Coolpad’s new $150 Android phone has a wider screen like the iPhone Duo, but doesn’t fold

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Coolpad" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/coolpad1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The design of widescreen folding phones like the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/972387/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-review">Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8</a>, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/983152/huaweis-next-slab-phone-will-be-a-wide-boi-too">Huawei Pura X View</a>, and now the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015028/iphone-duo-review">iPhone Duo</a>, is starting to influence traditional slab phones. Similar to the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/983152/huaweis-next-slab-phone-will-be-a-wide-boi-too">Huawei Pura X View</a> 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 <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/932642/walmart-onn-new-core-pro-kids-tablets">get from a tiny tablet</a>, or what the iPhone Duo and Galaxy Z Fold 8 offer when closed, minus <a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/988582/apple-iphone-duo-preorder-buy-foldable">huge price tags</a>, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1011245/iphone-duo-repair-costs-applecare">budget-stressing repair costs</a>, and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015303/joanna-stern-tested-the-iphone-duos-hinge-in-her-sleep">inevitable screen creases</a>.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Coolpad Cool X Wide is now <a href="http://jd.com">available for preorder through JD.com in China</a> for 999 C …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1016544/coolpad-cool-x-wide-widescreen-android-16-smartphone-china">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>