So why will the Mate X get Android? The executive says that because the foldable device was announced in February, well before Huawei’s placement on the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List last month, the phone is not covered by the ban.

Huawei has been working on the Mate X screen to prevent a repeat of what happened to Samsung

Peng says that the Mate X will be available in any country with 5G service except for the U.S. of course. U.S. lawmakers consider Huawei to be public enemy number one because of the possibility that the communist Chinese government will demand that Huawei gather intelligence and send it to Beijing. There are fears that Huawei’s phones and networking equipment contain backdoors that will act as a conduit to key members of President Xi Jinping’s administration. Huawei has always denied this.

While the September launch seems like a delay, the truth is that Huawei was supposed to release the Mate X in the summer, which ends on September 21st. However, for some reason, most of the media had been expecting the phone to be made available in July. Meanwhile, Huawei has been in no rush to put the device up for sale. Unlike the Galaxy Fold, which has a 4G LTE version that will be released first, the Mate X features 5G connectivity and the next generation of wireless is rolling out very slowly. Peng stresses that the ban has nothing to do with the Mate X’s release date. Huawei has used the last few months to improve the P-OLED screen on the device. Peng says what Huawei is doing to prevent it from getting caught up with the same problems that Samsung had with its foldable is “… a secret. But we have done a lot of tests, especially for that.” You might recall that several influencers damaged their Galaxy Fold review units by peeling off a plastic film that they thought was supposed to be removed. This and several other problems led Sammy to delay its release.

If you’re in a country that welcomes Huawei and have $2,600 burning a hole in your pocket, September can’t come soon enough.