Huawei silently admits defeat, lets Samsung lead the way to foldables Samsung is the world’s top foldable smartphone manufacturer and it’s amusing to think that Huawei and the Mate X were considered a threat to Samsung and the emerging Galaxy Fold a few years ago. The first skirmish between the two companies, or rather between the Huawei Mate X and the Galaxy Fold was short but nonetheless interesting. Each OEM had its own idea of what purpose this new foldable display technology should fulfil, and this led to the Mate X and the Galaxy Fold looking very different from one another.