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The flip cellphone taking part in subject is about to get extra crowded.
Huawei is tipped to launch an entry-level flip cellphone throughout the first half of subsequent yr, in line with a Thursday submit by a tipster Revegnus on X. The clamshell-style cellphone might begin for as little as $735, the leaker says, and is anticipated to be a part of Huawei’s P Pocket lineup.
Final yr, Huawei launched the Pocket S, its first entry-level flip cellphone and a scaled-down model of P50 Pocket. It shares the identical design language as its pricier sibling, specifically a standout characteristic of two massive circles on the quilt panel. One circle serves because the digital camera bump, whereas the opposite is a 1.04-inch spherical cowl display. Each telephones have been launched in China solely.
Though flip telephones and their book-style counterparts are more and more receiving industrial releases by main phone-makers, foldable telephones nonetheless make up a small sliver of the broader smartphone market. Nonetheless, trade analysis companies anticipate the foldable cellphone pie to develop. IDC studies that it expects worldwide shipments of foldable telephones to achieve 21.4 million models in 2023. This represents a rise of greater than 50% over the 14.2 million models shipped in 2022. By 2027, it says, foldable telephones ought to seize 3.5% of total market share, which interprets to greater than 48 million shipments.
Huawei’s Pocket P50 first got here out in 2022.
In keeping with Revegnus, Samsung appears to be engaged on an analogous cellphone. In August the tipster tweeted that, “rumors of ongoing testing for the launch of the Galaxy Z FE (lite mannequin), after the Fold/Flip 6.”
Samsung’s Fan Version, or FE, sequence represents a scaled-down model of its foremost flagship lineup. Earlier in October, Samsung revealed its $600 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE. This cellphone contains most of the identical options because the $800 Galaxy S23, however makes just a few compromises to hit the cheaper price.
Given the tipped launch timelines, the Huawei’s new flip cellphone could possibly be launched alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, that are anticipated to obtain a launch in August subsequent yr.
