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Samsung Again Teases Foldable Smartphone Ahead of February 20 Event
In a new "The Future Unfolds" ad for its upcoming February 20 keynote event, Samsung today teased hints of its upcoming "Galaxy Fold" foldable smartphone.
Not a lot can be seen in the video, but the words in the video appear to wrap around a foldable surface, a reference to Samsung's first smartphone with this folding design.
Samsung in November introduced its Infinity Flex display technology, demonstrating it in a device with a 7.3-inch flexible display that can be folded right in half, collapsing from a tablet size down to a smartphone size.
At the time, Samsung said that it had to invent new materials and reimagine the display from the ground up to create its Infinity Flex technology.
Samsung is developing a new software platform for the device in partnership with Google, which is designed to support two UIs - one for when the device is open and one for when the device is closed.
Samsung's foldable smartphone will debut at its upcoming February 20 event, which will also see the launch of the new Galaxy S10 smartphone lineup.
The Galaxy S10 devices won't feature foldable displays, but there will be three options at various price points and with different display sizes. Samsung's Galaxy S10 lineup is expected to feature small "hole punch" camera cutouts to maximize available screen area.
Samsung will introduce its new smartphones at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, months ahead of when Apple will debut its 2019 iPhone lineup.
There have been some rumors suggesting Apple is exploring foldable display content, but right now, there's no concrete evidence that Apple is working on a smartphone with a foldable display.
Not a lot can be seen in the video, but the words in the video appear to wrap around a foldable surface, a reference to Samsung's first smartphone with this folding design.
Samsung in November introduced its Infinity Flex display technology, demonstrating it in a device with a 7.3-inch flexible display that can be folded right in half, collapsing from a tablet size down to a smartphone size.
At the time, Samsung said that it had to invent new materials and reimagine the display from the ground up to create its Infinity Flex technology.
Samsung is developing a new software platform for the device in partnership with Google, which is designed to support two UIs - one for when the device is open and one for when the device is closed.
Samsung's foldable smartphone will debut at its upcoming February 20 event, which will also see the launch of the new Galaxy S10 smartphone lineup.
The Galaxy S10 devices won't feature foldable displays, but there will be three options at various price points and with different display sizes. Samsung's Galaxy S10 lineup is expected to feature small "hole punch" camera cutouts to maximize available screen area.
It’s a phone… It’s a tablet… It’s a phone that unfolds into a tablet! #SDC18 pic.twitter.com/FgwpJPjqTn
— SAMSUNG DEVELOPERS (@samsung_dev) November 7, 2018
Samsung will introduce its new smartphones at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California, months ahead of when Apple will debut its 2019 iPhone lineup.
There have been some rumors suggesting Apple is exploring foldable display content, but right now, there's no concrete evidence that Apple is working on a smartphone with a foldable display.
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18 weeks ago
More than foldable displays, I'd like to see two seamless but separate microLED displays similar to the ones demoed at CES…
…but that have a hinge connecting them on the other side. This way, you can have both displays covered in durable glass and perfectly straight:
…but that have a hinge connecting them on the other side. This way, you can have both displays covered in durable glass and perfectly straight:
18 weeks ago
Sure, but this one is way... way more innovative than any iPhone ever made. It will certainly do much more than any iPhone in the next 5 years ... or 10.
This comment is definitely not going to age well.
18 weeks ago
For those saying its too thick, the device shown was a early prototype, which the demonstrator said was heavily disguised. Its likely the finished article will be much sleeker. Imaging an iphone in your pocket, that unfolds to an iPad. What a great piece of hardware (just need iOS to catch up).
18 weeks ago
1) Bending/folding screens are really cool tech. I think they have a future in mobile and non-mobile devices.
2) I don't mind Apple not jumping on this first, because most of these first tries are going to range from bad to terrible. Samsung's might have more polish than the rest.
3) Prepare for LOTS of click bait, hit pieces, hot takes, and bad PR from the tech media (this very site will probably be one of the ones leading the charge) for the duration of 2019, and probably most of 2020, claiming that Apple is toast without a folding phone.
2) I don't mind Apple not jumping on this first, because most of these first tries are going to range from bad to terrible. Samsung's might have more polish than the rest.
3) Prepare for LOTS of click bait, hit pieces, hot takes, and bad PR from the tech media (this very site will probably be one of the ones leading the charge) for the duration of 2019, and probably most of 2020, claiming that Apple is toast without a folding phone.
18 weeks ago
They can shove that stupid foldable phone... Why would anyone want that?
I bet if Apple bring one out you will buy it.
18 weeks ago
so many things wrong with this.
1. All OLED screens are not the same. During the iPhone 5 days, OLED screens at the time weren't color accurate, there wasn't wide color support, poor color saturation.
And Samsung phones had even in those days more Color Modes with one of them close to sRGB calibration. This is a piece of information which was always ignored with passion by their critics.
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208191
QUOTE: "The Super Retina display in iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max was engineered by Apple to meet our incredibly high standards."
100% proven wrong. Feel free to reply but I'm not going to read. You're wasting too much of my time.
SMH
I remember that a guy from The Verge mention he asked Apple what was their involvement regarding the creation of the OLED screen in the iphone X and they refused any comment, the only words they presented were: engineered or designed which according to him and the rest of the tech press present are way to ambiguous and don't allow anybody to understand Apple's actual involvement regarding this matter.
18 weeks ago
Not sure who wants that but ok.
They can shove that stupid foldable phone... Why would anyone want that?
etc.
Sounds like back when some people asked, "Who wants a screen bigger than 4 inches."
There should be a special list kept of folks who say things like this...
... who will be forced to wait an extra few years before being allowed to buy one :)
18 weeks ago
More of a flip phone than foldable really — doesn’t quite strike me as futuristic as a full bezeless translucent display would. Still, it’ll be interesting to see them make the plunge and how it turns out.
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