TL;DRIn a pitch to mobile developers, Google claims that foldable phone users spend much more than the average user on in-app purchases.Foldable phone users apparently spend 14 times as much on in-app purchases as standard smartphone users do.Google didn’t share any dollar figures or specifics on the types of in-app purchases foldable owners are making.Foldable phones cost a lot more than non-folding ones — the Pixel 11 Pro Fold starts at $1,900 to the regular 11 Pro’s $1,100 — so it stands to reason that many of the customers buying them are in the habit of spending generously on their mobile experience. A recent post on the official Android Developers X account claims that foldable owners aren’t just spending more on hardware, but also an order of magnitude more on the software they’re downloading, too.The post Android Developers shared makes the claim that foldable users spend a whopping 14 times more on purchases within apps than users with non-folding phones. The message Google wants to send is clear: Despite foldables enjoying a relatively small portion of total market share, the people using those foldables tend to spend quite a bit on in-app purchases (IAPs), and so app developers should make sure their software is optimized for the form factor.