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It will cost you over $1,100 to replace the screen on Huawei’s trifold phone

The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design smartphone partially folded.
You’ll want to be extra careful with Huawei’s new trifold Mate XT Ultimate Design smartphone. | Image: Huawei

Huawei has revealed the cost of replacement parts for the world’s first dual-hinged, triple-screen folding phone, and it’s another round of sticker shock. The Mate XT Ultimate Design starts at around $2,809, but should you damage its folding screen enough to need repairs, you’ll be potentially paying an additional 7,999 yuan, or around $1,123, for a replacement OLED panel.

That’s assuming you agree to let Huawei recycle the damaged screen for free. Should you turn down that offer, a new screen for the Mate XT will instead cost you 9,799 yuan, or over $1,376. Ouch.

Image: Huawei

More folds mean more potential points of failure.

Huawei does offer some ways to save money on screen repairs for its new trifold phone….

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