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Huawei beats Samsung and Apple to market with the first wide foldable

2026-04-20T09:06:16-04:00

Huawei’s Pura X Max (pictured) is the first wide-style foldable over the finish line. | Image: Huawei / The Verge

Huawei has launched its passport-style foldable in China, ahead of similar devices said to be coming from Apple and Samsung. That makes the Pura X Max the first wide foldable phone that's actually available to buy, with today's launch now giving us the full specifications and price after its design was unveiled by Huawei last week.

There are two versions of the Pura X Max, both of which are available to preorder starting today. The standard version starts at 10999 yuan (about $1,613) for 12GB of memory and 256GB of storage, or 11,999 yuan (about $1,800) for 512GB of storage. The Pura X Max Collector's Edition starts at 12,999 yuan (about $ …

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Huawei beats Apple and Samsung with new wide foldable

2026-04-13T04:17:44-04:00

The Pura X Max’s wide aspect ratio should make it a better option for watching horizontal video. | Image: Huawei

Apple and Samsung have both been strongly linked with plans for foldable phones in a boxy, wide aspect ratio, but it looks like another company will get there first. Huawei has just revealed the design of the Pura X Max, a new foldable it's launching in China next week, and its passport-esque form factor is a dead ringer for early leaks of the iPhone Fold.

We don't know too much about the Pura X Max yet, which will get a full release on April 20th alongside the colorful Pura 90 series, but early images shared by Huawei show blue, white, orange, and black versions of the phone, all featuring a triple rear camera. The rear design, with gridde …

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A wide foldable iPhone dummy emerges amid rumors of a delay

2026-04-07T08:01:35-04:00

The two iPhone 18 Pro dummies look much like last year’s 17 Pro models. | Image: Sonny Dickson

We might have our first good look at the shape of the oddly wide iPhone Fold, after leaker and journalist Sonny Dickson shared photos of what he says is a dummy unit of the foldable, alongside similar models of the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. The apparent design leak comes as it's reported that early engineering tests of the foldable have suffered from production problems which may cause it to ship months later than other iPhones this year.

Dickson, who has a good track record for sourcing accurate dummy models of Apple and Samsung phones used by case makers to test and design their products, shared images of the foldable unit on Bluesky …

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Oppo made the best foldable phone, again

2026-04-08T06:09:50-04:00

Closed, the Find N6 is about as thin as any regular phone. | Photo: Dominic Preston / The Verge

There are always a few reasons people give for not buying a foldable phone. Some - price, battery life, camera quality - are mostly a matter of manufacturers balancing spec sheets to offset the added cost of the folding hardware. Others - durability, size - were practical design problems that have mostly been solved. But the crease always felt different, fundamental: something that foldables would be stuck with no matter what.

Oppo disagrees.

It claims that the Find N6 is the first foldable with a "zero-feel" crease, one so subtle that you can hardly tell it's there. And while there's just a hint of marketing exaggeration there, Oppo isn't …

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Oppo’s nearly creaseless foldable isn’t launching in Europe after all

2026-03-17T09:15:09-04:00

The Find N6 has what Oppo calls a “zero-feel crease.”

Oppo has launched its "zero-feel crease" foldable, the Find N6, but while we knew it was unlikely to launch in the US, it's a shame to discover that the promised "global" launch is also leaving Europe out in the cold. Instead, the Find N6 will go on sale from March 20th across what the company called its "key markets" in Asia, along with Australia and New Zealand.

It's a shame, because like the Find N5 before it, the N6 looks to be one of the best foldable phones yet. The standout feature is of course its crease, which I looked at in detail last week. Helped by a liquid 3D-printed hinge column, it's the shallowest crease I've seen on any fo …

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Samsung discontinues its Galaxy Z TriFold after just three months

2026-03-17T07:49:11-04:00

It’s your last chance to grab the Galaxy Z TriFold before Samsung’s inventory runs out for good. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Samsung is preparing to axe its first three-panel foldable phone less than three months after launching the device in the US. Sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold will first be wound down in Korea and then discontinued in the US once remaining inventory has been cleared, an unnamed Samsung spokesperson told Bloomberg.

This follows a report from Korean media outlet Dong-A Ilbo on Monday that says the TriFold will be getting a final domestic restock today, March 17th. Samsung's website stopped providing future restock updates for the foldable earlier this month, with the TriFold currently listed as "sold out" in the US.

It was only availabl …

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PSA: Don’t buy a $4,400 gray market Samsung TriFold on eBay

2026-03-18T12:51:12-04:00

It’s a TriFold, alright. But I don’t trust it.

I had to buy Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold from eBay for $4,399 and I'm pretty sure that's because Samsung doesn't want anyone to actually have this phone. I'm also afraid to turn it on.

Not that turning it on does much good. Whenever I tap "start" to set it up, a prompt to supply a "USIM" pops up and refuses to let me progress without one. I do not trust this phone enough to put a SIM card in it. The phone continues to want a SIM. We are at an impasse.

In theory, Samsung's ambitious TriFold has been on sale in the US since January 30th (retail price: $2,899), but it has been damn near impossible to get one. For any other phone launch we wou …

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Oppo’s new foldable isn’t quite creaseless, but it’s pretty damn close

2026-03-18T12:51:38-04:00

Let’s play a game of “spot the crease.“

The first thing most people seem to do when they try out a foldable phone I'm reviewing is look for the crease in the screen. In the case of Oppo's Find N6, it might take them a while.

Oppo claims that the Find N6, launching in full next week on March 17th, has the world's first "zero-feel crease" foldable display. Let's get one thing out of the way early: "zero" is pushing it.

You can feel the crease on this phone, but only barely, and only when you're really thinking about it. You can see it too, but only in the right light, at the right angle, and you sort of have to squint a little to spot it. This is the least obtrusive crease I've f …

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The Motorola Razr Fold is shaping up to be pure flagship

2026-03-18T12:51:59-04:00

It’s all starting to unfold. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Motorola has revealed a little more about its upcoming folding phone, and all signs point toward a premium option - not the budget-friendlier alternative the category could use.

For starters, the Razr Fold will cost €1,999 (about $2,350) bundled with the Moto Pen Ultra. It'll go on sale first in Europe, with North America to follow "in the coming months." Motorola hasn't confirmed how much it will cost without the stylus, or what the price is in US dollars.

The Razr Fold will come with a huge 6,000mAh silicon-carbon battery, making it the first foldable sold in North America to use the technology. It's not quite the biggest battery on any …

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Honor’s Magic V6 is the first foldable with an IP69 rating

2026-03-01T07:41:23-05:00

The Magic V6 is just slightly more water-resistant than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold.

For the third year running, Honor has announced what it says is the world's thinnest book-style folding phone. For the second year, it's combined that with the biggest battery in any foldable too. This year, for its third and final trick, the company went ahead and made sure it was the first foldable with an IP69 rating too.

The Honor Magic V6 was announced at MWC in Barcelona today, though Honor has played a bit fast and loose with timing to guarantee those three records: the V6 won't go on sale in China until some time later this month, and the international release is still months away, in the second half of the year, so Honor isn't sayi …

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