Huawei Mate X: Controversial Chinese firm latest to take on Samsung Galaxy Fold with its own bendy phone

Chinese phone company Huawei has unveiled its own foldable phone, the latest bendy phone to hit the market. Its Mate X will take on the Samsung Galaxy Fold as well as a whole host of other foldable handsets. Manufacturers claim that the new phones – which include screens that can bend out, fold over and become twice as big, like a tablet – will allow people to combine a traditional phone and an iPad-sized screen all in one. The release comes at a controversial time for Huawei, which has been accused by countries around the world of being too close to the Chinese government. The phones are difficult to buy in some counties like the US, which has repeatedly said the phones are unsafe.