Clamshells aren`t as exciting as mini-tablets, but they`re still great
(Android Central)

Not every folding phone needs to be a miniature tablet. Depending on who you ask, foldable phones are either the inevitable future of mobile that we`re all slowly inching towards, or an expensive gimmick that nobody should invest in just yet. Or maybe it`s a bit of both. I think it`s still a little early to come to any definitive conclusions, and that phones are far from the only use we`ll have for flexible display tech — but that`s an editorial for another day. In the meantime, I`ve spent a decent chunk of time with foldable phones this year; I took the Galaxy Fold on three trips as my primary phone, and spent hours with the new Motorola RAZR at its launch event in Los Angeles. We also saw a few other foldables at the start of the year. The Royole Flexpai wasn`t a great phone by any stretch, but it was a start, and while the Huawei Mate X may never come to the States, it`s the most compelling alternative to Samsung`s Galaxy Fold, with equally high-end specs and a design tha...