Just five years ago, the idea of the smartphone in your pocket having a foldable screen was a futuristic dream. But in 2023 it’s very much a reality. They might cost more than their flat glass screen counterparts, but if you want a gadget that’s on the cutting edge of modern consumer technology, you can’t go wrong with a folding phone.
Or can you? Given the technology is so new, we have found that some foldable smartphones are better than others. We’ve reviewed several different models to find out which is best. All the phones on our list take one of two basic form factors – either book or flip. The former open with a vertical hinge like a book, while the latter flip open on a horizontal hinge and recall the flip phones popular in the 1990s and 2000s. Book foldable have outer displays when closed that you can use but hide a larger internal display that is like using a small tablet. Samsung rules the market for these at the moment, but the Google Pixel Fold
