Samsung's "Galaxy F" foldable phone could be launched today: everything you need to know

Samsung 2018 developer conference: here's all you need to know about Samsung's future collapsible smartphone. (Image credit: Samsung Mobile / Facebook)

Samsung, the world's largest smartphone maker, is likely to announce a foldable phone at the company's developer conference later in the day. Probably called the Galaxy F, Samsung will unveil for the first time the foldable phone to the press and developers. The conference will begin at 11:30 pm EST, and will be broadcast live on Samsung's official YouTube channel. The conference will be held November 7 and 8 in San Francisco.

The South Korean giant has teased a foldable phone for a while. Barely a day back, Samsung has invited Facebook to publish an image of the collapsible Samsung logo, which clearly suggests the unveiling of a flexible smartphone. This is not Samsung's first clue as to a possible preview of the next foldable phone. The invitations to the event posted on Twitter already give a clear idea of ​​a foldable smartphone. The slogan "Where Now Meets the Next" seems to indicate that Samsung will promise something serious tomorrow. In September, DJ Koh, head of mobile telephony at Samsung, hinted that a foldable phone would be announced at the developer conference to be held in November. smartphone. Apparently, Samsung has announced to some Korean media that it will unveil the UX of the phone at this event. It is quite possible that Samsung, during the event, mocks its foldable phone, the interest of the developer community. Separately, The Bell reports that Samsung has confirmed that the foldable phone display is complete. The report further states that the Korean company will mbad produce about 1,000,000 units of flexible display from this month. Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal announced that Samsung had discussed with YouTube and Netflix to offer the best possible experience on a foldable screen.

In the meantime, Samsung has filed several trademarks in the United States, Korea and India under the name "Infinity". And of these is the "Infinity Flex". The company has also filed trademark applications for Infinity-V, Infinity-O and Infinity U. We still do not know the exact name, but it could be the Galaxy F or Galaxy Flex .

A foldable 7-inch screen that folds in half. It should also include a secondary display for notifications when it is folded in half. The phone would come with 512 GB of internal storage, a dual SIM card and a silver color option.

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The collapsible smartphone at Samsung's radical design is about to be launched, but it could cost more than $ 1,500 (or about 1,099,432). Rumors about Samsung's collapsible phone have been circulating for years, with the release date having been postponed several times for technical reasons. The newspaper claims that Samsung is planning to target niche markets with the launch of a foldable phone. The document specifically mentions mobile gaming as a key goal.

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Samsung is probably teasing the futuristic conference tomorrow's developers, although she is not on sale until next year. A full revelation is expected to take place at the upcoming CES Technology Fair in Las Vegas. Although Samsung is not alone on a foldable smartphone. Last week, little-known Chinese start-up Royole announced the world's first "foldable commercial smartphone", named FlexPai. It uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8150 chipset, which has not been announced yet, and is expected to be released in December. Huawei, the world's second largest smartphone maker, is also working on a foldable phone. The launch should take place in 2019.

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