The Royole FlexPai is a phone made by the Chinese company Royole. It was the first commercially available foldable smartphone, with a 7.8 inch display that folds outwards. It was first announced at CES 2018 and it started shipping on December of the same year.[2][3][4][5]
Specifications
The Royole FlexPai ships with Android 9.0 "Pie".
The foldable smartphone runs features a single folding AMOLED display, comes with a 4,000 mAh and with a 16MP and 20MP dual-camera on its inner bezel. Aside from that, the phone also comes with a dual-SIM card setup, and features a fingerprint sensor.
Legacy
On December 2, 2019, Escobar Inc released what it called the Escobar Fold 1 smartphone featuring a flexible screen,[6] which ended up being a rebadged Royole FlexPai.[7] Escobar Inc is tied to various scams involving selling smartphones and flamethrowers with Escobar Inc branding without delivering the products to customers.[8][9]
It was succeeded by the Royole FlexPai 2.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Will 2020 break the curse of the folding phone?". FOX NEWS. 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
- ^ The world’s first foldable phone is charmingly awful - The Verge
- ^ Hands on: Royole FlexPai review | TechRadar
- ^ CES 2019: Hands-on with the foldable, bendable Royole FlexPai phone - CNET
- ^ Everything you need to know about the foldable Royole FlexPai phone - CNET
- ^ "Pablo Escobar's Brother Unveils Folding Smartphone with Help of Hot Models". TMZ. December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ^ Hughes, Matthew. "Escobar Fold 1 snort all it's cracked up to be: Readers finger similarity to slated Chinese mobe". The Register. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ "Pablo Escobar's brother is trying to sell refurbished iPhone 11 Pros for $499". Engadget. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Please Stop Buying the Foldable Phone From Pablo Escobar's Brother". PCMAG. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Royole FlexPai 2 Hands On Preview: Huge improvement but is it enough?". xda-developers. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
