A Chinese company may be the first to release a foldable phone

Phones with foldable screens have felt like they’re on the cusp of arriving for years, but outside of a couple of concept designs and trailers, we have yet to properly see one in the flesh. However, a video has emerged from a trade show in China of a tablet-sized phone produced by a company called Rouyu Technology that appears to be able to bend into a shape the size of a small paperback book.

Before you get your hopes up that the era of foldable smartphones is finally upon us, you should watch the below video featuring the device. It looks early, to say the very least. For one thing, the phone doesn’t appear to fold flat, so it ends up pretty bulky when packed away. The software also appears to get confused since the phone’s screen is...

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