This Chinese Computer Is Quietly Killing Apple

Huawei just built a foldable laptop that is thinner than a MacBook Air, but the real story is not the folding screen. In this video, we break down Huawei’s MateBook Fold Ultimate Design, an 18-inch foldable laptop that opens into a massive OLED display and folds down into a portable 13-inch form factor. It weighs just 1.16 kilograms, measures only 7.3 millimeters thick when open, and uses dual-layer OLED, LTPO display technology, and Huawei’s largest laptop hinge ever. But despite the headlines, Huawei did not build the world’s first foldable laptop. Lenovo did that in 2020 with the ThinkPad X1 Fold, followed by Asus with the Zenbook 17 Fold OLED. Huawei arrived later, but it built the thinnest and lightest foldable laptop so far, while also doing something Lenovo and Asus did not: replacing the chip and operating system underneath it. This video explains why the Kirin X90 processor, HarmonyOS 5, HiSilicon, SMIC, and Huawei’s domestic laptop ecosystem matter more than the folding screen itself. After years of U.S. sanctions, export controls, lost access to TSMC, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and eventually Microsoft’s Windows license, Huawei had to rebuild its PC stack from the ground up. We also cover the MateBook Pro, Huawei’s cheaper non-folding laptop launched on the same day with the same Kirin X90 chip and HarmonyOS 5, showing that this is not just a one-off foldable flagship. It is the beginning of Huawei’s attempt to move laptops onto its own chips, its own software, and its own supply chain. This is not just a story about a foldable laptop. It is a story about Huawei, China’s semiconductor comeback, HarmonyOS, Kirin chips, SMIC, U.S. sanctions, Apple, Lenovo, Asus, Microsoft, Intel, and the global race to control the future of personal computing. #Huawei #MateBookFold #FoldableLaptop #China #ChineseTechnology #HarmonyOS #KirinX90 #HiSilicon #SMIC #Semiconductors #Apple #Lenovo #Asus #Laptop #TechBreakthrough