OPPO's banking on that with this patented
foldable smartphone design.
Now, according to reports surfacing from South Korea, it appears that LG Display will be working together with the iPhone maker in achieving
this foldable smartphone design after the launch of next year's iPhone 7S.
The second granted patent is for
another foldable smartphone design, except this time the fold isn't evenly proportioned and adds a clear component that allows the user to view a large lip area that exposes either app icons or live alerts of incoming email or text messages.
One of my favorite Samsung smartphone designs was found in a granted design patent published in early January by the U.S. Patent Office regarding a «fold - out»
foldable smartphone design.
Samsung is currently the most vocal company when it comes to
foldable smartphone designs, but the Korean giant has repeatedly made it clear that it is not quite ready to launch the highly - anticipated foldable Galaxy X yet.
Samsung Galaxy handsets from 2018 and beyond are expected to have
foldable smartphone designs.
Not exact matches
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As we can see from the images, the
smartphone features
foldable design and comes with two 3.3 - inch touchscreen TFT display with 320 x 480 pixels resolution, moreover, Samsung Hennessy runs on Google Android 4.1 Jelly Bran mobile operating system, and has a 1.2 GHz quad - core processor, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB internal storage, and 5 - megapixel rear camera.
Samsung Electronics is devoting itself into manufacturing
foldable Smartphone with luxurious
design and high - quality that fit image of current Samsung brand.
Many consider the
foldable design to be the next major change in
smartphone technology.
It isn't the first dual - screen
smartphone with a
foldable form factor — the Kyocera Echo, Sony Tablet P, and the NEC Medias, the Axon M's predecessors, feature transforming tablet - to - candybar
designs.
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Samsung was granted a new
design patent today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a
foldable smartphone with a new hinge configuration that has never seen before.
But, Huawei believes that the next
smartphone design revolution comes when we start seeing
foldable smartphones in the market.
A report last year said that Apple chose LG Display to go forward with its
foldable iPhone plans rather than Samsung so that its biggest rival in the
smartphone business would not catch wind of Apple's
designs.
LG's
foldable smartphone features similar
design with little upgrade In the list of
smartphone manufacturers that are developing a
foldable smartphone, the newest entry in the South Korean...
ZTE's
foldable smartphone is not only antiquated in terms of its
design and specs but also software: it launched with Android Nougat in October 2017.
The
foldable / flexible display shown in the graphic above is
designed to appear as one giant display once the user unfolds their
smartphone.
On Tuesday, Samsung was granted a major
design patent regarding a multiple - display,
foldable smartphone.
With some claiming that we have reached peak
smartphone design, a
foldable design will likely get people excited about
smartphone design again.
Originally announced in mid-October, the Axon M is ZTE's first attempt at making a
foldable device
designed in a manner reminiscent of the 2011 Kyocera Echo and sporting specs that put it in the upper mid-range segment of the
smartphone market.
Perhaps Samsung could mimic Apple's route and name a phone something along the lines of «Galaxy X.» Quite possible, yes, but there's the small issue of that name being rumored as the company's much - anticipated
foldable smartphone, pegged to be the next true innovation in
smartphone design.
Reuters notes that «curved displays are in the early stages of development and allow bendable or
foldable designs that could eventually allow mobile and wearable gadgets to take new forms that could radically change the high - end
smartphone market,» although it's not clear just how radical the first models released by LG and Samsung will be.
The upcoming launch of
foldable smartphones could make a Razr brand revival an even more tantalizing prospect, as it complements the original lineup's core
design.
ETNews did say in its report that Samsung wants its new
foldable devices to be «one - step higher than regular flagship
smartphones» that will be able to offer «luxurious
design and high - quality.»
«With the new technology, particularly
foldable screens, I think you will see more and more innovation on our
smartphone design,» Yang said.
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Adding to the list of
smartphone companies that are working towards a
foldable design for a
smartphone, Apple is the new kid on the block.
Samsung's already mythical first
foldable smartphone could still sport an inward - folding
design after the fold - out concept has been abandoned.
OPPO can be now counted in the list of
smartphone companies that are working towards a
foldable design for a
smartphone.
«With the new technology, particularly
foldable screens, I think you will see more and more innovation on our
smartphone design,» he told TechRadar.
LG Electronics on Thursday won a patent describing a
foldable smartphone equipped with two batteries and a pair of 3.5 mm headphone jacks, with the
design being published by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
OPPO has been one of the forces working toward a
foldable design for a
smartphone.
Samsung has been granted a number of new
design patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), reports Patently Mobile — and they include everything from a
foldable smartphone to a 360 - degree speaker.
It does seem like Samsung is rushing with its decision as it flip - flops on which direction to go with the
design of its
foldable smartphone.
If the Note 9 does end up becoming a
foldable smartphone, Samsung would be making a huge leap with a radical new
design.
What Samsung wants to do for its Galaxy X
foldable smartphone is to place a flexible AMOLED display to make its in - folding
design to work.
Samsung has long been working on multiple
designs for
smartphones with flexible and
foldable displays, and the company has filed various patents regarding such devices.
Because Apple and Samsung are two of the world's biggest manufacturers, every other smaller company would likely follow their lead, which means if they are indeed going to release their respective
foldable phones, the
smartphone design landscape is going to get a lot more interesting going forward.
The ZTE Axon Multy, which might end up being called the Axon M, is a
foldable smartphone which features dual displays with a hinge
design.
A new report claims that Samsung has decided to move forward with an in - folding
design for its
foldable smartphone.
In recent years, however, handset makers, including Apple, have been eyeing ways to reinvent
smartphone designs and they've nearly all come to the conclusion that a
foldable screen could prove appealing.
«With the new technology, particularly
foldable screens, I think you will see more and more innovation on our
smartphone design,» Yuanqing told TechRadar when asked about the return of the Razr.
In the
design, Samsung seems to be working on a
foldable smartphone that can be rolled like a newspaper and has a book - like
design with one side featuring a curved edge, an emulation of what the company had on the 2014 Samsung Galaxy Note Edge.
Going by the
design progress during the past ten years, it can be presumed that Apple is not likely to release the
foldable version of
smartphones in the near future.
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.
If you thought Samsung is the only
smartphone OEM that is working on a
foldable design for its future phones, be informed that Apple is also in the race.
It was reported earlier this month that Samsung will finalize the
foldable smartphone's
design in March this year and start producing the
foldable OLED panels for it in September.
The first patent points to a fold - out
design for the upcoming
foldable smartphone.
New patents surfacing this week show Samsung's continued development of the
foldable smartphone, the Korean giant's «next big thing,» as well as future Galaxy
smartphone design.