The world's first smartphone with a foldable screen was launched in 2018 by Royole with the FlexPai, a year before the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold. Royole then showed a speaker with a curved AMOLED screen, a screen concept for car inforia, and also successfully launched the FlexPai 2 with over 150,000 units ordered. Most recently, Royole Technologies was reported to have scope.
Digitimes Asia reports that Royole Technologies has filed for bankruptcy status for their company. This happened after Royole's assets and liabilities were investigated. Royole has also faced problems since 2021 by reportedly not paying workers' salaries for months. The closure of the Royole company is also said that all their assets are still insufficient to pay the debts they incur.
With the closure of Royole and having been silent since 2021, the presence of the third generation FlexPai with their pop-up camera may not be a reality. The year 2024 has also surprised the world with various Android device manufacturers coming up with various variations of foldable screen smartphones such as the thinnest model, the most powerful camera, the best screen and others. What do you think about Royole?