The smartphone market is in a race to develop folding smartphones – but long before the smartphone was a thing, Nikon created what’s possibly the coolest folding gadget. The Nikon Coolpix SQ was a 3.1MP camera introduced back in 2003, but what’s unique about the retro cam is that it actually folded back before foldable tech was cool.
The Nikon Coolpix SQ, as that SQ in the name suggests, is a square-shaped camera when folded and not in use. But, when ready to shoot, the SQ’s lens swivels out towards the front. The Coolpix SQ feels like a mashup between the old folding bellows film cameras and an early 2000s-era digicam.
