If regular foldable phones are starting to look a little commonplace for your liking, then you need to check out the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design, which claims to be "the world's first commercial triple foldable phone." And it's a phone I just got to try out for myself.

Huawei and Apple's latest smartphones went on sale in China on Friday, with many fans of the Chinese company disappointed that its much-anticipated $2,800 phone was not available for walk-in customers.

Phew - just when it looked like foldable phones were getting a little boring, Huawei has booted down the proverbial door and unveiled the Mate XT: the first ever official, real, actually-going-on-sale tri-foldable phone.

Scalpers are charging up to $10,000 for the Mate XT, more than triple the official price of Huawei’s tri-fold handset.

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The phone is a piece of engineering marvel: when unfolded, the device measures only 3.6mm thick, making it the new thinnest portable computing device in the world. This slimness is needed, because when completely folded up, it is essentially three stacked layers, which then does increase thickness to 12.8mm.

Apple ranked first in annual shipments for high-end smartphones in China in 2023, capturing a market share of 17.3%, says industry research firm IDC China

Pre-orders for the Mate XT have surpassed 6.5 million, with prices in the black market touching past $27,000. Read more at straitstimes.com.