Your next laptop could be a foldable phone
David Pierce
created: Feb. 17, 2026, 3:46 p.m. | updated: Feb. 17, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
For almost as long as phones have been around, people have wanted those phones to also be laptops.
It seems so simple: Your phone has plenty of computing power, access to all your apps and data, an always-on connection.
Your phone’s screen is too small for many tasks, and so is its keyboard.
Or at least, they were, until foldable phones made it possible to carry a truly gigantic screen in your pocket.
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