MWC 2019: Foldable phones touted as the future as Samsung and Huawei unveil bendy handsets

The future is foldable, according to just about every major smartphone company. Two of the world's biggest phone brands have unveiled bendy phones in recent days, proclaiming them a change comparable with the first ever smartphones and the future of handsets. At first glance, they look like a normal phone – but they are actually folded in the middle, and unfolding them makes the screen twice as big. The handsets rely on a range of technologies that have only just become available, making 2019 the first time companies like Samsung have been able to make the phones available to the public. Chief among those innovations is flexible displays, which allow the handsets to bend in the middle and fold over.