In a season of contraction, when the global smartphone market faces its steepest shipment decline in recent memory, two of the industry's most consequential rivals are placing the same wager: that a phone which folds is the device that will make consumers believe in the future again. Apple, entering the foldable category for the first time on September 9 under its new CEO John Ternus, and Huawei, unveiling its ambitious trifold Mate XT 2 just two days prior, are not merely launching products — they are proposing answers to a market that has run out of easy questions. Whether the category can c