First renders of Vivo iQOO's foldable smartphone emerge revealing outward fold

A few days back Vivo announced its new smartphone sub-brand called iQOO and we are as clueless as you on how to pronounce it. This new brand is being speculated to sell premium smartphones.As per a report in Playfuldroid, iQOO's first device might be the trendsetter of this season — a foldable smartphone.Images of the what iQOO might be working on have surfaced online on Weibo. These images look like the concept renders of the new company's foldable smartphone.[caption id="attachment_6092171" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Leaked concept renders of iQOO foldable smartphone. Image: Weibo[/caption]The phone seems to be sporting a fold-out design, an outward fold which is similar to that of FlexiPai's foldable display smartphone and different from the rumoured Samsung Galaxy F smartphone which has a fold-in design and is expected to launch on 20 February.The phone seems to open like a notebook, with the fold being in the outward direction.[caption id="attachment_6092191" align="alignnone" width="1280"] iQOO foldable smartphone. Image: Weibo[/caption]The renders show that phone has extremely thin bezels and some sort of an edge-to-edge display.Don't get excited as there is no official news by iQOO yet on the existence of the foldable smartphone.