Nubia dropped their first foldable phone, and it's packing a 6,560mAh battery into a device with 35.7 square inches of screen space. Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold has way more display at 52.8 square inches, but only manages 5,600mAh despite being barely thinner when opened up. The Nubia Fold runs on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with 12GB RAM and costs about $1,145 in Japan, while Samsung's triple-folder hits South Korea at $2,447 with 16GB RAM and the regular 8 Elite chip.
The battery gap is wild considering the thickness difference is only 1.2mm to 1.5mm when unfolded, and Samsung seems to be ignoring what people actually want after the iPhone Air mess and their own canceled S26 Edge showed everyone picks battery life over being super thin.
The battery gap is wild considering the thickness difference is only 1.2mm to 1.5mm when unfolded, and Samsung seems to be ignoring what people actually want after the iPhone Air mess and their own canceled S26 Edge showed everyone picks battery life over being super thin.
