If you think you know folding phones, think again – because by all accounts we’re staring down a second half of 2026 filled with a different kind of foldable: the widebody.

But we’ve been here before. Oppo was first to split the difference between the clamshell and book-type form factors in 2021 with the Find N, a phone that sold well enough to justify a sequel the following year. In 2023, Google followed suit with the even squatter Pixel Fold – and for a minute there, it felt like this might be the future of foldables. (Even Microsoft was in the mix for a minute with its dual-screen Surface Duo.)

But then as quickly as they appeared, these in-betweeners evaporated, with Oppo and Google returning to more conventional aspect ratios, leaving only Huawei to carry the squatty-smartphone torch with its (China-exclusive) Pura X and Pura X Max.

So why are Samsung and Apple taking us back to the widebody world, and how should we feel about that? Let’s, erm ... unfold that.

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This is the latest in a series of episodes exploring the many facets of life on a folding screen. From the best foldable phones of 2026 to the bleeding-edge world of folding-screen laptops, "Into The Fold" is MrMobile’s showcase for the most exciting movement in mobile technology since 2007!

This episode was produced following months and years with the review samples featured in this video, all of which were provided on a loan or extended-loan basis from their respective manufacturers. No manufacturer paid a fee or otherwise offered compensation in exchange for this coverage, nor did any company preview or approve this content before publication.

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