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Motorola has confirmed its interest in launching a foldable phone in the coming months. In an interview with Engadget at MWC 2019, Motorola VP of Global Product Dan Dery said that a foldable phone is under development
“We started to work on foldables a long time ago,” Dery told Engadget in an interview. “And we have been doing a lot of iteration.”
Lenovo-owned Motorola has been rumoured to be working on a foldable phone for a long time. Recent patents reveal that the company is secretly working to launch a flip phone with a flexible screen. Many believe Motorola’s first foldable phone could be the reincarnated version of RAZR, one of the most iconic phones.
Dery admits the outer-screen design adopted by Samsung and Huawei is the “nicest and the purest” approach. He, however, is concerned about the scratches on the display.
He added: “We have been testing a plastic OLED device with plastic film on top,” he said, referring to the same kind of design Huawei used for its Mate X. “The fact that you’re touching [that kind of display] with your nails is scratching it. It has a short life right away; it starts dying the day you unpack it. But it’s beautiful. That first day, it’s beautiful.”
He says the company’s “intention would not be to put the display outside. When you know the scratching issues you would be facing, you will have something that is very rapidly not usable.”
The Wall Street Journal reported that a folding phone, which would launch under the RAZR brand name, could be announced in February. According to the Journal, the 2019 Motorola RAZR may come to the US as a Verizon exclusive at a starting price of $1500.
