Today on the brand’s official Weibo account, Huawei had announced that the company will be revealing a new “Gray Leather” colour option for its wildly popular clamshell foldable flagship – the Huawei P50 Pocket. The new colour option will be officially launched next week on July 4th at the brand’s Huawei Nova 10 series launch event in China, alongside the company’s AITO M7 electric vehicle series.
The Huawei P50 Pocket was released in
December 2021 last year with three premium colour options: Obsidian Black,
Crystal White and a special edition Glit Gold colourway. The new “Gray Leather”
exterior is speculated to have better grip and better drop resistance than its
glass counterpart, and surprisingly, the Huawei P50 Pocket will be the first
clamshell foldable to feature a leather folding exterior in the smartphone
world.
However, the first brand to feature a
foldable with a leather exterior was actually Vivo, with their critically
acclaimed Vivo X Fold. The Vivo X Fold is an intricately designed premium
foldable smartphone that features a premium leather exterior blended with
comfortable ergonomics, and a flagship-grade triple camera setup co-engineered
with globally renowned photography expert – Zeiss. The Vivo X Fold is available
in two colour options: Blue and Black with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 storage and
512GB of fast UFS 3.1 storage. For an immersive multimedia experience, the
foldable phone features an 8.03-inch 120Hz E5 LTPO AMOLED inner display and a
6.53-inch E5 AMOLED outer display.
Powering the device is the flagship
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, and alongside the 4600mAh battery, the Vivo X
Fold supports 66W fast charging and 50W fast wireless charging. The foldable
flagship comes with a rear quad camera setup with a 50MP main camera, 48MP
ultra-wide sensor, 12MP portrait telephoto lens and 5MP periscope telephoto
lens. The camera comes with Zeiss optics and Zeiss T* lens coating that
optimize light efficiency during photography.
The Vivo X Fold is available for purchase
on Giztop from US$ 1799 onwards, and for interested buyers, take note that this
is a Chinese edition phone, but it comes with pre-installed Google Mobile
Services and Google Play Store that were sideloaded.
