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Coolpad’s new $150 Android phone has a wider screen like the iPhone Duo, but doesn’t fold
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The Cool X Wide’s screen has a 16:10 aspect ratio but doesn’t come with the cost or challenges of a folding display.
The Cool X Wide’s screen has a 16:10 aspect ratio but doesn’t come with the cost or challenges of a folding display.
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The design of widescreen folding phones like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Huawei Pura X View, and now the iPhone Duo, is starting to influence traditional slab phones. Similar to the Huawei Pura X View that launched in China in August, the new Coolpad Cool X Wide has a much wider screen than what’s typically seen in non-folding phones. The screen real estate is more on par with what you get from a tiny tablet, or what the iPhone Duo and Galaxy Z Fold 8 offer when closed, minus huge price tags, budget-stressing repair costs, and inevitable screen creases.
The Coolpad Cool X Wide is now available for preorder through JD.com in China for 999 Chinese Yuan, or around $150, in black, red, or white color options. Shipping is expected to start on November 8th. So while its display is reminiscent of the recent crop of pricey foldables, this is a budget Android phone through and through. It’s powered by a MediaTek Helio G99 processor with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. You can bump that to 256GB of storage which pushes the price to around $180, or increase the RAM to 12GB for around $209.