{"id":527187,"date":"2026-07-06T02:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/527187\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T02:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:23:10","slug":"foldables-hierarchy-emerging-electronics-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/527187\/","title":{"rendered":"Foldables Hierarchy Emerging | Electronics Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A third of \u00a0the foldables sold last year cost over $1,600 and 60% of the foldables sold this year will be in this price bracket, forecasts Counterpoint Research, while 30% will be under $1,200, down from 50% last year.<\/p>\n<p>Book type models are expected to account for 76% of the market and are positioned at the higher end as brands integrate larger displays, better hinges, bigger batteries, improved cameras, and more productivity-focused features. This type of foldable is driving the overall ASP higher.<\/p>\n<p>Clamshell foldables have become cheaper as more brands have entered the market and production has scaled up, bringing them closer to premium bar-type smartphone alternatives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2e861c80-707d-11f1-8b7b-a9515b8b4a07.png\" alt=\"Foldable Smartphone Average Selling Price* Trend by Form Factor\" data-caption=\"Source: Counterpoint Foldable Smartphone Market Forecast\" data-full-width=\"true\"\/>Source: Counterpoint Foldable Smartphone Market Forecast<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/45dde930-707d-11f1-8b7b-a9515b8b4a07.png\" alt=\"Foldable Smartphone Shipment Share by Price* Range\" data-caption=\"Source: Counterpoint Foldable Smartphone Market Forecast\" data-full-width=\"true\"\/>Source: Counterpoint Foldable Smartphone Market Forecast<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 relative\">Large screens are already facilitating an improved experience while watching videos, reading, and browsing the web, but now the more important point is productivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 relative\">Book-type foldables remain positioned at the higher end as brands integrate larger displays, better hinges, bigger batteries, improved cameras, and more productivity-focused features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2 relative\">As book-type models now account for a larger share of total foldable shipments, they are driving the overall ASP higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A third of \u00a0the foldables sold last year cost over $1,600 and 60% of the foldables sold this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,46,125],"class_list":["post-527187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}