Foldable smartphones currently make up between 1 percent and 1.5 percent of global smartphone shipment volumes , yet they play an outsized role in boosting ASPs, brand premiumization and differentiation, and long-term profitability for OEMs. This race, however, is currently being led by China's Huawei, with Samsung lagging behind at a distant second place.
Huawei's Foldable Smartphone Offerings Vs. Samsung's
Before going further, let's go over the catalog of foldable smartphone offerings from Huawei and Samsung.
Huawei currently offers four kinds of foldable smartphones:
The ultra-premium, triple-folding Mate XT Ultimate, priced at over $4,000 (1TB+16GB RAM version).
The horizontally folding Mate X6 that starts from around $1,800 .
The vertically folding Pura X, priced at aroun