Things to Consider When Buying Your First Foldable Smartphone

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Manufacturers like Samsung and Xiaomi have been playing with the idea of foldables for several years; buyers have been waiting for the various technologies that make these foldables work to become more reliable. Is 2023 that year? Well, it surely seems that way. While Samsung has dominated the foldable segment, delivering new models and upgrades year after year, it was expected that Chinese smartphone players would catch up at some point and possibly even leap ahead. Meanwhile, Apple has yet to take its first step into the brave and bold world of foldable smartphones.

If you want to know whether Chinese foldable smartphones have leapt ahead of Samsung in terms of technology and practicality, make sure to read my reviews of these smartphones. But for now, it is easy to point out that there are many more players in the foldables smartphones segment in India in 2023 compared to the past.

We have brands like Motorola, which launched not just an ultra-premium model like the Razr 40 Ultra (Review) but also an affordable option like the Razr 40, which makes foldable display technology and its advantages available and accessible to more buyers. Then there's Tecno, which recently launched its second foldable phone called the Phantom V Flip (Review), priced even lower than Motorola's affordable offering.

We then saw Oppo announce a newer and upgraded version of its Find N series clamshell foldable, called the Find N3 Flip, which replaces the Find N2 Flip, which was launched just seven months prior.

More recently, we witnessed the global launch of the OnePlus Open, the brand's first foldable ever in Mumbai, India, which speaks volumes about how global players are perceiving the Indian market.

Speaking to Shilpi Jain, Senior Analyst