234: The Ideological Folding Wars

Major players Samsung and Huawei have introduced expensive smartphones with foldable screens, but do their different approaches tell us anything about the future of the category? And where goes Apple fit in to the equation? We also take some time to contemplate the roll-out of Marzipan and what it means for the future of macOS.

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Upgrade #229: A More Intentional Folding - Relay FM

Samsung’s foldable phone is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold - The Verge

Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone is a thinner 5G rival to the Galaxy Fold - The Verge

Huawei Mate X - The FOLDABLE 5G Smartphone - SuperSaf - YouTube

Huawei Mate X hands-on: our foldable future - The Verge

Steven Sinofsky's Foldable Thread

Folding iPhone: Another Apple patent granted - 9to5Mac

Apple Is Said to Target Combining IPhone, IPad, Mac Apps by 2021 - Bloomberg

Gurman: Marzipan roll-out a three-year process - Six Colors

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