At CES earlier this year, Samsung showed off some concept foldable phones, including one where the phone's screen expanded to the right with an unrolling motion. Samsung called the concept the Flex Slidable, but wouldn't say if the device would actually make it to the company's product line. It's unclear if the rumored new device would use a similar design.
Samsung and LG could launch foldable phones later this year
The newer foldable phones from Samsung, the Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3, have been more popular than their predecessors. According to the company, these foldable phones sold more in their launch month than their predecessors did in all of 2020.
While foldables continue to garner popularity, companies are tinkering with what could be the next frontier in display tech: rollable or scrollable screens. LG showed a concept of a rollable phone at last year's CES and, to boot, it began selling its first OLED rollable TV at a whopping $100,000. TCL followed suit in showing a rollable phone concept at this year's CES. Even Apple submitted a patent for a flexible screen, indicating that a foldable or rollable iPhone could be in the future.
According to the source, the expected device in the works is a fold-out type phone which turns into a 7-inch tablet. The development of the said device started in August last year, and Samsung could put around 100,000 such foldable phones for sale sometime in the third quarter of 2017.
We might soon be able to buy actual foldable phones after years of looking at one concept after another. According to The Korea Herald, Samsung and LG are planning to launch bendable phones later this year. Samsung reportedly began working on a phone that folds out and turns into a 7-inch tablet in August, and it's expected to roll out over 100,000 units in the third quarter. It apparently wasn't a big challenge for the company, since it already previously developed a fold-in phone technology.
LG is reportedly planning to roll out 100,000 foldable devices in the fourth quarter, as well. It probably has a bigger chance of seeing that plan through since it's been working on its fold-out technology for two to three years. However, the company could use its technology to develop components for clients like Huawei and Apple instead of releasing its own products. Either way, it sounds like we're getting closer to seeing foldable gadgets on the market, so you may want to keep an eye out for official announcements.
CES 2021 was the first virtual CES ever, thanks to the ongoing pandemic discouraging people from congregating. The biggest phone story was the LG Rollable, which was exhibited for the first time via a short teaser trailer. Everyone expected it to launch at some point in 2021 but, well, that didn't happen. Because in late January, LG revealed that it might stop making smartphones, which it did. More on that bombshell later.
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By the turn of the millennium, phones had become even smaller and lighter. It was in the year 2000 that the Nokia 3310 was launched. As well as becoming one of the most iconic phones of all time, it remains one of the biggest-selling cell phones to this day.
A year later, the first Android phone, the HTC Dream, was also launched. The introduction of the Android operating system was criticized due to its lack of functionality and third-party software, but was, nevertheless, considered innovative due to its notifications system and integration with Google's services.
Folding phones burst on to the scene in 2019, making the phone industry much more interesting, having faced years of stagnation and same-y looking glass rectangles. It was a chance to show off designs, be more adventurous and do something different. And the best part about it: not one company launched a product exactly like any other.
It also plans to launch a display tech called the 'Folding Window', which is harder and more durable than existing foldable screens and won't show the same obvious crease. We probably won't see it on an LG-branded phone, but it could well be used on other manufacturers' devices.
After years and years of rumors, patent filings and promises, 2019 was supposed to be the year a foldable smartphone with a flexible display would finally go mainstream. Two of the biggest phone makers in the world, Samsung and Huawei, both announced plans to launch foldable phones: the Samsung Galaxy Fold and the Huawei Mate X.
These developments are just the latest in the rather troubled history of trying to bring foldable phones. Samsung and other companies have been showing prototypes of these devices for literally years, but it appears that creating these kinds of devices with a foldable display on a large scale has been difficult until just recently.
According to Slash Gear, LG seems keen at investing in radical innovation, even if they end up being a flop. The South Korean brand may be launching its craziest phones yet next year, which includes a rollable phone.
Whether LG will launch its innovative Wing phone later this year or unveil its rollable screen early next year is still uncertain. It is still too early to guess what LG has in store, although the company has been known for surprising the public with its experimental devices. This may urge developers to go out of the box with their creativity and innovation.
In 2011, Kyocera released a dual-touchscreen Android smartphone known as the Echo, which featured a pair of 3.5-inch touchscreens. When folded, the top screen continued to face the user while covering the secondary screen. Two individual apps could be shown on the displays, a single app could span across them, while specific apps also featured "optimized" two-pane layouts.[11][12] Two years later, NEC released the Medias W in Japan. Unlike the Echo, the secondary screen could be folded behind the phone. The camera rotated with the screen so that the same sensor could face both forward and rear [13] In 2017, ZTE released the Axon M with a similar hinge to the Medias W. ZTE stated that the more powerful hardware of modern smartphones, and improvements to multitasking and tablet support on Android, helped to improve this experience.[14]
Motorola Mobility launched the Moto Razr 2022 on 11 August 2022, it is currently only available to the Chinese market but there is speculation that it could become available to other world markets at a later date. [41][42][43]
There's no question as to who makes the best foldable phones right now. Samsung dominates this market, with both the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 available for anyone who wants a phone with an expandable display.
But how firm is Samsung's grip on foldable phones? While we're still waiting to see if the revamped Motorola Razr 2022 makes it to the U.S., other phone makers are reportedly working on foldable devices of their own. The question is whether any of them will surface this year to challenge Samsung's Galaxy Z lineup.
As for foldables in the U.S., TCL showed off its Fold and Roll phone concept, which features both a folding screen and a way to extend that screen for an even larger workspace. However, those prototypes emerged a year ago, with no subsequent release. Motorola has showed off a rollable phone, too, but it only seems to be a concept design at this point.
Another Samsung concept that could see the light of day eventually is a device with a scrollable screen that some people are calling the Galaxy Scroll. You can read our foldable vs. rollable explainer that looks at how this design should differ from Samsung's foldable models.
We run a custom battery test in which we have the phone surf the web over cellular with its screen set to 150 nits of brightness. We then time how long it takes the phone to run out of power. For foldable phones, we conduct this test on the phone's main display.
Since the launch of the Galaxy S22 series, Samsung has incorporated recycled materials not just in our packaging, but also in the hardware of our new products. These are the first steps in our Galaxy for the Planet initiative, which includes our continued incorporation of recycled plastics and the creation of new materials in partnership with leading sustainability partners. As we continue to pursue innovations in sustainable manufacturing, we are proud to announce that more than 90 percent of the new Galaxy Buds2 Pro is made with recycled materials.31 The new Galaxy Z series also incorporates ocean-bound plastics into key components and 100 percent recycled paper for its packaging. We also reduced volume of the packaging up to 58 percent32 compared to the first-generation Galaxy foldables. This equates to an avoidance of approximately 10,000 tons of carbon emissions from transportation this year.33 2ff7e9595c
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