Until today, most foldables have followed a very similar form factor that resembles a regular smartphone when folded and opens up to a square-ish display. Few models have eschewed that trend, though, starting with the Microsoft Surface Duo (technically not a foldable display, but a dual-display foldable phone) and then the first Google Pixel Fold, both of which adopted a shorter and wider design. Even OPPO had gone for a landscape-first design on the Find N and Find N2.
But where did the wide Android foldable go? Both Google and OPPO rejoined the masses with their next foldables, opting for designs that open in portrait orientation first, and no other company dared mess with that equation until now. Rumor has it that Samsung has a new “wide” Galaxy Z Fold in the works, and that made me realize something: It’s all Android’s fault — to a certain extent.