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FlexPai is the world's first foldable phone, first with Snapdragon 8150 too

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Peter 31 October 2018

Android Announcement

The first foldable phone is a reality – the FlexPai. Well, it’s actually a tablet as unfolded it boasts a 7.8” screen (4:3 aspect ratio). Folded, that drops to a more manageable 4”. And get this, this device is the first to use the 7nm Snapdragon 8150!

This is the "world's first foldable screen phone" released by Rouyu Technology, which will use the Snapdragon 8150 processor, but its design is very rough, just to seize the "first", this is a futures product. pic.twitter.com/M0v9o2z0Bw

— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) October 31, 2018

Back to the screen, it’s an AMOLED that folds down the middle. The software (dubbed Water OS) switches to using only half of the screen, displaying a wallpaper on the other half.

You get to choose which half you use, though, one has slightly more screen, the other is next to the dual camera, which can be used for selfies and video calls in this configuration. It’s a 16+20MP camera, by the way, the second camera module has a telephoto lens.

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FlexPai is the world's first flexible phone/tablet and the first with Snapdragon 8150

The FlexPai measures 7.6mm thick. However, it doesn’t fold flat so it’s thicker than than 15.2mm when folded (certainly near the “hinge”). The hinge is rated to being folded 200,000 times.

The device is powered by a 7nm Qualcomm chipset and only the Snapdragon 8150 fits that description. The base configuration has 6GB of RAM and 128GB storage, but other options include 8/256 and 8/512GB. A proprietary Ro-Charge fast charging tech is supported – it goes from 0% to 80% in an hour.

The price starts at CNY 9,000 - $1,300/€1,135 – which doesn’t seem so high considering that some Android flagships cost that much without a next-gen chipset or a foldable design.

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  • houli
  • 6EM
  • 27 May 2019

Royole has sold almost a million devices and now stock is delayed up to 90 days. Ya, big failure I'd say.

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  • houli
  • 6EM
  • 27 May 2019

I used to like coming on GSMARENA to look at devices and on occasion read the posts, however I will stop reading reviews now. All it is now is people spewing BS about devices that they have never tried or owned. Basically a bunch of know it nothings.

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  • AnonD-731363
  • SH3
  • 15 Nov 2018

Well since now the only foldable phone is existence was made like 7 years ago by kryocera. This is nothing. A true foldable phone would bend into something really small at anywhere within the phone. But folding a phone into half is not trull...

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