Foldable phones had their coming-out party at MWC Barcelona this year, but none seemed to receive quite as much attention as Huawei’s Mate X. Samsung likely expected to leave Spain as the talk of the industry — instead, the Mate X is dominating headlines due to its unique, sleek design. But Huawei wasn’t content taking the foldable phone crown from MWC; the Chinese telecom company also took a parting shot at Samsung in an interview.
Speaking with Business Insider, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group, revealed that the company had initially prototyped a device that had a design similar to that of Samsung’s Galaxy Fold. It was “not good” though, according to Yu, and so Huawei scrapped it and moved on to other concepts.
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