Samsung folding phones could double at more than one place

Samsung has been working on folding screens for several years, and the South Korean giant could finally be ready to introduce its first fully flexible smartphone in 2018. But it is possible that the future Samsung phones with folding screens do not bend in the same place, which would result in a clamshell phone some of which will remember the past.

There is no rule that says a flexible phone should be folded just once; Samsung's new folding OLED screens, which are about to start a trial production, can be folded to leave part of the screen visible, allowing it to see notifications and alerts, and even to retreat completely.

A flexible screen could be installed on the first Samsung folding phone that should be launched early next year, and it is supposed to be the rumor of a Galaxy X, according to the South Korean source new ETNews. It is said that the screen will measure 7 inches, which is larger than the screens installed in the Galaxy Note line. The ability to fold it would make a larger phone, type phablet more convenient to carry, without sacrificing the size of the screen when it comes time to use the device.

What is not clear in the report is if the screen is folded in a way – where two thirds of the time is in the middle of it. screen are covered and leaves a section still visible – or it can also be folded in half. The hardware limitations so that a device can bend in more than one place, could make a phone with two folding points very difficult to manufacture technically. However, it is possible that in the future this will be possible as the technology progresses.

How close is the reality to one of these incredible phones? Apparently, Samsung Display will begin its first production test of OLED folding panels in the summer, and once all issues are resolved, a second larger production will be made in September. As long as the operation goes well, Samsung wants to reach 100,000 screens by the end of the year. And in 2019, when large-scale production is expected, Samsung will produce one million folding screens.

Samsung Display is the world's leading provider of OLED displays and its displays are not just on Samsung devices, and the company is not the only smartphone maker that talks about folding or devices flexible in the near future. According to rumors, Huawei would have a foldable phone by the end of 2018, although it is not certain that the phone is ready for sale at that time, and Motorola has also filed patents linked to a foldable phone. that Samsung is going ahead with the production of folding screens will probably push other manufacturers to consider the concept, and we could soon hear about more devices that include this technology.