It’s the brand’s first flip-foldable phone.
Huawei is no stranger to foldable smartphones, having released three in the last two years: the Mate X, Mate Xs, and Mate X2, the most recent of which was announced in February. All of these devices are comparable to the Samsung Galaxy Fold in that they fold vertically and unfold to the size of a tiny tablet. Huawei has recently begun teasing a foldable phone that looks more like the Samsung Galaxy Flip, and a photo shoot released by Harper’s Bazaar China has revealed the device’s design.
The model, called Huawei P50 Pocket, is prominently featured in a pictorial with Chinese actress and singer Guan Xiaotong. It looks fairly large, based on the photos posted on Weibo, with a circular external display that can show the time, notifications and a view of what you’re capturing with the camera if the phone is flipped shut. P50 Pocket’s external display is right next to the camera, and according to Engadget Chinese, its fingerprint reader is located along the edges of the device. The version in the Harper’s Bazaar photoshoot is gold with some sort of leafy pattern, but Huawei’s teaser shows that it will also come in a silver variant with a diamond plaid pattern.
Huawei will officially unveil the P50 Pocket on December 23rd.
