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.
Not exact matches
Microsoft Newest
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The
phone may have gotten quite lost in the cluster
of new launches that the Japanese network operator intends to release starting
from January 25 onwards, if not for its interesting design element — the two screens packed into one
foldable body.
According to a report
from ETNews, Samsung intended to begin production
of a prototype
phone in the third quarter
of 2017, in order to «verify quality
of foldable smartphone by producing thousands
of prototypes.»
This does seem too far - fetched but we still have a very good chance
of seeing the first
foldable phone from Samsung by 2018 - 2019.
The company also has a history
of chasing industry - first solutions, having recently proclaimed itself to be the first OEM that commercialized a
foldable smartphone while announcing the Axon M, so rushing a 5G
phone to the market would be in line with its M.O. even though the next generation
of wireless networks isn't likely to be available in the majority
of the U.S. until late 2019 and is only expected to be commercialized on a national level more than two years
from now.
While most
of the focus on Samsung at this year's Mobile World Congress has been on the Galaxy S9, that hasn't stopped head
of mobile at Samsung DJ Koh
from talking about the company's upcoming
foldable phone.
Andromeda (Surface
Phone / Note), from the rumours, seems like a unique mobile - type that will succeed with this unique concept, while Samsung is also working on a foldable phone and the company is a step ahead of Microsoft, at least in terms of ga
Phone / Note),
from the rumours, seems like a unique mobile - type that will succeed with this unique concept, while Samsung is also working on a
foldable phone and the company is a step ahead of Microsoft, at least in terms of ga
phone and the company is a step ahead
of Microsoft, at least in terms
of gaming.
Bloomberg's report
from 2016 claimed that Samsung was working on two types
of foldable devices: one that folds inwards like a clamshell
phone, and another that folds out to turn into a 7 - inch tablet.
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.
According to CNBC, the only info people are working off
of is one quote
from BoA analyst Wamsi Mohan, who said, «Our checks also suggest that Apple is working with suppliers on a
foldable phone (that potentially could double up as a tablet) for launch in 2020.»
There have been so many rumors
of «bendable» and «
foldable»
phones being ready for prime time in the last couple
of years that it's foolish to put stock on reports until we see something more substantial than «information
from industry sources.»