[dageshi]

Samsung was the first out with foldable phones 5-6 years ago I think?

I don't think it's complacency I think the existing form factor is just overwhelmingly popular and good enough for most people.

[notahacker]

Yeah. The Galaxy Fold was genuinely innovative, and surprisingly practical. Huawei did an early folding phone too.. before the sanctions.

Chinese companies do far more innovative stuff than they're given credit for by Americans, but putting one more fold and an even sillier price tag on their premium phone than the competition isn't it

[throawayonthe]

the first commercially available one was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royole_FlexPai (chinese startup) and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_Mate_X released almost concurrently with the samsung