Huawei has introduced a new member to its “X” series of foldable phones. The new Mate X3 comes with a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and a 7.85-inch AMOLED inner display bearing a 120Hz refresh rate. Let’s walk through the specs, features, and expected price of the Huawei Mate X3 in Nepal.
Huawei Mate X3 Overview:
Thinner and lighter form factor
Huawei teased the foldable with the tagline “light as a wing, firm as a rock”. And following the tagline, the Mate X3 foldable phone is thinner at 5.33mm (unfolded) and lighter at 239 grams compared to its predecessor Huawei Mate X2 with 8.5mm thickness (unfolded) and weight of 295 grams.
The foldable phone houses a dual-track wing-shaped hinge, which as per Huawei, gives it a sturdy look. The company has provided two options for the rear panels: glass and vegan leather. Moreover, the Mate X3 also has an IPX8 rating for water resistance.
Display
The phone has a 7.85″ LTPO foldable display—which is slightly smaller than the 8″ panel on the Mate X2. It has a 2496 × 2224 pixels resolution and 426 PPI. The cover display, on the other hand, remains the same at 6.4″. It boasts a 2504 × 1080 pixels resolution with the same 426 PPI. Likewise, Huawei has provided 1440 Hz PWM dimming on both displays for eye protection.
On top of that, the Mate X3’s screen bags two TÜV Rheinland certifications (Color Accuracy & Precise Color Projection) and becomes the first foldable to do so.
And the inner display gets complemented by an LTPO controller while the outer display settles for the LTPS technology for better adaptive refresh rate control. Both displays have a punch hole for housing the selfie cameras.
For display protection, the company has used “Kunlun” glass on the outer display. It’s the same glass used in the Mate 50 series. According to Huawei, this is an ultra-high-strength drop-resistant glass with a 10-fold increase in drop resistance.
Meanwhile, the multilayered inner display also boasts a layer of non-Newtonian fluid materials that offers 4X drop resistance. Both displays bag a five-star drop-resistance certification from Switzerland’s SGS.
Performance
Under the hood, the Mate X3 gets the horsepower of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. However, this will only support the 4G network due to the U.S.A’s restriction on Huawei. The silicon is based on TSMC’s 4nm process and features a prime X2 core at 3.2GHz frequency. It is coupled with 12GB RAM and up to 1TB of internal storage.
For keeping the thermals in check, the Mate X3 uses a cross-hinge cooling system with a unique flexible conductive layer. This helps to share the heat across the dual parts of the screen with a 20% larger heat dissipation area than its predecessor. Likewise, the phone boots on HarmonyOS 13.1 based on Android 13.
Camera
Coming to the optics, the Mate X3 sports a triple camera setup. On the rear side, you are looking at a 50MP Sony IMX 766 main camera, accompanied by a 13MP ultrawide and 12MP telephoto shooter with a 5X optical zooming capability.
The brand has provided OIS support for the primary and periscope lenses except for the ultrawide unit. All of the lenses enjoy X-Mage coating and filters. Meanwhile, there are two 8MP front cameras on the punch-hole sides of both the outer and inner displays.
Battery and Others
Fueling the foldable phone is a 4800mAh battery with 66W wired fast charging support. It also supports 50W wireless charging. Additionally, there is also the Collector’s Edition version with a bigger 5060mAh silicon carbon battery.
Talking of the connectivity options, the Mate X3 includes 4G, Wi-Fi 802.11 ax (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.2, GPS (L1 + L5 dual-band), NavIC, NFC, and a USB 3.1 Type-C port.
Huawei Mate X3 Specifications:
- Display: Main (7.45-inches AMOLED panel, 120Hz) | Secondary (6.45-inches AMOLED panel, 120Hz)
- Resolution: Main screen: 2496 × 2224 pixels | Secondary: 2504 × 1080 pixels
- Chipset: Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (4nm process)
- CPU: Octa-core (1×3.2 GHz Cortex X2 + 3×2.5 GHz Cortex-A710 + 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A510)
- GPU: Adreno 730
- RAM: 12GB
- Storage: 256GB/512GB/1TB
- Software & UI: Android 13 with HarmonyOS 13.1 on top
- Rear Camera: Triple-camera;– 50MP, Sony IMX766, f/1.8 primary sensor; OIS– 13MP, f/2.2 ultra-wide lens– 12MP, 5X optical zoom, f/2.4 telephoto lens; OIS
- Front Camera: 8MP, f/2.2
- Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band (2.4 & 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, GPS / AGPS / GLONASS / BeiDou / Galileo / QZSS, USB Type-C
- Battery: 4800mAh battery with 66W fast charging
Huawei Mate X3 Price and Availability:
The Mate X3’s pricing begins from CNY 12,999 with the base 12/256GB variant. Converting straight into local currency, the Huawei Mate X3 price in Nepal becomes NPR 250,857 for the 12/256GB model.
| Huawei Mate X3 | Price in China (Official) | Price in Nepal (Converted) |
| 12/256GB | CNY 12,999 | NPR 250,857 |
| 12/512GB | CNY 13,999 | NPR 270,112 |
| 12/1TB | CNY 15,999 | NPR 308,703 |