Foldable smartphone concepts have been around for some time now, but no manufacturer has released one just yet.
For these reasons and some more we haven't listed, the Kyocera Echo failed to capture the market and
the foldable smartphone concept died with it.
Not exact matches
The
concept of a
foldable smartphone has been around for a few years now.
Samsung has considered flexible screens in the past and
concept ad made a few years ago shows how a
foldable smartphone could work.
Keep in mind that as Samsung approaches the tenth iteration of its flagship
smartphone series next year that there's the potential of the
foldable phone
concept materializing that same year.
If we look back at history, the previous dual screen
concept Kyocera Echo met with an ill fate and put a halt to the upcoming
foldable smartphones.
Then, Samsung released a
concept video showing the future of
foldable smartphones.
ZTE is looking to evolve the Axon M
concept into a truly
foldable Android
smartphone, the company's Marketing VP Jeff Yee told Engadget during the 2018 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show.
Samsung's already mythical first
foldable smartphone could still sport an inward - folding design after the fold - out
concept has been abandoned.
Next year would probably be the year of
foldable smartphones with many OEMs trying to make this
concept a reality.
A sort of smorgasbord of different
concepts — such as
foldable smartphones — Motorola wasn't short of their fair share of exciting technology.
A
concept image for Samsung «s
foldable smartphone, dubbed as «Galaxy X,» shows that it's a touchscreen handset that can be folded out into a large tablet, as pointed out by Business Korea.
The
foldable Samsung
smartphone has been in the works for years, with Samsung itself showcasing prototypes as far back as a few years ago to prove it was serious about creating a device with a completely different design
concept.
No mainstream
smartphone user in their right senses will walk into a shop and buy an untried
concept phone at over $ 700, but at a reduced price tag, the
foldable Axon M might begin to interest some enthusiastic people.
The prototype itself is more akin to the newly announced ZTE Axon M than a futuristic
concept of a
foldable smartphone that features a single screen which users can bend in half.