Is The Vivo X Fold Folding Phone Coming To The United States?
TheVivo X Fold is a promising new foldable smartphone and the first from the Chinese manufacturer. However, Samsung has a strong grip on the foldable smartphone market, not only because it has launched more foldable smartphones than any other manufacturer but also as a result of their wide availability as it sells them in several countries across the globe.
Save for Samsung, the only other manufacturer that sells its foldable smartphones in multiple regions is Huawei. This can be surprising, considering the sanctions placed on Huawei have greatly affected its business. Its most-recent foldable is the clamshell-style Huawei P50 Pocket, the only true Galaxy Z Flip 3 rival. Apart from China, Huawei also sells the phone in other countries in Asia and Europe.
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Vivo's X Fold is yet to be available for purchase anywhere in the world, but it is already accepting pre-orders in its home country of China ahead of the April 22 release date. Unfortunately, Vivo didn't disclose plans for a global release of its first foldable phone at the launch, so there is no news of its availability outside China. However, if that changes in the future, it likely won't be sold in the United States as Vivo doesn't sell its phones in North America.
Vivo isn't the only Chinese manufacturer that limits the availability of its foldable smartphone to China alone. For example, the Honor Magic V, another Galaxy Z Fold 3 challenger that launched in Jan. 2022, can only be bought in China. There is also the compact Oppo Find N, which is a pretty impressive foldable smartphone but is also exclusive to China. Great as these devices are, and in some cases better and cheaper than Samsung's
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