Huawei is working on a foldable phone too, could be released next year
At the launch event for the , , and , Richard Yu, the CEO of Huawei's consumer business group, revealed an interesting tidbit in an interview with . It turns out that and aren't the only companies currently working on foldable smartphones, and may not be alone in the space for long. Yu says Huawei already has a working prototype of such a device. The Chinese company isn't going to launch it in 2017, however. On the other hand, the handset may debut next year, which is also to release its foldable Galaxy X. Huawei is waiting to get its hands on better flexible screen technology, and also wants to create a better mechanical design than what it has now. We have two screens, but we still have a small gap. That's not good, and we should get rid of the gap, Yu was quoted as saying. The CEO continues to be optimistic about his company's future, believing that it will become the No.1 smartphone maker in the world at some point in the future, overtaking both Samsung and Apple in the process.