Huawei is back with its newest flip phone intended to rival Samsung’s Galaxy Flip series.
The Chinese smartphone company unveiled its new foldable, called the Huawei Pocket S in an array of colors on Wednesday. The Chinese phone-maker’s latest flip phone is a scaled down version of last year’s P50 Pocket. It makes compromises on the chipset and camera to help it hit a starting price of roughly $800 when converted from yuan. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 4 starts at $1000 — and the price remains more or less the same in mainland China.
The Huawei Pocket S has a clamshell design that folds down into a small square. It looks similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 4 but it has two large circles on the outside, one with a triple-camera unit and the other with an external display that shows the time and incoming notifications. That second display can also be used as a viewfinder when taking selfies, which means users will not need to flip open the device to take a front-facing photo.
As far as specs goes, the Huawei Pocket S features a 6.9-inch foldable OLED interior display and a 1.04-inch secondary cover display on the back panel. The camera setup is led by a 40-megapixel main sensor that is accompanied by a 13-megapixel ultra-wide lens. There’s also a 10.7-megapixel camera located front and center. It’s powered by a Snapdragon 778G, which means the device is limited to LTE connectivity.
Huawei Pocket S is set to go on sale on Nov. 10 in mainland China. It starts at 5,988 yuan for the 128GB version, which converts to $820 and maxes out at 6,488 yuan or $1,028 for the 256GB variant.
