"The worldwide foldable smartphone market is forecast to grow 30% year-over-year in 2026, and with names like Samsung, Apple, and HONOR all moving pieces on the same board, the show floor feels electric. The race isn't just about who ships first; it's about who ships something worth keeping."
"Nothing has always understood that a phone is a surface before it is a device. The brand built its entire identity on making the invisible visible - circuit boards through glass, notification patterns through LEDs, and the Fold (1) concept carries that thinking directly into foldable territory."
"The Glyph Interface, Nothing's signature grid of programmable lights, doesn't just live on the back panel here. It wraps around the spine, and at boot, it traces the number "1" across the edge like a signature being written in real time. Once the phone is running, the spine transforms into something genuinely new: a monochrome ticker-tape display that scrolls live notifications."
MWC 2026 in Barcelona showcases the foldable smartphone market under the theme "The IQ Era," with significant growth projected at 30% year-over-year. Major players including Samsung, Apple, and HONOR are advancing foldable technology, though the most innovative concepts often remain in patents, design expos, or concept archives rather than reaching mainstream production. The Nothing Fold (1) exemplifies emerging foldable design philosophy, featuring a programmable Glyph Interface that wraps around the device spine, displaying notifications on a monochrome ticker-tape display without requiring the phone to open. The device combines an 8.37-inch internal display with a MediaTek Dimensity 9400 processor and dedicated neural processing unit for on-device AI capabilities.
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