Samsung Mocks Apple's Foldable Screen, Chinese Domestic Manufacturers Have Already Developed the Next Generation

BlockBeats news, September 10 — After Apple released its first foldable iPhone Duo, Samsung's official US account posted a series of remarks mocking Apple for "eating leftovers," sparking widespread market discussion.

However, behind this "Apple vs. Samsung" spat, the real technological competition landscape in foldables may have already shifted. The iPhone Duo has an unfolded thickness of 5.2 mm, weighs 254 grams, and has a crease depth of about 150 microns; by comparison, the OPPO Find N5 has a crease of about 101 microns, the Huawei Mate X6 uses a Kunlun waterdrop hinge to reduce crease depth to about 5 microns, and the Honor Magic V6 achieves an unfolded thickness of just 4 mm.

From a product form perspective, Apple's first foldable adopts a traditional book-style inward-folding design, while Huawei has already launched a triple-folding model, Honor and Xiaomi are pursuing vertical compact foldables, and Chinese domestic manufacturers continue to compete on hinges, hover capability, thinness, and durability.

At the market level, although Samsung remains the global leader in foldables, Chinese manufacturers are rapidly catching up. With technological iteration and falling prices, competition in foldables has gradually shifted from "Apple vs. Samsung" to a multidimensional contest led by Chinese manufacturers.

Samsung may be right to mock Apple for "eating leftovers," but the real "tryhards" in foldables are now competing to be lighter, thinner, have fewer creases, and offer more form factors.