Get ready for triple-screen foldables, as another OEM hints at launch plans

And here you thought the screens on existing foldables were huge.

Get ready for triple-screen foldables, as another OEM hints at launch plans
  • OPPO’s director of foldable phones just showed off a triple-screen folder that he suggests could launch soon.
  • The social media message has since been taken down, though, raising questions about the company’s plans.

Believe it or not, triple-screen foldable phones are happening. And we don’t just mean “the tech’s been demoed behind closed doors at a trade show,” but that there’s actually a big-name manufacturer talking about launching one in the very near future, with a HUAWEI exec appearing to confirm his company’s tri-screen foldable plans late last week. And just the other day, TECNO followed up with triple-screen folding news of its own. Those may not be the only companies embracing this futuristic-looking form factor, as we check out a teaser from OPPO.

Earlier today, Zhou Yibao, the director of OPPO’s foldable phone division, posted a message to the Chinese social platform Weibo with the render you see here (via GSMArena). Zhou says that OPPO’s been working on triple-screen folders like this for the past couple years, producing lots of concept designs. And while OPPO making lots of intriguing concept devices that do interesting things with their screen tech isn’t anything new, Zhou suggests here that this one is actually going to become a commercial product.