Pete Lau hints at the upcoming OnePlus foldable

This week goes by foldable smartphones. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4 on Wednesday. Motorola RAZR 2022 and Xiaomi MIX Fold 2 arrived yesterday.

This new type of mobile phone has gone through an experimental phase and the new generation is already offering us Robust, practical foldable smartphones with a user-friendly user interface.

Sooner or later, all smartphone manufacturers will release their own foldable mobile phone. Founder and CEO of OnePlus, Pete Laudid not want to remain in the shadows this week and confirmed on Twitter that they are already preparing their own oneplus foldable mobile phone:

What we see here screen hinge mechanism, with which OnePlus works. We don’t know if this is a prototype or the final version.

From the angle of the fold and the camera shot, it’s hard to tell if it’s about you. folding bed like the Galaxy Z Flip 4, or book type like Galaxy Fold 4. The photo on the left is similar to the first, and the photo on the right is like the second. Perhaps OnePlus is working on both versions. At the moment, all speculation.

With mobile phone sales stagnating, even plummeting like in China, manufacturers are desperately looking for new motives to “invite” users change mobile. Aspects such as cameras, power or autonomy are no longer used, so The next Holy Grail is called foldable mobile phones.

But for now, they represent two important barriers. Firstly, these are very spectacular smartphones, but a bit bulky when folded. Xiaomi has begun to address this issue with the launch of the ultra-thin MIX Fold 2. When folded, it is just 11mm thick, just like a standard mobile phone in a case. Such is the way.

The second drawback is Price. Foldable smartphones are expensive to manufacture because they have a larger screen, 8 inches or more, and are also foldable. And the hinges and all the accompanying technology for folding and protecting the screen are not cheap. Most also have a second screen. So It will take some time to see foldable phones priced at 200 or 300 euros.

Finally, users need to be excited. At the moment, folding mobiles do not attract much attention. Probably due to the above two shortcomings.

Will we face another telephony bombardment or will it remain in a niche market?