- Foldable smartphone sales in Europe are rising as Samsung, Huawei, Honor and Chinese brands expand models and lower prices.
- Carriers push foldables with cheaper plans and big displays, making the devices more common and affordable for wider users.
What happened: Foldable smartphones rise in Europe market
Foldable smartphones are getting more attention in Europe and the competition between makers is growing fast. The latest data says sales of foldable phones are going up and this is because Samsung, Huawei, Honor and other new brands bring many new models. Parts are now cheaper and the hinges are stronger and the phones are thinner so people can use them more easily each day.
Reports say shipments in Europe are now spread across many brands and not only one and both expensive models and cheaper models are helping the rise. Analysts say carriers now push foldables with cheaper plans and big shop displays and then more buyers see them. The growing choice of styles and prices means foldables are now reaching more people and more groups of users in the market.
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Why it’s important
The rise of foldable smartphones in Europe matters because it shows a big change in how phone makers use new ideas to compete. For more than ten years phone design stayed almost the same and most phones had flat screens and only small changes. Foldables break this and they give brands a way to look different in a crowded market.
Consumers see new value and they can use more than one app at the same time and they can watch videos or play games on bigger screens and still keep the phone in a pocket. Prices are also changing and phones that once cost more than €2,000 are now sold for less and some models are below €1,000. This makes foldables open to more people and more buyers in many countries and phone plans from carriers help people pay in smaller parts.
Chinese brands also make this move faster and they bring many kinds of foldable designs and they help make these phones look normal instead of rare. Europe’s telecom market also feels this change and carriers earn more when bigger screens use more data and stores show these phones in displays and this brings more people to the shops. The new devices also connect to other new tech and they use flexible OLED screens and stronger parts and better chipsets and this makes more new forms possible.
