The Samsung Galaxy Fold was one of the first smartphones to ship with a foldable AMOLED designed to let you use the device as either a phone or a tablet. It’s an expensive phone with questionable build quality and durability. Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold2 5G looks like a much better device. But looks are about all […]
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Royole FlexPai 2 foldable phone is brighter and more bendy
Samsung, Motorola, and Huawei may have been the best-known companies to launch phones with foldable displays in 2019. But Royole was the first company to unveil a foldable phone. It’s just that the original Royole Flexpai wasn’t all that impressive in person thanks to a janky folding mechanism and highly visible crease. Now Royole is back with the Flexpai […]
Huawei introduces Mate Xs foldable phone (with a modest spec bump)
A year after introducing its first foldable smartphone (which didn’t actually start shipping until a few months ago), Huawei is back with the Huawei Mate Xs. The new folding phone… looks an awful lot like the old one. But it has some key updates. The Kirin 980 processor from the original Mate X has been […]
Samsung to sell Galaxy Z Flip’s foldable glass displays to other companies
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is the first smartphone to ship with a foldable glass display. And while it turns out the screen may not actually be that much more durable than plastic, it certainly looks nice and early reports are that it feels nicer than the foldable plastic OLED screen on the new Motorola Razr […]
Compal Flex Book is a foldable tablet with a laptop dock
Dell unveiled a concept tablet with a foldable OLED display at CES in January, and Lenovo promised to actually bring one to market later this year. Meanwhile Taiwanese manufacturer Compal has unveiled a Flex Book design that combines elements of a foldable tablet and a 2-in-1 laptop. At first glance the Flex Book looks like a […]
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is a modern flip phone with a flexible glass display
Samsung’s first smartphone with a foldable AMOLED display got mixed reviews, but at least it had a clear selling point — it’s a phone that also works as a tablet when unfolded. The company’s next phone is a modern smartphone that… you can fold in half. If early reviews of the similarly-shaped Motorola Razr are […]
You probably shouldn’t buy a smartphone from Pablo Escobar’s brother (Updated)
Late last year a company founded by the little brother of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar started promising to sell a smartphone with a foldable display for a fraction of the price charged by more established companies. So far Escobar Inc has failed to deliver its first phone… but that hasn’t stopped the […]
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip hands-on video shows the folding phone in action
We already had a pretty good idea that Samsung’s next foldable smartphone would be a modern take on the classic flip phone. Now a short hands-on video leaked by Ben Geskin gives us a better look at the the folding mechanism of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. As expected, when the screen is open, the […]
This is (probably) the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip foldable smartphone
Rumor has it that Samsung’s next smartphone with a foldable display won’t be a tablet that folds in half to become a phone-sized device like the Samsung Galaxy Fold. It’s expected to be a foldable flip phone-style device, more like the Motorola Razr. In December the first real-world picture of the rumored phone started making […]
Motorola Razr foldable phone will be available Feb 6 (pre-orders open Jan 26)
After a slight delay, Motorola’s first smartphone with a foldable OLED display is almost here. The company says the Motorola Razr goes up for pre-order at Motorola, Walmart, and Verizon starting January 26th, and it will be available in stores February 6th. As expected, the smartphone will be expensive — it sells for $1,500 (or about […]