The OPPO Find N2 Flip is an excellent foldable mobile and even the Galaxy Z Flip 4 looks like an old one due to the external screen it has, which is very small. These phones remain in the flagships and their prices are very high for many users, so a cheap folding still seems a long way off.
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A cheap folding mobile is impossible right now
Billy ZhangOPPO’s vice president of sales and service mentioned at MWC 2023 that now is not the time for mid-range foldable phones.
The engineering behind them, their components, and the hardware needed to make them up are vastly superior to those with the same specs outside of the “foldable” realm.
OPPO Find N2 Flip
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This question is about the possibility that a brand can launch a foldable smartphone at a lower price than those existing in the Spanish market. And it is that practically none fall below a thousand dollars.
That is to say, at the moment these foldable mobiles are close to the most expensive smartphones, so the mere idea of being able to get a cheap or mid-range one is simply for the near future.
OPPO Find N2 Flip and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4
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OPPO explained the reason behind so that we forget the acquisition of a folding that could fall on the prices of the low end, so that we put aside even a cheap one.
There is a very logical fact: a screen requires a partitioned motherboard in two parts, which means that an engineering design of its internal parts results in a high price for its components.
When would a folding mobile be cheap or cheaper?
vivo is already working on its two new folding mobiles
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As with technology, when it becomes popular and widespread, the costs of its distribution are reduced to become the key factor in lowering prices. An increase in sales of folding mobiles would allow this reduction, although, as Zhang points out, this process will take time.
What OPPO also let down is that does not intend to lower the price of such a device at the cost of a decrease in its quality. No one would dare launch a foldable that quickly produces unpleasant experiences such as the fold not working well or the screen losing quality for some reason.
But you should take note of the other of his words, via Gizmochina, OPPO and other manufacturers are already behind the launch of a mid-range foldable. Which brings us directly to the fact that we forget at least to find in a few years a cheap folding that was close to the bottom of the range.
What Apple will enter this segment mobiles would also be helpful, as it tends to drive the market quickly, although that also seems a long way off. Yes, Samsung is working, at least in 2024, to launch up to six foldable models: the Galaxy Z Flex, the Z Fold Ultra, the Z Flip Ultra, and the Z Tab, which would be added to the already existing Galaxy Z. Fold and return in Z.
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