Does Samsung expect you to spend $2,000 on a phone? Here's the real deal

Most people are happy with their 6.5-inch slate, but thankfully Samsung and Huawei are here to show us what the future might hold for those with more realistic budgets

When companies turn to gimmicks as the headline act in a product launch, you know there’s not much really going on.

We can’t blame Samsung Electronics Co. and Huawei Technologies Co. for releasing $2,000 and $2,600 phones respectively. Foldable screens are kind of cool, I suppose. But so are those weird and wonderful concept cars the auto industry likes to bring out – let me remind you about the Ford Nucleon,  the BMW Gina and the Chevy Volt – which sometimes turn into viable products.

Unfortunately, the tech industry moves so quickly that developers don’t often get a chance to