Will Samsung bring out a foldable phone?
Yes! Probably.
Samsung Mobile CEO DJ Koh recently told CNBC that the company was still running on time to reveal its first foldable smartphone later in 2018. The device sounds like it’s probably going to be unveiled at this year’s Samsung Developer Conference, set to be held in November in San Francisco.
Samsung first announced its plans for a Galaxy Note smartphone with a bendable display in September 2017, BUT Samsung has already announced this year’s Galaxy Note 9, so it seems likely that this new bendable phone will come with it’s own unique model name and branding.
There’s still no details about how exactly the folding screen will work, but many believe there will be no hinge, and instead the screen itself will bend.
It also seems like their trying their hardest to make the device not just a novelty, but rather a device that gives users more functionality. According to Koh;
“So every device, every feature, every innovation should have a meaningful message to our end customer. So when the end customer uses it, (they think) ‘wow, this is the reason Samsung made it’.”
There have been many, many rumors that Samsung is in the lead of the foldable display with competitor Apple, however there has been no concrete evidence or comment by Apple that this is the case, only a few patents with technology that might serve such a device.
So, what do you think? Foldable phones… next big thing? Or not so much?