Galaxy Z Fold 8 Shape, No Fold, No Hinge, No Crease

Quick summary: The Galaxy Z Fold 8’s short, wide shape is popular, and the iPhone Fold has a similar one. Now Huawei has announced the Pura X View, a phone with that kind of shape that isn’t a foldable at all, so there’s no hinge and no crease.

Huawei Pura X View specs

• A 6.39-inch OLED screen with an unconventional, almost 16:9 aspect ratio that favors horizontal space for reading, typing and multitasking.
• 6.68mm thick.
• A massive 7,000mAh battery.
• Claimed brightness of 6,500 nits.
• Three cameras. Huawei didn’t share camera details.

It will probably be China-only, maybe Europe. Huawei phones can’t be sold in the US, and an import wouldn’t work well here.

Why I like the idea

We’re so used to the traditional slab phone that we’ve accepted nothing different. This is like living on the cover screen of a Galaxy Z Fold 8, just bigger: 6.39 inches versus 5.5. It’s great for video with almost no black bars, and you don’t have to worry about hinges or creases. A US version would probably have closer to 5,000mAh, if that. Three cameras also give me hope for three on next year’s Galaxy Z Fold 9.

Most people in America buy Samsung or Apple, and if anyone makes something like this for the whole world, I think it will be Samsung.

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