Hot foldable summer is here, and there are good reasons to get excited

Google’s Pixel Fold is one of the most highly anticipated folding phones of the past couple of years, and it debuts this summer. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge

Maybe you spotted one at the coffee shop, sitting conspicuously on a table in an L-shape position. Maybe you’ve seen one on the subway, in tablet mode, held by someone who’s trying very hard not to drop their $1800 gadget. They’re out there in the wild, but foldable phones are still a rare sighting. That might be about to change because we are entering ...