Huawei is planning to release a three-fold smartphone on Sept. 10, just hours after Apple’s scheduled new iPhone launch.<\/p>\n
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BEIJING \u2014 Huawei has received more than 2.7 million pre-orders for its tri-fold smartphone, its website showed on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Chinese company began pre-orders for its Mate XT midday on Saturday. That was more than two days ahead of Apple’s<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> planned iPhone 16 launch early morning Tuesday Beijing time.<\/p>\n Huawei had previously announced it would launch a new product at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday<\/a>. The company has yet to share a price for the Mate XT. The device is set to officially being sales on Sept. 20.<\/p>\n Apple fell out of the list of top five smartphone vendors in China in the second quarter, according to Canalys<\/a>. It was the first time that domestic players<\/a> held all five spots, the firm said.<\/p>\n Huawei ranked fourth by market share with 10.6 million smartphones shipped, according to Canalys.<\/p>\n