While foldable display tech has been shown off by a multitude of manufacturers before, Samsung is perhaps the closest to bring it to fruition.
Not exact matches
And
while we have already covered
foldable tablets and dual - screen phones from every possible angle so far, there is another patent (pending) from Samsung in South Korea that shows a typical Samsung like solution to how a tablet with just a
foldable tablet on one side, and no
display on the other side, can still be made to function like a phone, with calls, text messages, and other notifications being available in a side bar.
While Samsung Electronics and Samsung
Display were working on increasing level of perfection of prototype of
foldable Smartphone as much as they can, Chinese companies have rapidly pursued after South Korean companies.
While Samsung is working on this development, Chinese panel manufacturers are also accelerating their process of development of prototype of
foldable displays.
Samsung recently sketched out how a folding phone would look,
while those rumours about Microsoft's
foldable display — a new take on the abandoned Courier concept — just won't die.
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While discussing short - to - mid term advancements in mobile, Samsung said it intends to, «differentiate its smartphones by adopting cutting edge technologies, such as
foldable OLED
displays.
On the back of the ZTE Axon M, you will find a 20 - megapixel camera,
while that camera can be used as its front - facing shooter, as this is a
foldable smartphone, and you do have
displays on both sides when it is not folded out.
Samsung may move to
foldable displays in 2017,
while Apple may shift to using OLED panels for their iPhones in 2017 in place of LCDs.
Apart from flaunting the potential of
foldable smartphones at MWC, Samsung is also reportedly giving select individuals a glimpse of the prototype to test the water
while also promoting its subsidiary Samsung
Display to other firms.
While key specs of the handset remain unknown, it is understood that the phone, which will likely be completely
foldable inward, will use a plastic
display panel.
While a phone launched by ZTE appears to offer something like a
foldable screen, it's in fact a two -
display device with a hinge, and not a device with one screen that bends along.
Microsoft is exploring different ideas, the company has patented 60 - degree rotation of the dual
displays for the
foldable Surface phone,
while the other patent points to a device with a hinge.
While VR has started making inroads,
foldable display technology is considered as the next - big - thing.
Most damningly of all, one of Samsung
Display's own engineers has claimed we won't see a foldable phone for a while, saying: «Because the bezel - free display currently sells well, we still have enough time to develop foldable d
Display's own engineers has claimed we won't see a
foldable phone for a
while, saying: «Because the bezel - free
display currently sells well, we still have enough time to develop foldable d
display currently sells well, we still have enough time to develop
foldable displaydisplay.