Foldable screen smartphones are becoming more popular, and many manufacturers are taking an interest in them. If Samsung largely dominates this segment, it risks being seriously challenged in 2023. The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has also provided an opportunity to discover some ambitious models.
The OnePlus 11 Concept. © The Digital
The OnePlus brand, which came to present its attractive OnePlus 11 Concept, remained discreet on the subject. She has just come out of her silence by announcing the release of a foldable model in the second half of 2023. An announcement that is not necessarily a surprise, since Oppo, the parent company of OnePlus, is working on this type of models for a long time. And with some skill. Unsurprisingly, Kinder Liu, president and COO of the firm, explained that he wanted to offer the best device on the market.
Our first foldable phone will have the OnePlus signature, fast and smooth experience. It has to be a high-end phone that settles down not only because of its foldable shape, but in terms of industrial design, mechanical technology and other aspects. We want to launch a device that targets the pinnacle of experience in today’s folding market.
Alas, he did not pour out more than that on the subject, and we have no technical information concerning the smartphone to be expected. The brand therefore took advantage of the lighting linked to the MWC to evoke it, but without anything concrete to present. Who knows, maybe she has something on hand for a special event planned later…
OnePlus has also signaled its intention to build a stronger smart ecosystem over the next three to five years. The idea would be to better link the brand’s different products (smartphones, tablets, wearables). Remember in this respect that the first tablet in its colors, the OnePlus Pad, will be marketed by April, and that the manufacturer’s ecosystem is currently mainly focused on its smartphones and headphones. true-wireless.