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Foldable Smartphone Market to See its First Decline in 2025 Before Robust Comeback in 2026
www.counterpointresearch.com2024 saw the global foldable market growing at a comparatively flat annual rate of 2.9%.Samsung and OPPO’s unusually weak Q4 negatively impacted broader market dynamics.Huawei was a bright spot, as were Motorola, HONOR and Xiaomi.We are forecasting further tightness with single-digit negative growth for 2025.Order books are signaling a massive 2026 turnaround on Apple's entry and clamshell resurgence.Seoul, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, London, New Delhi, San Diego, Taipei, Tokyo – March 28, 2025Global foldable smartphone shipments in 2024 saw tepid growth at 2.9% YoY, according to Counterpoint Research’s latest Global Foldable Smartphone Market Forecast. Although many OEMs saw double- and triple-digit growth, the market’s overall growth was impacted by Samsung’s tough Q4 due to political instability, and OPPO cutting production of its more affordable clamshell foldables.Global Foldable Smartphone Shipment ForecastSource: Counterpoint Research Global Foldable Smartphone ForecastThis year is expected to be even tougher, with Counterpoint forecasting single-digit negative growth for the market in 2025. “I don’t see many positives this year and we are actually expecting negative growth for the segment, which will be a first,” observed Senior Analyst Jene Park. “But it is definitely not a sign of the market peaking; rather it is a sign of regrouping before 2026, which is expected to be exciting and rejuvenating for the segment with the entry of Apple and a slew of clamshells.”Counterpoint Research’s latest Foldable and Rollable Display Shipment and Technology Report supports this growth view for 2026 with the forecast of a mid-double-digit YoY growth in panel procurement. “The supply chain is telling us foldable order books are filling up further out,” said Research Director Calvin Lee. “At the moment, this doesn’t look like a market that is plateauing – it looks like a market that is about to transform. And that requires a lot of planning, hence the slight pullback this year.”BackgroundCounterpoint Technology Market Research is a global research firm specializing in products in the TMT (technology, media and telecom) industry. It services major technology and financial firms with a mix of monthly reports, customized projects and detailed analyses of the mobile and technology markets. Its key analysts are seasoned experts in the high-tech industry.Follow Counterpoint Researchpress@counterpointresearch.com
What makes you say the phone is useless in folded mode? I had the Fold 3 and 6 and I never really found the front screen to be an issue. If anything, I found it more usable than regular slab phones because of how narrow it is, it makes one handed usage so easy.
I had the 3, it is so insanely fucking narrow.
Like using an iPhone 4 or something.
The pixel fold I have now is great, usable in both form factors.
Did you set it to a higher zoom level or do you have large hands? The Fold 6 i have now is honestly already way too big for me and I personally wished they kept the size of the Fold 3 and just made the bezels smaller.
I have normal sized hands, I just love huge screens and can single handed text on most, I used the note series since forever except when I went LG.
But reddit canceled their api and trying to use Firefox for it sucked major ass, the vroser version of the site is barely usable at all but damn if I was going to use their Spyware app.
You can try using a Revanced-patched version of the 3rd party apps. I’m using it with Boost and it still works fine.
I know, but im at an age that micromanaging all my phone apps just isn’t fun anymore, I jailbroke my first iPhone 3g and that was a nightmare, I try to stick to stuff that won’t break much.
In any case, I have a working methadone for reddit, and as lemmy gets more popular I’m finding myself less and less dependent on it.
Thanks for the tip, I should have tried it earlier I think.
I get what you mean, still it’s a 5-10 mins thing which virtually works forever that might save you more pain in future, just in case it might seem like it’s too much of a hassle.