And after a week of living with one of 2025's flashiest foldables, I've got questions — mostly about why anyone would hand over nearly two grand for a phone that feels like it's babysitting you.
The inner display is a tablet-sized canvas that makes every other phone look like a sticky note, and watching video on it feels genuinely futuristic.
Then the crease makes itself known — that faint valley running down the middle that your thumb finds before your eyes do.
Manufacturers keep saying it's "improved." It is.
It's also still there, like a speed bump on a highway you paid a premium to drive on.
Foldables have hinges that fold, and hinges that fold have gaps, and gaps have a nasty habit of collecting pocket lint, sand, and whatever else lives in your jeans.
One grain in the wrong spot and you're looking at a repair bill that costs more than a decent laptop.
I found myself babying this phone in ways I never do with a slab — wiping it down, checking the hinge, closing it slowly like it's made of spun glass.
A $1,800 device should not make you nervous.
Apps still treat the big screen like an afterthought.
Some just give up and show you a phone-shaped window floating in a sea of unused pixels.
The multitasking dream is real — two apps side by side genuinely rules — but you're constantly beta-testing somebody else's promises.
Excellent, but so are the cameras on phones that cost half as much and fold exactly zero times.
And the outer screen, while usable, is still that weird narrow sliver that makes texting feel like typing through a mail slot.
You'll open the phone constantly — which, fine, that's the point — but you'll also notice you're opening it for things a normal phone handles without the ceremony.
Early adopters with money to burn and a tolerance for quirks.
The tech is close — genuinely close — to being the no-brainer it's been promising for years.
But "close" and "$1,800" are not a happy couple. **The Verdict:** Impressive, impractical, and priced like a flex.
Buy it if you love the future and hate your savings account.
Final Thoughts
Otherwise, give it another generation or two — the foldables that finally nail it are coming, and your patience will be rewarded.