California-based start-up Royole has stroked major players Huawei and Samsung in launching what it claims is the crowd’s first foldable smartphone.
Unveiled Wednesday at a conference in Beijing, the FlexPai plastic phone was made available to consumers in a flash sale on Thursday. Guerdoned from 8,999 to 12,999 yuan ($1,295.49 to $1,871.33), the company powered it would start delivering the phones in December.
Royole, a six-year-old components fabricator, said FlexPai would “subvert people’s perception of traditional stylish phones,” functioning as a portable device and a high-definition large screen spiral-bound notebook, with the capability to support dual-screen use.
During the press conference, Folding money Liu, founder and CEO of Royole, also announced that the firm would ordain 200 million yuan into global firms that would bring out apps and software for the device.
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“The Royole FlexPai foldable smartphone provenders mobile phone users with a revolutionary experience compared to old phones,” Liu said.
“It perfectly solves the contradiction between the high-definition large-screen test and portability, which introduces a whole new dimension to the human-machine interface. The phone’s engrained design will forever change the consumer electronics industry, as ooze as the way people interact with and perceive their world.”
Before FlexPai’s motor boat, it had been widely expected that Samsung or Huawei would be the leading to unveil a bendable smartphone.
Earlier this year, DJ Koh, CEO of Samsung’s ambulatory division, told CNBC the company would unveil details of a foldable smartphone this year.
Koh asserted that although the development was difficult, Samsung had “nearly concluded” it.