Samsung will launch a foldable phone next year

[Mike Mercury]

Samsung is working on a foldable smartphone that might be introduced early next year, according to The Wall Street Journal.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbrea...-bend-displays

This phone will reportedly feature a 7-inch display that can bend in half to transform it into a wallet shape. The outside of the device would still have some sort of display. Because of its two displays, the company would have to build in a larger battery, which is worrisome because of the prior Galaxy Note 7 battery issues (aka explosions). This phone could cost more than $1,500 and would first be marketed toward niche users, like gamers.



Samsung Display’s principal engineer, Kim Tae-woong said the company was focusing on bezel-free displays first and would then pivot to bendable displays. The company has now introduced multiple phones with minimal bezels, albeit not completely bezel-free, so it seems the team could be refocusing on something new. At the time, Samsung said it would likely release a bendable phone in 2019, which, again, aligns with the Journal’s reporting.

Since that time, other companies like ZTE have introduced folding phones. ZTE’s Axon M was released in the US through AT&T, and it features two, non-flexible displays. The idea was that users could watch full-screen movies or easily multitask. Samsung’s phone might not be any more ideal for multitasking or gaming, but it would at least look cool and be super unique.

[VatorMan]

So........ Samsung has reinvented the flip phone ?

[StaticCling]

The iFruit Me-phone.

[mrvette]

MY Sammy flip phone is SO old it has a DIAL on it!!!!!

[StaticCling]

Originally Posted by mrvette

MY Sammy flip phone is SO old it has a DIAL on it!!!!!

Get with the program dude. You need a smart fone to dumb your ass down like the rest of us. That way you can go the restaurant and ignore your wife while looking at your fone.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by chinaski

Get with the program dude. You need a smart fone to dumb your ass down like the rest of us. That way you can go the restaurant and ignore your wife while looking at your fone.

AWWW now, she is CUTE when she dresses in PINK......I call her the pink thing'....... PIX?? fuggetaboutit.....

[Wathen1955]

Fixed it.

Originally Posted by chinaski

Get with the program dude. You need a smart fone to dumb your ass down like the rest of us. That way you can go the restaurant and ignore your wife while looking at your fone' porn collection.

[VITE1]

Originally Posted by mrvette

MY Sammy flip phone is SO old it has a DIAL on it!!!!!

You upgraded from the Party line? How 20th century.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by VITE1

You upgraded from the Party HARDY line? How 20th century.

fixed it 4 U

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by mrvette

MY Sammy flip phone is SO old it has a DIAL on it!!!!!

[Black94lt1]

Originally Posted by chinaski

Get with the program dude. You need a smart fone to dumb your ass down like the rest of us. That way you can go the restaurant and ignore your wife while looking at your fone.

Sign in a restaurant we were in in Gatlinburg two weeks ago

[HOWSER]

This is interesting tech. Can’t wait to see how it’ll function.