Huawei shows teaser image of its 5G foldable phone as it announces MWC event

Huawei promised a foldable 5G phone for the MWC and is now backing that up with a teaser image, which sets the unveil date as February 24 at 14:00 CET.

The phone will feature Huawei’s new Balong 5000 5G modem, which will be hooked up to a Kirin 980 chipset. It looks like the phone folds down the middle and keeps the screen outside.

Technically, the company promised “5G phones”, plural, so we might see a non-foldable phone as well.

Huawei's event invite for the MWC teases its 5G-enabled foldable phone

Anyway, the event announcement mentions “Internet of Everything”, so it’s likely that the company’s

href="https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_unveils_the_5g_cpe_pro_router_with_wifi_6_it_uses_the_new_balong_5000_chipset-news-35213.php">new 5G home router will attend too. It uses the same modem and supports HiLink, Huawei’s smart home protocol.

The router features Wi-Fi 6 as the 802.11ac isn’t fast enough for 5G speeds. However, no current phone supports the new Wi-Fi standard, so we expect Huawei’s new handsets to be among the first.

Sub-brand Honor is planning a 5G phone as well. Samsung will unveil its own foldable phone on February 20 and Xiaomi has one in the works, but its reveal date is unclear.

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