This New Smartphone is Selling for $10,000 on eBay

Finally, something innovative

First, I’m sorry for focusing so much on smartphones recently. It just happens to be an interesting time with a lot of news.

I’m happy to say that a new phone has come out that has re-ignited my passion for mobile computing devices. While reception of the iPhone 16 was mixed, this phone dropped the next day. And since then, while there have been a few videos on my YouTube feed about the iPhone 16, there have probably be 5-10x as many for the Huawei Mate XT. The internet is going absolutely insane over it.

The Mate XT is the first phone to have essentially 3 screens and fold in two places. When entirely folded up, it works as any other phone and is only slightly thicker. When unfolded, WOW. It’s a 10” tablet. You can even partially unfold it so two screens are active. It has stunning displays and is a massive leap forward in smartphones.

The base price for it is $2,800.

And it sold out immediately in China, passing 3,000,000 units in its first 24 hours. If you want one, you can go to eBay where they are going for over $10,000.

This is the first device in a decade or longer I’ve seen that makes me believe there is still room to innovate in smartphones. It’s an unbelievably futuristic and feature packed design that will no doubt be incredibly useful. Sadly, it’s not available in the US as we have outlawed Huawei and it runs Harmony OS, which is not widely supported.

I have to say very directly that this kind of innovation makes Apple look pathetic. Even more, it makes Chinese phone companies look far ahead of their US and Korean counterparts. The device is even under 5mm thick!

Come on Apple. Stop sitting on your ass and do something new. The disappointing launch of the 16 followed by the explosive introduction of a tri-fold phone is embarrassing.

Let’s make phones fun again.