{"id":478205,"date":"2026-02-16T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478205\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:08:08","slug":"book-type-foldables-will-drive-foldable-push-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478205\/","title":{"rendered":"Book-type foldables will drive foldable push this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Book-type devices will take 65% of global foldable shipments in 2026, up from 52% in 2026 while\u00a0clamshell foldables are expected to see their overall market share expected to decline gradually.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0f441600-061b-11f1-a60e-dba834ee7a0d.png\" alt=\"Book-type foldables will drive foldable push this year\" data-full-width=\"true\"\/><br \/><a rel=\"image nofollow noopener\" class=\"font-medium text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-500 hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/US-Foldable-Smartphone-Market-Poised-for-New-Phase-Apple-to-Reshape-2026-Landscape\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>\u00a0is expected to introduce its first foldable smartphone in H2 with a book-type form factor with a 1:1.414 wide-fold display ratio optimised for multitasking, document viewing and content consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung is preparing to introduce wider book-type models, similar to Apple\u2019s expected form factor, to better support productivity-oriented, multi-pane use cases.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"image nofollow noopener\" class=\"font-medium text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-500 hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/counterpointresearch.com\/en\/insights\/Counterpoint-Conversations-Motorola-Strengthens-Premium-Play-with-New-Signature-Series-Book-type-Foldable-Qira-AI-companion\" target=\"_blank\">Motorola<\/a> launched first book-type foldable at CES and Google has\u00a0the Pixel Fold lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOEMs are placing greater emphasis on higher-value devices, prioritizing profitability over volume,\u201d says Counterpoint\u2019s Tarun Pathak, \u201cbook-type foldables are well-positioned in this shift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"image nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\">See all our Business content<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Book-type devices will take 65% of global foldable shipments in 2026, up from 52% in 2026 while\u00a0clamshell foldables&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-478205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}