Wait, aren’t laptops already foldable? Jokes aside, smartphones such as Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Huawei’s Mate X have drummed up speculation as to when flexible screens may be adopted by larger devices such as laptops, but according to one of Intel’s senior executives, they definitely won’t be available anytime soon.
Joshua D. Newman, Intel’s general manager of mobile innovation and vice president of the company’s Client Computing Group, says it will be “at least some two years” before foldable laptops come to market. A handful of big names (e.g., LG, Sharp) have already pitched in to tackle the obvious engineering hurdle, but there’s another concern: does it make sense for the average user?