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 model - more than twice the price of the iPhone 16 Pro Max - was not available for walk-in customers.

The Mate XT comes in three versions: one with 16 gigabytes of random-access memory and 256GB of storage for CNY19,999 (USD2,835), the second with 512GB of storage for CNY21,999, and the third with 1 terabyte of storage for CNY23,999. The handset marks a major push by Shenzhen-based Huawei into the premium smartphone market.

Huawei has a host of AI features on the Mate XT, including AI Senior Editor, AI Information Consultant, AI Translation Expert, and AI Photo Editor. The $2,800 phone ships with 256GB storage, but you can upgrade to 512GB for around $3,090 (converted from Chinese Yuan) or 1TB for a whopping $3,371. The RAM is 16GB across all variants.