This was supposed to be the summer of the foldable phone. At least that’s what Samsung and Huawei, the world’s two top phone brands by sales, promised us. Instead, a relatively obscure Chinese company ...

The first foldable phone is here and it's not from Samsung. Chinese company Royole has (just barely) beaten the Korean electronics giant to the punch with its FlexPai (pronounced "flex-pie") handset, ...

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Indeed the FlexPai is being sold as a "Developer Model" for now, indicating it's not yet fit for the public at large. Royole is also charging a hefty sum for the technology – prices start at US$1,318 ...

Like a Spice Girls reunion and the apocalypse, we’ve known foldable phones have been coming for a long time. But rather than one of the traditional big boys setting the pace, the first bendy blower ...

Samsung is arguably leading the way with its foldable smartphones globally. In China it's a different story – a different name. Huawei? No, it's Royole we are referring to. Royole hit the center stage ...

Update: We’ve had a chance to try out the Flexpai in person. It’s awesome. But you wouldn’t want to buy it. Here’s why. You’ve probably never heard of Royole before, but the Chinese smartphone maker ...

Chinese company Royale brought FlexPai, the world's first commercial foldable phone, to this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. While it is being described as a phone, the 7.8-inch gadget ...

For the moment, Royole can boast something that smartphone giant Samsung can’t: The smaller consumer electronics company has a foldable Android smartphone, the FlexPai, and Samsung doesn’t. While ...

Back in March, we got a glimpse of Royole's second-gen flexible phone, the 5G-enabled FlexPai 2, which takes advantage of the company's latest OLED panel for its outward-facing flexible screen — a ...

Cloaked in dark shadows, Samsung demoed its foldable phone prototype during its developer conference on Wednesday. But a small startup headquartered in Fremont, California has already beat Samsung to ...

Chinese company Royole was the first OEM to launch a commercially-available foldable smartphone. The company released the Royole FlexPai back in October 2018, months ahead of the likes of Samsung ...