Huawei is an early mover in foldable phone technology and it is experimenting with new form factors like the Pura X – the so-called wide foldable. It’s an intermediate size between flip and book-style foldables. But what if the X got bigger? Today the company answers that question.
Huawei Pura X Max
The Huawei Pura X Max features a 5.4” cover and 7.7” internal display. Below you can see how it compares with the original X in terms of size. The Max is a newer generation folding design that is much thinner.
| Pura X | Pura X Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Cover display | 3.5” | 5.4” |
| Main display | 6.3” | 7.7” |
| Height (folded) | 91.7mm | 120mm |
| Width (folded) | 74.3mm | 85mm |
| Thickness (folded) | 15.1mm | 11.2mm |
| Width (unfolded) | 143.2mm | 166.5mm |
| Height (unfolded) | 91.7mm | 120mm |
| Thickness (unfolded) | 7.2mm | 5.2mm |
| Weight | 194g | 229g |
However, while the original Pura X had a media-friendly 16:10 display, the X Max is much more in line with a typical book-style foldable and has a fairly square inner display – the resolution of 2,584 x 1,828px works out to 14.1:10, which is just a bit wider than an old-school 4:3 ratio. The outer display (1,848 x 1,264px) has nearly the same aspect ratio. Both displays are 1-120Hz LTPO 2.0 panels with 1,440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming.
As was revealed in teasers, the Huawei Pura X Max supports a stylus, the Huawei M-Pen 3 Mini. It’s “mini” because it has to match the reduced height of this form factor. The stylus is paired with a specially-designed case. There’s also a case with a magnetic flip-out stand.
The Huawei Pura X Max is compatible with a stylus
The larger model has a larger battery too with 5,300mAh capacity, up from 4,720mAh on the X. The new phone supports 66W wired and 50W wireless SuperCharge.
The Huawei Pura X Max is powered by the Kirin 9030 Pro chipset. It promises a 30% performance uplift over the Kirin 9020 chip of the X. The chipset is cooled by a combination of a vapor chamber and a graphene sheet. As you probably know, Huawei no longer uses Android, instead you get HarmonyOS 6.1 out of the box.
Huawei Pura X Max
The frame of the X Max is made of an aluminum alloy. It also has more advanced dust and water resistance, going up from just IPX8 (no dust resistance) on the X to IP58/IP59 (dust protected, resistant against submersion and high temperature water jets). The outer screen is protected by second-gen Kunlun glass.
The main camera has a 50MP sensor with an OIS-enabled lens with a variable aperture (f/1.4-4.0). Then there is the 50MP periscope with an f/2.2 lens and OIS, plus a 12.5MP ultra-wide (f/2.2). All three of these cameras use RYYB sensors with a yellow sub-pixel instead of green. There are also two 8MP selfie cameras available, one on each display. Those will be primarily for video calls – you can do main camera selfies when you want the best quality.
The cameras use Huawei’s in-house XMAGE image processing, which is helped along with a second-generation color sensor.
This is an upgrade over the Pura X, which had a 50MP main with a fixed f/1.6 aperture, an 8MP telephoto and a 40MP ultra-wide. The extra resolution will help when zooming in.
Huawei Pura X Max color options
Unfortunately, we’re not sure whether we’ll see the Huawei Pura X Max outside of China. As for China, the phone is launching today in several colors, which you can see above. The prices are below plus a conversion to USD:
| Storage | Price | in USD |
|---|---|---|
| 12GB/256GB | CNY 11,000 | USD 1,615 |
| 12GB/512GB | CNY 12,000 | USD 1,760 |
| 16GB/512GB | CNY 13,000 | USD 1,905 |
| 16GB/1TB | CNY 14,000 | USD 2,055 |
