Your $2,000 phone is being safety-tested with 1996 radiation science

Published September 26, 2026 11:00am ET



The consumer electronics market is experiencing an evolutionary leap, driven by an explosion of consumer excitement over dual-screen and flexible smartphone architectures. With the high-profile launch of the Apple iPhone Duo, alongside established entries such as Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold line, the Google Pixel Fold series, and Motorola’s Razr+ clamshell, multidisplay devices are rapidly transitioning from luxury status symbols into permanent infrastructure for American enterprise.

As an early technology leader who led Estari, where we engineered the dual-screen 2-VU computer decades before flexible glass became a multibillion-dollar staple of global commerce, I view this shift with immense technological optimism. This form factor is a permanent fixture of modern digital workflow.

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