Huawei copies Samsung’s privacy display in its latest trifold

The Mate XT 2 also borrows Samsung’s inward-folding design.

Huawei has released its third trifold phone in China, and the company has clearly had half an eye on Samsung during development. Not only does the Mate XT 2 adopt the inward-folding form factor used on Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold , it’s also the first foldable to include a privacy-enhancing display, much like the one Samsung added to the Galaxy S26 Ultra this year.

The first Mate XT, which launched in China in late 2024 and internationally a few months later , used an accordion-esque folding design. It removed the need to include an additional cover screen on the phone, but left parts of the delicate folding display permanently exposed. The follow-up XTs retained the design, but the XT 2 instead takes inspiration from Samsung’s trifold, folding both sides of the 10.2-inch flexible screen inwards to keep them safe from harm.

More surprising is the addition of a privacy OLED display. This looks much like Samsung’s, so far only found on the S26 Ultra . When activated, it switches on pixels that emit light at narrower angles, making the screen appear almost black from the sides, but still visible head-on. It’s an optional extra, only available if you opt for 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage and pay a further ¥1,000 (about $150) to add the privacy screen.

Beyond the display, the XT 2 has Huawei’s new Kirin 9050 Pro chipset, improved water-resistance with an IP59 rating, and a triple rear camera. It launched today in China, starting at ¥19,999 ($3,000), though international release plans remain unknown. Samsung’s own Galaxy Z TriFold was discontinued shortly after its release last year, though leaks suggest that Samsung is still working on a follow-up.