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From Samsung to Motorola and Google, just about every major Android phone
maker has released a foldable phone. But there's one big, non-Android
outlier: Apple. And according to Motorola, that's prompting some iPhone
users to make the switch.
Specifically, Motorola has seen 20% of new Razr users coming from Apple products. That data point is from 2021 following the launch of the previous-generation Razr.
"This is definitely the family that we have the most amount of iPhone
users switching to us," Allison Yi, Motorola's head of North America
product operations, said to CNET ahead of the company's Razr Plus launch.
Foldable phones still account for a fragment of the global smartphone
market, but the category is growing quickly as tech giants search for the
next major evolution of the mobile phone. Market research firm
International Data Corporation estimates that worldwide shipments of
foldables will increase more than 50% in 2023 compared to 2022. Motorola's
Razr line faces the most competition from Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip series, although Samsung hasn't broken out its sales numbers to specify its
percentage of iPhone converts.
This year is shaping up to be a milestone moment for foldables with the
arrival of newcomers including Google and OnePlus, giving Motorola and
other early entrants like Samsung more competition. Apple, however, is
still noticeably absent from the foldable phone race, and that isn't
likely to change anytime too soon.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/motorola-says-iphone-owners-are- switching-to-get-foldable-phones/
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