It's a solid example of an Android foldable, but I worry that Apple has changed the game.

Having spent a few days with Vivo’s new foldable X Fold 6, I can say there’s plenty I like about it, from its solid camera performance to its extremely good battery life. But because I’m shallow and like pretty things, I have to admit that its vibrant blue design with frosted glass back is my favorite thing about this phone.

It’s by no means the first foldable I’ve liked based on looks alone — Oppo’s Find N6 won me over with its punchy orange color and, like the Oppo, Vivo’s foldable is tough to get hold of. It’s not officially sold in either the US or the UK, and while it’s possible to import these phones from resellers in China or the few parts of Europe where it is sold, I don’t recommend doing so as you’ll be left with no customer support should anything go wrong. 

The X Fold 6 is a typical book-style foldable, akin to the Oppo Find N6 or Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra . I wonder how much longer we’ll see this format of foldable now that Apple has launched its iPhone Duo with its stumpy “passport” dimensions. Samsung’s Z Fold 8 has the same proportions — as does Xiaomi’s 18 Fold that I saw at IFA 2026 — and it’s clearly becoming the fashionable way to make a folding phone, thanks to its wider internal dimensions that are better for watching videos than the square-format inner screens on the X Fold 6 and others.

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