Exactly one year after unveiling its first ever foldable smartphone, Huawei is back with an updated version dubbed the Mate Xs (pronounced 'excess' rather than 'ten s') which introduces a series of hardware revisions to ensure a better experience.

Luckily for us, we had the chance to go hands-on with the futuristic product earlier today. Here are our initial impressions of the next-gen foldable.

The crease is less noticeable this time around

The Huawei Mate Xs features a massive tablet-like 8-inch AMOLED display with almost zero interruptions. There is a slight crease in the middle, as shown in some of the hands-on photos below, but it's really only visible in certain lighting.

The area of display in question feels a little raised if you run your finger over it. Fortunately, this doesn't seem to impact the experience and is much less noticeable than on last year's equivalent.

Hopefully that’s because flexible screen technology has matured significantly in the past twelve months and not because these prototypes have only just rolled off the production line. Either way, it won’t be too long before we know what the controversial crease looks like on retail units.