In recent years, folding phones have become more and more popular. Having a phone that can fold into a small tablet seems to be the future of smartphones. However, the large price tags and lacking hardware bring into question whether this is the smartphone of the future?
What about folding phones are making them popular? Why could they become the future of smartphones?
Imagine you are on the subway home and want to work on a project, or you are on a plane and want to watch a movie, or be able to quickly be able to review some note for a big test. These situations can all be solved by the convinience of having the folding phone turn into a mini tablet to get what you need done.
Instead of having a seperate tablet and smartphone that could end up costing more, you could simply turn your phone into that tablet. All in one device. having one less device to worry about makes it all so much simpler.
What about the folding phones that could keep it from its success?
There are many elements to its price tag not being considered worth it. An example is that it could be cheaper to get an expensive phone and a tablet separately. the software for these phones for the tablets are improving but are not quite there yet. Also, the quality of the phone is kind of mid-high range(without folding element). Not something you want from a phone that commonly has a $1800 price tag.
Another reason is the why. Many people are asking the why to get the folding phone. This is just more screen time than a person would really want and more for the phone power users. The common consumer will just want a quality phone that is a phone and not have to pay more money to that company.
Are folding phones going to be the future of all smartphones?
I believe this could become the power users dream. The folding phone could become the one and only phone for all power users. However, for the common consumer, this is not going to happen. The price is to much for what is a cool feature for most. If this were to become the future smartphone for the common consumers, lots of things will needto change.Â