Huawei's new trifold phone got more than 2 million preorders in a few hours, just before Apple is set to announce new iPhones

• Huawei's Mate XT garnered 2.7 million preorders within hours of its launch.
• The trifold smartphone will be unveiled just hours after Apple's Glowtime event.
• Huawei has made a comeback in the global smartphone market and is competing directly with Apple.

One of China's top smartphone makers raked in 2.8 million preorders for its latest phone just one day after reservations began — even before people learned its price.

Huawei's Mate XT, a trifold smartphone, is set to be unveiled during an event on Tuesday in China. On Huawei's online sales platform, which is selling the device in two colors, nearly 3 million people had registered interest at publication time.