There are other examples
of a foldable phone design, incorporating a chassis that is divided into two sections, upper one and lower one.
In this particular
version of a foldable phone design, the face display slightly wraps around to the back allowing it to be active while the phone is folded to show users they have new voice mail, email, text messages or updates.
Rumors of a foldable phone from Samsung have been circulating in one form or another for years, and other manufacturers have been working on their own OLED displays that can bend, fold and scroll.
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.
Foldable smartphone concept is finally a thing in 2017, as we have seen the prototypes
of foldable phones from Lenovo and also the ZTE's Axon M which is however not a true foldable phone, in other words, the Axon M is a device with two phones joined with a hinge.
While we are seeing the
reports of foldable phones since 2011, the tech giant last year presented the foldable phone prototypes, it is clear that folding smartphones are no longer being taken as a gimmick.
Samsung introduced the Phablet and this
kind of foldable phone blurs the line between a smartphone and mini tablet.
Developments in foldable displays could well enable new designs and shapes, and greater durability, but we're not really expecting a
flurry of foldable phones in 2018.
«It is quite unlikely we will see the mass
production of foldable phones next year due to unaddressed technical challenges,» an insider familiar with the matter reportedly said.
However, there doesn't seem to be any use for having two
sizes of a foldable phone, a smaller one and a bigger one, so this news is rather puzzling.
Samsung is expecting other firms to take
notice of its foldable phone prototype and perhaps place orders for its new screens, as per PhoneArena.
A
series of foldable phone patents that reached the web in the last couple of days brought back the rumours of mythical Surface Phone.
The Samsung Galaxy X could be a rival to the Microsoft's Andromeda though it's still quite early to speculate as Microsoft hasn't confirmed the
existence of the foldable phone project.
This year, we'll finally get to see some
sort of foldable phone, and of course, it comes from Samsung; no other company can build, market and sell a phone like the Galaxy X. I'm not sure how successful it will be or how many people really want a phone that folds in the middle, but I do know the Note used to be that phone where Samsung takes chances, and now it's the Galaxy X.
In fact, it might be years until something along the
lines of the foldable phone, like what we've seen in leaked Samsung patents, actually comes to fruition.
The Galaxy Note has always been more experimental and adventurous in the technologies it adopts, and the notebook
style of a foldable phone seems to be a perfect fit for a «Note» phone anyway.
Rumors of a foldable phone have been swirling around Samsung (SSNLF) ever since the company showcased a flexible display at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2013.
The
idea of a foldable phone isn't new to Samsung, in fact way back in 2011 the company showed off a prototype of exactly that.
It's understandable why Apple might want to keep Samsung out
of its foldable phone business, especially in light of rumors about the Galaxy X. That's the reported name of the foldable phone that looks likely to appear in 2018 after years of rumors that Samsung was on the cusp of releasing such a device.
The concept
of a foldable phone or tablet since several year with Samsung teasing the tech - lovers every now and then.