GoKawiilTL;DR Huawei’s MWC-unveiled MateBook Fold Ultimate Design is now making its retail debut in China.
The device boasts an 18-inch OLED touchscreen that folds down into a more-traditional 13-inch form factor.
The laptop builds on existing ones within the same niche category, including the Zenbook Fold 17 and the ThinkPad X1 Fold.
Mobile World Congress 2026 wrapped up over 150 days ago, but the vision that Huawei showed off at the event is still clear as day. The Shenzhen, China-based company unveiled a premium foldable laptop at the event in Barcelona, and the device quickly grabbed a spot on our “Breakthrough” awards list. Now, the laptop is breaking through its prototype perception with a retail debut!
Back in March, we described the model as a “premium foldable laptop with a large 18-inch OLED display that folds into a compact form factor, blurring the line between tablet and traditional notebook.” That still stands true, but now that the device is official, we know a lot more about the Huawei MateBook Fold Ultimate Design (yep, that’s a mouthful), and what truly makes it tick.
Huawei is raising the bar
First things first: No, the futuristic-looking touchscreen foldable laptop isn’t coming to the US. The Huawei ban is still very much in effect. That said, the MateBook Fold could influence other manufacturers and the broader PC market, nudging giants like Dell, ASUS, HP, Lenovo, and others to further invest in said futuristic-looking touchscreen foldable laptop category.
For reference, ASUS already has the Zenbook Fold 17, while Lenovo has the ThinkPad X1 Fold. Both fairly recent devices fall under the niche touchscreen foldable laptop category and have proven that there’s genuine interest in the space. Huawei’s take pushes the category further.
For starters, the MateBook Fold is thinner and lighter than any of the others in the category. It measures in at 14.9mm x 288.5mm x 193.7mm when folded and 7.3mm x 382.5mm x 288.5mm when unfolded. The display measures 13 inches in its folded state and 18 inches when unfolded.
Despite the big display and the underlying folding mechanism, the laptop weighs in at just 1.16kg, making it lighter than the Zenbook Fold 17 and the ThinkPad X1 Fold.
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