India, Oct. 15 -- This is just an unfortunate time to be making fine foldable smartphones. No matter what phone makers do, the final price tag consumers see will always elicit contemplation about value. Phone makers have little control over certain reasons, including supply chain pricing inflation particularly around storage or memory, and component availability constraints (though that's eased quite a bit). Vivo's struggles are similar. Their latest foldable, the Vivo X Fold6, is an accomplished product across the three key pillars-performance, ergonomics and camera.

Yet, the price tag of Rs.2,19,999 poses a stumbling block. Yet, it is hardly a spoiler alert to say this is by far the best camera in a foldable, with the Zeiss imaging sys...