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It's inevitable: Samsung will build a phone with a foldable display

2017-01-12
a new report says Samsung is working on a phone that turns into a tablet we're running into a real problem as a society we want phones with really big screens however our pockets aren't getting any larger that might not be a problem in the future according to the Korea Herald Samsung is working on a phone with a flexible display that folds open into a 7-inch tablet the report goes on to say the flexible phone / tablet combo would ship more than 10 thousand units in the third quarter of 2017 so what are the odds of this report being true I'd say pretty good and here's why Samsung demonstrated a flexible high-resolution display way back at CES 2013 that's also where they showed up the edge concept that was adopted by the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy S series on top of that Samsung demoed a television that could go from flat to curved that product never made it to market then there's a Samsung concept video from 2013 in it a tablet is folded in half to become a more pocketable phone this video probably gives us the best idea of how sampson would design such a device additionally an executive from samsung Display said the company would launch a flexible display for smartphones that could be folded in half that statement dates back to 2014 as well a Bloomberg report from June of last year said Samsung could unveil a flexible phone / tablet hybrid as early as February 2017 which would line up real nicely with the biggest mobile show in the world Mobile World Congress so what I'm saying is Samsung is definitely working on the technology that timing is still something to be worked out for more information check out cnet.com Amaya's actor and i'll see you online
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