Foldable handsets turn over China's sluggish smartphone market

China's smartphone industry is doubling over with deals lately to move products from warehouse to pocket.

Due to sluggish downstream consumer demand, the country's smartphone shipments dropped by nearly 12 percent in Q3 this year.

To pique consumer interest, major brands like Huawei, Apple and Xiaomi all offered sizable discounts during this year's shopping season.

But these days, smart buyers are looking for more than cheap prices.

Enter foldable handsets.

With wide display screens or clamshell type features, foldable phones of all sorts are proving to be the next big thing.

In the third quarter alone, China shipped out more than one million units of foldable phones, a whopping 246-percent increase from last year.

At brick-and-mortar shops like this one in Shenzhen City, foldable phones are only available through pre-orders.

Data from IDC research says before the year is through, China's global shipments of foldable phones are expected to reach 13.5 million units.

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[soyoucametosee]

Bring back the Motorola milspec flip phone. No fancy internet or games just a solid phone.

[jacksanders]

A wise man once said, I don't believe in natural resources but the brains that can use them to create,

[americanknow]

O thought folded phone has disppered while ago. now, it is compning back?