The Huawei Mate XT tri-fold is powered by the 7nm Kirin 9010 AP. | Image credit-Huawei
The Kirin 9010 has a CPU configuration made up of 2 cores TaiShan V121 at 2.30 GHz, 6 cores TaiShan V121 at 2.18 GHz, and 4 cores Cortex-A510 at 1.55 GHz. The chip is built by SMIC, the world’s third-largest foundry, using its 7nm N+2 process node. While an enhanced 7nm chipset, it is considered to be a nice improvement over the 7nm Kirin 9000s 5G which was unveiled by Huawei last year for the Mate 60 series. It was the first Kirin chip with 5G support to power a Huawei phone since the 5nm Kirin 9000 was used to drive 2020’s Mate 40 line.
The Mate XT works with Huawei’s two-way satellite calling feature that allows the user to make calls even in areas without cellular or Wi-Fi reception. The phone has a dual hinge which keeps the screens flexible and continues the use of a variable aperture for the primary camera, a feature Huawei launched with the Mate 50 series in 2022 and has continued to offer since.
