What does the future hold for foldable smartphones?

This summer, Samsung is presenting the Galaxy Z Flip3 and Fold3, available from US$1,000 (RM4,195) and US$1,800 (RM7,551) respectively. — Samsung

Since their appearance on the market in 2019, smartphones with a foldable screen have been having a wow effect on consumers, and many of them have been sold on the novelty of the design, but their production and prices make them a niche market for a wealthy clientele. Whether or not they see success in the future with the general public will depend on a decrease in prices and larger adoption of the new uses they enable.

With few manufacturers making them, sales still very low, existing models’ high price tags and limited new uses, foldable smartphones’ main appeal is in their novelty and as such they have not yet been embraced by the consumer at large.