Google enters foldable phone market

With the launch of the Google Pixel Fold smartphone, every major brand running the Android operating system now has a foldable device option available to consumers


GOOGLE PIXEL FOLD 
Battery: 24 hours 
Weight: 283g
Price: $1,799*

Display: 7.6-inch 6:5 aspect ratio OLED (2208 x 1840 at 380 PPI) with ultra-thin glass and protective plastic layer

Release: Jun-Jul 2023


WHERE IS FOLDABLE IPHONE?
With iPhone being Apple’s biggest earner, analysts say they need to release foldable version by 2025

Apple 2023 fiscal Q2 revenue: $94.8bn†

iPhone: $51.3bn
Other: $8.8bn
Services: $20.9bn
iPad: $6.7bn
Mac: $7.2bn


SAMSUNG DOMINANCE OF FOLDABLE PHONE SECTOR (millions of units sold)

Samsung 
Huawei 
Oppo 
Vivo 
Honor 
Others

				15  
			14.20m	14
 				13
				12
				11
				10
				9
		8.16m		8
				7
				6
				5
				4
				3
	1.95m			2
				1
0.22m				0			
2019 	2020 	2021 	2022
    

*Preorders include free Pixel Watch, while stocks last. †Sum of categories not equal to fiscal Q2 earnings total due to rounding. 


Sources: Bloomberg, Google 
Picture: Google 
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