Older high-end · 2021

Huawei Mate X2

Our Take CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A55

An older high-end phone with an AMOLED screen and stabilised camera.

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Strength AMOLED screen, Stabilised camera (OIS)

8″ OLED · 90Hz

Kirin 9000 5G 8 / 256 GB

4500 mAh 55W charging

50 MP 4 rear · 16 MP selfie

In the Real World

See how the Huawei Mate X2 looks and feels in everyday use.

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Full specifications

What stands out

Opens into a bigger foldable screen for tablet-style use

Pro camera extras: optical zoom, RAW

960 fps slow motion for action clips

Display

8.0″ · OLED · 2200 × 2480 · 90 Hz · HDR

OLED display

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

Screen size

8.0"

Panel type

OLED

OLED

Resolution

2200 × 2480 px

Refresh rate

90 Hz

Brightness

542 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Kirin 9000 5G (5 nm) · 8-core 3.13 GHz · Mali-G78 MP24

Everyday capable

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

Chipset

Kirin 9000 5G (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

Launch class

High-end

AnTuTu

688,000

v8

GeekBench

3,389

Graphics test

GFXBench 29 fps

CPU

8-core, 3.13 GHz

GPU

Mali-G78 MP24

Process

5 nm

CPU layout

1x Cortex A77 3.13 GHz + 3x Cortex A77 2.54GHz + 4x Cortex A55 2.05GHz

Camera

50 MP f/1.9 main · OIS · 16 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.9

OIS

Telephoto

12 MP f/2.4

Telephoto

8 MP f/4.4

Ultrawide

16 MP f/2.2

Front camera

16 MP f/2.2

Main sensor

Sony IMX700, 1/1.28", 1µm

Slow motion

Yes, 960 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4500 mAh · 55 W wired

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

Capacity

4500 mAh

Lab endurance

74:00h

Wired charging

55 W

Removable

No

Audio

Good (-26.8 LUFS) · Stereo

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.8 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Stereo

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.

Expandable

No

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

5G

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

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

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

No

IR blaster

No

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

295 g · 8.2 mm

Height

161.8 mm

Width

145.8 mm

Thickness

8.2 mm

Weight

295 g

Sensors

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

Sensors

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

Specifications sourced from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

vs

Apple iPhone 13

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

90 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 2200 × 2480 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution · 8″ vs 6.1″ screen

Higher-res main camera

50 MP vs 12 MP main · 16 MP vs 12 MP selfie

39% larger battery capacity

55 W vs 15 W charging · 4,500 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

688k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 295 g vs 174 g

Full comparison

vs

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

13% larger battery capacity

55 W vs 25 W charging · 4,500 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Less smooth display

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · 90 Hz vs 120 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 2200 × 2480 vs 1080 × 2400 resolution

Lower benchmark score

688k vs 899k AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Upper mid-range tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 295 g vs 169 g

Full comparison

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