Will foldables thrive in a post-pandemic world? – TechCrunch — techcrunch.com

Last week, Samsung killed the Note once and for all. It was a symbolic move. For all intents and purposes, the phone will live on as the Ultra tier of the company’s Galaxy S line. But it represents the end of an era for the decade-old brand. It’s also another opportunity for the company to assert its confidence in the foldables line — taking the mantle from the Note as its other mobile flagship. For all of its stumbles out of the gate, Samsung is undoubtedly at the vanguard of foldable tech. Other firms have been in the category for nearly as long, but the Korean hardware giant was the first to crack the code and has seemingly invested far more resources into a category it sees as the future of mobile.

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