If you thought MWC 2019 only witnessed a boatload of 5G-enabled phones, well, there’s another buzzword you can clearly hear on everyone’s mouth at the show floor – foldable phones. Yes, this year’s smartphone gathering in Barcelona is truly about foldables.
- Huawei Mate X
Huawei Mate X
- Samsung Galaxy Fold
Samsung Galaxy Fold
Nubia Alpha
- TCL DragonHinge Foldable
Instead of launching a foldable device at MWC 2019, Chinese phone maker TCL chose to captivate the masses by showing a myriad of foldable prototypes that used its patented DragonHinge technology. TCL showed off everything from a Galaxy Fold-like tablet to a smartphone that folds inwards in half, with a substantial gap between the screens, and more.
TCL DragonHinge Foldable
Oppo Foldable Prototype
Are Foldable Phones the Future?
While the many devices might tell you that foldable devices are here to stay, they will ship sometime later in 2019 and one common denominator for the ones shown off at MWC 2019 has been that no one’s allowed to touch them. Weird, right?
