BEIJING — Huawei has received more than 2.7 million pre-orders for its trifold smartphone, .
The Chinese company began pre-orders for its Mate XT midday on Saturday. That was more than two days ahead of planned iPhone 16 launch early morning Tuesday Beijing time.
Huawei had previously announced it would . The company has yet to share a price for the Mate XT. The device is set to officially begin sales on Sept. 20.
fell out of the list of top five smartphone vendors in China in the second quarter, . It was the held all five spots, the firm said.
Huawei ranked fourth by market share with 10.6 million smartphones shipped, according to Canalys.
The firm only shared shipments for the top five vendors.
Huawei already sells folding and flip phones, as do its Chinese competitors. Apple has yet to expand into those categories.
