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It will cost you over $1,100 to replace the screen on Huawei’s trifold phone

Tags: money new
DATE POSTED:September 12, 2024
The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design smartphone partially folded. You’ll want to be extra careful with Huawei’s new trifold Mate XT Ultimate Design smartphone. | Image: Huawei

Huawei has revealed the cost of replacement parts for the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen folding phone, and it’s another round of sticker shock. The Mate XT Ultimate Design starts at around $2,809, but should you damage its folding screen enough to need repairs, you’ll be potentially paying an additional 7,999 yuan, or around $1,123, for a replacement OLED panel.

That’s assuming you agree to let Huawei recycle the damaged screen for free. Should you turn down that offer, a new screen for the Mate XT will instead cost you 9,799 yuan, or over $1,376. Ouch.

Image: Huawei More folds mean more potential points of failure.

Huawei does offer some ways to save money on screen repairs for its new trifold phone....

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Tags: money new