Foldable phones are impressive technological marvels but come with serious compromises

The hinges are engineered to survive hundreds of thousands of folds, which maths out to up to a decade of opening and closing more than a few times a day.

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 opens like a book, giving you a tablet-size 7.6-inch screen inside and a 6.2-inch screen outside. 

The Flip 7 folds vertically like a compact mirror that's a 6.7-inch screen when open and a 3.4-inch mini display on the outside. Perfect for glancing at texts and ignoring people in real life.

They're eye-catching, no doubt. But here's the part that usually gets glossed over: The Fold 7 starts at $1,899 and the Pixel Fold at $1,799. The Flip 7 and Motorola's Razr+ are slightly more "affordable" at around $999, but still a serious chunk of change.

You don't get more phone, you just get more surface area and more things that can go wrong.

You heard it here: Apple is testing foldable iPhones behind closed doors. The rumors say 2026 for a release. One model folds like a book, the other like a flip phone. Apple's waiting until the tech is truly seamless, no half-baked experiments.

My advice? Sit this trend out. The wow factor fades fast, but the price tag doesn't.

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