Huawei beats Samsung and Apple to market with the first wide foldable

The Huawei Pura X Max, shown in both open and closed orientations.

Huawei’s Pura X Max (pictured) is the first wide-style foldable over the finish line. | Image: Huawei / The Verge

Huawei has launched its passport-style foldable in China, ahead of similar devices said to be coming from Apple and Samsung. That makes the Pura X Max the first wide foldable phone that’s actually available to buy, with today’s launch now giving us the full specifications and price after its design was unveiled by Huawei last week.

There are two versions of the Pura X Max, both of which are available to preorder starting today. The standard version starts at 10999 yuan (about $1,613) for 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage, or 11,999 yuan (about $1,800) for 512GB of storage. The Pura X Max Collector’s Edition starts at 12,999 yuan (about $ …

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