Huawei copies Samsung’s privacy display in its latest trifold

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Huawei" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/huawei-mate-xt-2-ultimate-design-design-2x.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Huawei has released its third trifold phone in China, and the company has clearly had half an eye on Samsung during development. Not only does the Mate XT 2 adopt the inward-folding form factor used on <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/901525/samsung-galaxy-z-trifold-hands-on-singapore-rom">Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold</a>, it's also the first foldable to include a privacy-enhancing display, much like the one Samsung added to the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/893936/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-review-show-off">Galaxy S26 Ultra</a> this year.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The first Mate XT, which <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24240700/huawei-mate-xt-ultimate-design-tri-fold-price-launch">launched in China in late 2024</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/614241/huawei-trifold-mate-xt-ultimate-global-release">internationally a few months later</a>, used an accordion-esque folding design. It removed the need to include an additional cover screen on the phone, but left parts of the delicate folding display permanently exposed. The <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/771122/huaweis-second-trifold-adds-stylus-support-and-purple-pleather">fo …</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/990958/huawei-mate-xt-2-trifold-launch-china-privacy-display">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>