Some of the first cases for foldable smartphones have been revealed, and there’s a fair chance the beautiful, slimline handset you just spent $2k or more on
Some of the first cases for foldable smartphones have been revealed, and there’s a fair chance the beautiful, slimline handset you just spent $2k or more on will be left a lot less visually pleasing. The folding phone battles started earlier this month, when Samsung debuted its Galaxy Fold alongside the Galaxy S10.
Huawei then fired back, bringing the Mate X to Mobile World Congress 2019 this past week. Though probably the most polished of the foldables we saw in Barcelona, it certainly wasn’t the only one. Numerous companies brought along prototypes, or confirmed that they, too, were planning to embrace the form-factor.
That’s all well and good, but the reality is that many people aren’t going to want to take their folding phone out unprotected. With the Galaxy Fold coming in at just shy of $2,000, and the Huawei even more expensive, that’s a lot of flagship cutting-edge technology to risk dropping or scratching. Making it even more perilous, the plastic foldable screens are going to be far more susceptible to scuffs and gouges than the glass panels we’re currently used to.
