Where is the big breakthrough of foldable smartphones? – Tablets and Phones – News

These were techniques that became possible about the same time: 5G and foldable smartphones. While 5G is now in every high-end smartphone and many midrange models, there are still only a handful of foldable phones. How is that possible?

It felt like the beginning of a new era: Royole presented in October 2018 his FlexPai phone. In comparison, the first phone with 5G was from Xiaomi and that announcement was two weeks before. These were the two techniques that had to pull the ailing smartphone market out of the doldrums. The growth had stopped since 2016.

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