Huawei Has a New $3,000 Trifold, Just in Case Apple’s Foldable iPhone Wasn’t Expensive Enough for You
THE SO WHAT
A $3,000 trifold like Huawei’s Mate XT 2 is a reminder that premium mobile hardware is experimenting with form factor far faster than most software teams are. If your product roadmap assumes a flat slab phone, start testing UX and multitasking flows on foldables and trifolds before your customers do.
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