The best foldable phone you can buy

There are basically two kinds of foldables at the moment — the kind that fold like books and the ones that fold clamshell style, like your old flip phone.

Flip phones come with a secondary secondary display on the outer panel that’s useful for checking information quickly.

An IPX8 rating has become standard for foldables, meaning they can survive full water immersion.

Google 's Pixel 9 Pro Fold is only Google ’s second folding phone.

The outer screen matches the dimensions of a regular phone, and the whole package is light enough that you can sometimes forget you’re holding a phone that folds in half .

The Flip 6 is more reliable, is scheduled to get seven years of software updates.

It's not perfect, but no folding phone is is.

The Galaxy Z Fold 6 is an excellent foldable in its own right.

It excels in one aspect where other devices fall short: multitasking.

It has a top-notch Qualcomm processor, full water resistance, and a reliable camera system.