Like most cellphone makers nowadays, Google is starting to maneuver its manufacturing operations out of China because of geopolitical tensions and disruptive manufacturing unit shutdowns. Nonetheless, it can proceed to make use of Taiwan-based Foxconn for a few of its telephones, probably together with its anticipated foldable.

Based on The New York Occasions, Google plans on having as a lot as half of its high-end telephones popping out of Vietnam subsequent yr. Nonetheless, the corporate will nonetheless want China for extra sophisticated manufacturing, like what could be required for a foldable cellphone.

The NYT states, “Google is exploring a foldable cellphone for 2023,” and that foldable display screen and hinge expertise, “in all probability require manufacturing to be near key suppliers in China.”

There have been quite a few rumors swirling round about Google’s foldable undertaking being canceled or postponed. Nonetheless, a patent filed to the World Mental Property Group (WIPO) for the system was printed not too long ago, exhibiting that the cellphone may very well be a book-like foldable just like the Galaxy Z Fold 4.