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foldable smartphone is a type of mobile device that can be folded in half like a book. It has a flexible screen that allows users to unfold it for a larger display or fold it for compactness.
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This year have been a year of big bezel-less phones and in the coming years, we will see bezel-less as well as
for foldable smartphones.
If that were the case we would have probably seen its in - display fingerprint sensor and
foldable smartphone by now.
The company is still expected to become the world's first device vendor to deliver a
truly foldable smartphone, with such a gadget being expected to debut by 2019.
In addition to a discount on a well - equipped budget phone, you've got discounts on accessories for the
latest foldable smartphone.
The age
of foldable smartphones are coming soon, and we may no longer have to worry about big smartphones that don't fit into our pocket properly.
The Shenzhen - based consumer electronics manufacturer also came to Barcelona to showcase its first
foldable smartphone in the form of the two - screen Axon M that's set to be released in select European markets this spring after already debuting in the United States in late 2017 and making its way to ZTE's home country earlier this year.
In 2017, ZTE launched the Axon
M foldable smartphone in the U.S with two individual displays connected by a hinge.
We can still find a noticeable bezel between both the displays on Axon M. Samsung is rumored to launch the Galaxy
X foldable smartphone by the end of 2018 or early 2019.
As we get closer and closer to a world
with foldable smartphones, patents have been discovered for two folding phone concepts LG is working on.
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 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.
2017 should be the long - awaited
year foldable smartphone / tablet hybrids start cropping up in the real world, from Samsung, LG and other OEMs, prospectively hitting stores in limited numbers before taking over the industry... eventually.
Kolon Industries executive Kang Chung - seok said back in December that he expects that between three and five companies will start mass
producing foldable smartphones by 2018, as pointed out by Android Authority.
In the past, LG often showcased
foldable smartphone displays and those prototypes were strictly restricted to CES and Mobile World Congress events.
It's hoping that the successful launch of the Galaxy S9 will keep things moving along in the interim while a
planned foldable smartphone could provide growth in the future.
Related: — Samsung Galaxy X Now Looks Like A Dual - Screen Smartphone Not Foldable Tablet After Interface Leaks — Dual
Screen Foldable Smartphone ZTE Axon M Unveiled — Samsung Aims To Launch Their First Foldable Tablet Phones In 2018
In December Patently Apple posted a report titled «A Leading Supplier of Foldable Display Technology Confirms Five Tech Companies are
Testing Foldable Smartphones.»
New reports say Apple has tasked LG to create a foldable display for the iPhone that could debut as early as 2020, which would further increase its rivalry with Samsung, another company dabbling in
foldable smartphone technology.
Hot on the heels of its success with the Galaxy S7 edge, the South Korean smartphone giant might release its first
foldable smartphone early next year.
But whenever
foldable smartphones do arrive, Saeed thinks that consumers will be able to get even more performance for their money.
Samsung is said to have two
foldable smartphone models in mind for the market, one with a dual - display setup, the other with a single flexible display, despite its hesitancy over market demand for mobile's next frontier.
According to Koh Dong - jin who is the president of mobile business at Samsung electronics, the company has set its eyes on bringing out the much
awaited foldable smartphone by 2018.
Samsung loyalists are banking on its much - rumored
foldable smartphone ambitions for that but it's still unclear when the company will introduce the Galaxy X. Chinese OEMs are already trying their luck with this form factor as well and they'll certainly not wait around for Samsung to make its move.
It's important to point out that these prototypes are not being made for the consumer market as Samsung will test out the concept of
foldable smartphones internally first.
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