There’s a lot to love about the current crop of foldables. Every time I pick up the Pixel 10 Pro Fold or the razor-thin Galaxy Z Fold 7, or the absolutely gorgeous OPPO Find N6 with its impossibly flat display, I feel like I am holding a piece of the future that has finally arrived. The hardware jank that defined the early years of the foldable category is officially dead, replaced by titanium frames and hinges so smooth they feel like precision-designed machinery. In fact, it is a testament to how far Samsung, Google, and OPPO have pushed the envelope while Apple has sat quietly on the sidelines biding its time.Android foldables solved the hardware problem. They still haven't solved the experience. But as a long-time tech and smartphone enthusiast, I have learned that hardware brilliance only gets you so far. After the initial wow factor of unfolding the Pixel 10 Pro Fold wears off, I am always left staring at the same old software inconsistencies and stretched phone apps that have plagued Android tablets for a decade. Even with the hardware solved, the experience feels like it is stuck in a perpetual beta. That is exactly why I’m eager to see Apple’s oft-rumored foldable come to fruition sometime later this year.