Foldable phones are dead before they've even arrived

Decades of sci-fi movies have conditioned us to lust after devices that are pure screen with no bezels. Communicators that are paper-thin and transparent. Devices with screens that fold in half so that they actually fit in your damn pocket.

I want these futuristic devices as much as anyone, especially phones that fold in half, and companies like Samsung and ZTE are tripping all over themselves to make them a reality. 

But barring any significant engineering or design breakthroughs, they're never going to become a thing, and it's unrealistic to believe they will with current technology.