China's Huawei unveiled a new folding-screen phone on Sunday, joining the latest trend for bendable devices as it challenges the global smartphone market's dominant players, Apple and Samsung. Huawei revealed its Mate X phone on the eve of MWC Barcelona, a four-day showcase of mobile devices in Spain, as the company battles U.S. allegations it is a cybersecurity risk. The Mate X will sell for 2,299 euros ($2,600 US, or $3,400 Cdn) when it goes on sale by mid-year. Yu said Huawei engineers spent three years working on the device's hinge, which doesn't leave a gap when shut. Huawei still "has to find its own brand voice to differentiate from Samsung and Apple and stop acting as a technology challenger."

Source: CBC News February 24, 2019 17:49 UTC