Global foldable smartphone shipments are expected to grow 21% year on year in 2026, according to Counterpoint Research. Samsung is projected to remain the largest manufacturer with a 32% share, although that would mark a fall from 40% in 2025. Apple could take 25% in its first year, while Huawei is expected to finish close behind with 24%.Samsung would still be number one, but its early dominance would be over. Apple would start only seven percentage points behind it. Huawei would sit another percentage point lower. Motorola is projected to take 8%, followed by Honor at 3%.About The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.
As a technology journalist with over sixteen years of experience, I have travelled the world and the seven seas, covered every major tech conference worth its lanyard, chronicled the defining breakthroughs of the last decade and a half, and played a pivotal role in launching some of India’s most important technology publishing platforms across web, print and TV.
