id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> The future of foldable phones is murky even now.

Angela Lang/CNET The foldable phone revolution has hit a wall. Massive delays threaten to derail the momentum that the new phone category -- part phone, part table -- heralded as one of the biggest leaps for mobile phones. Foldable phones promise to double the device's screen size with a large, bendable screen. They also aim to revolutionize design at a time when phone sales have waned amid lackluster design upgrades. Samsung and Huawei wanted their Galaxy Fold and Mate X to prove how exciting and successful a foldable phone could be. Instead, their futures are in question. 

After significant delays to the Galaxy Fold and Mate X, what happens next is crucial to Samsung and Huawei's respective foldable futures -- and could help or hurt the chances of unreleased foldable devices from other brands.

Foldable phones were meant to be the future, but sales holds on the $2,600 Mate X