build & Design

255 g · 5.4 mm

Height

156.5 mm

Width

139.3 mm

Thickness

5.4 mm

Weight

255 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 14

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 2200 × 2480 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 7.8″ vs 6.1″ screen

40% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 18 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 3,279 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

886k vs 1.4M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 50 MP · f/1.8 vs 12 MP · f/1.5 main

No 5G

No 5G vs 5G

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

24% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 3,700 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

886k vs 1.0M AnTuTu

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

No 5G

No 5G vs 5G

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 255 g vs 167 g

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