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.
Not exact matches
Many consider the
foldable design to be the next major change in
smartphone technology.
It has already incorporated elements of the
technology in its curved Galaxy Edge
smartphones, and one industry analyst described Samsung's goal of releasing a
foldable device next year as «quite realistic.»
In December Patently Apple posted a report titled «A Leading Supplier of
Foldable Display
Technology Confirms Five Tech Companies are Testing
Foldable Smartphones.»
Th Chinese
technology giant has been developing a
foldable smartphone for a while now.
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.
Koh has also stated that the company will drop the
foldable smartphone if the
technology becomes too much of a concern.
Foldable OLED panels are part of its 2018 strategy and it even mentioned in its Q4 2017 earnings release that the company's mobile division will try to differentiate its smartphones by adopting advanced technologies like foldable OLED d
Foldable OLED panels are part of its 2018 strategy and it even mentioned in its Q4 2017 earnings release that the company's mobile division will try to differentiate its
smartphones by adopting advanced
technologies like
foldable OLED d
foldable OLED displays.
«With the new
technology, particularly
foldable screens, I think you will see more and more innovation on our
smartphone design,» Yang said.
Although Samsung's
foldable Galaxy X
smartphone won't arrive until 2019, the South Korean manufacturer isn't the only one working on this type of
technology.
«With the new
technology, particularly
foldable screens, I think you will see more and more innovation on our
smartphone design,» he told TechRadar.
One of which is a
foldable smartphone, something that is unlikely to launch this year but will possibly be the future of
smartphone technology.
Apple's work explains how the two parts of a
foldable device would be coupled, the proposed hinge
technologies, and the flexible OLED display that would be needed for such a
smartphone.
«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.
A sort of smorgasbord of different concepts — such as
foldable smartphones — Motorola wasn't short of their fair share of exciting
technology.
We've also seen patents which show that Samsung has been working on
technology for its
foldable smartphone.
In an earnings call on Wednesday, Samsung said
foldable OLED displays and Bixby will help drive the company's growth in 2018: «As for the Mobile business, Samsung will continue its efforts to differentiate its
smartphones by adopting cutting - edge
technologies, such as
foldable OLED displays,» Samsung explained.
A fresh patent has popped up which shows that the company continues to work on
technology for the
foldable smartphone, thus adding fuel to the rumors that it will indeed release a
foldable smartphone in 2017.
Samsung has filed patent applications for various
technologies that point towards its upcoming
foldable smartphone.
In fact, 2017 is the first to give us a
foldable smartphone in the shape of ZTE Axon M, but like ZTE, many OEMs were having their first go at these new
technologies.
Samsung also mentions in its press release that the mobile division is going to try and differentiate its
smartphones by adopting cutting - edge
technologies «such as
foldable OLED displays.»