Motorola may have just teased the launch of a new full-sized foldable phone to take on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7.
The Lenovo-owned company has been sending out curious CES invites to journalists, in the form of a wooden flip book that opens out into a book-shaped lamp – complete with red inner light.
The unfolding nature of the this invite is one hint at what Motorola might have in store for us, as is the statement “every fold reveals a possibility”. Even more explicit, though, is the accompanying text: “We’re getting ready to unfold new perspectives at Lenovo Tech World”.
If that’s not a strong indicator that a new form of Motorola foldable is in the works, we don’t know what is.
Motorola’s impressive foldable work
And not before time, we’d argue. So far, Motorola has provided the only serious competition to Samsung in the compact flip phone game, most recently with the Motorola Razr 60 Ultra.
We’ve been eager for the company to take the fight to the book-sized foldable field for years now. The company’s way with plush materials and unusually curved designs has already led to something distinctive in the foldable space.
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The Razr series isn’t just about looks, either. The use of a larger, front-filling cover screen forced Samsung to finally up its game with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7.
Honor and Huawei have arguably already done that for Samsung in the full-sized foldable space, resulting in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, but there’s still space for Motorola to bring a little of its design opulence to bear. That wooden lamp-book leads us to believe that the company will be continuing its recent experiments with natural finishes, which we’d be all in favour of.
We shouldn’t have long to wait, with the Lenovo Tech World announcement set to take place on 6 January, coinciding with CES.
