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Samsung is teasing the release of a foldable phone since 2014, but the groundbreaking device might be in a week because rumors abound that it will be unveiled at a conference hosted by the giant of South Korean electronics.
Potentially named Galaxy X or Galaxy F, the Bendy gadget will be showcased at the electronics giant's developer conference starting Nov. 7, with a potential release date set for 2019.
Samsung is working with YouTube and Netflix to find ways to deliver content on a folding screen. The Wall Street Journal reported.
Samsung released a video in 2014 illustrating a collapsible screen concept (Samsung)
The foldable screen may even carry a name – the Infinity-V – after a separate leak revealed that Samsung had filed it as a trademark with the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
A Samsung spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
The smartphone concept with a collapsible design was first introduced by Samsung in a video published in 2014 that imagined what personal devices might look like in the future.
Since then, Samsung has filed numerous patents regarding the folding or folding of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, although no official word has been announced about the development of the phone.
A report released earlier this year suggested that Samsung had already built a prototype 7-inch device, dubbed "Winner", featuring a foldable screen in two "like a wallet".
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A humanoid robot gestures during a demonstration at a booth at the Indian Machine Tools Expo, IMTEX / Tooltech 2017, Bangalore
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A humanoid robot gestures during a demonstration at a booth at the Indian Machine Tools Expo, IMTEX / Tooltech 2017, Bangalore
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Engineers test a four meter high humanoid robot, nicknamed Method-2, in a Hankook Mirae technology lab in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea.
Jung Yeon-I / AFP / Getty Images
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Engineers test a four meter high humanoid robot, nicknamed Method-2, in a Hankook Mirae technology lab in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea.
Jung Yeon-I / AFP / Getty Images
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This giant human-like robot looks strangely like the military robots of the movie "Avatar" and is presented as a world first by its creators of a South Korean robotics company.
Jung Yeon-I / AFP / Getty Images
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Engineers test a four meter high humanoid robot, nicknamed Method-2, in a Hankook Mirae technology lab in Gunpo, south of Seoul, South Korea.
Jung Yeon-I / AFP / Getty Images
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The WAS-5 saxophonist robot of Waseda University, developed by Professor Atsuo Takanishi
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Waseda University's WAS-5 saxophonist robot, developed by Professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock, playing a String Lightsaber Guitar and performing a jam session
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A test line of a new energy suspension railway resembling the giant panda is seen in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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Reuters
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& # 39; TRX03 & # 39 ;, a dinosaur-shaped mechanical combination robot eight meters high, built by the Japanese On-Art Corp.
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The Japanese robot "TRX03" in the shape of a dinosaur eight meters high, during its unveiling in Tokyo, Japan
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The co-founder and CEO of Singulato Motors, Shen Haiyin, poses in the conceptual car of his company, Tigercar P0, at a workshop in Beijing, China.
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Inside the Tigercar P0 concept car from Singulato Motors at a workshop in Beijing, China
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The Singulato Motors Tigercar P0 concept car
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An image shows the Singulato Motors Tigercar P0 concept car at a workshop in Beijing, China
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The president of the connected company, Shigeki Tomoyama, speaks at a press conference during which he explains Toyota's "connected strategy" in Tokyo.
Connected is one of Toyota's seven internal companies created in April 2016.
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Toyota Motors employee presents smartphone app with company's Hybrid Plug-in Pocket Service (PHV) in the cockpit of the latest Prius hybrid vehicle at Toyota's "Connected Strategy" press conference in Tokyo
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Exponent Loads AnyWalker Battery Cells, An Ultra-Mobile Robot That Can Move Into Any Environment at Singapore International Robo Expo
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A robot with a touch screen information application roams the pavilion at the Singapore International Robo Expo
Getty
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An exhibitor presents the AnyWalker, an ultra-mobile robot capable of moving in any environment during the Singapore International Robo Expo
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Robotic fish swim in a glass water tank on display at the Korea Pavilion at Singapore's Robo Expo
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An employee presents a Samsung Electronics Gear S3 Classic at Korea Electronics Show 2016 in Seoul, South Korea.
Reuters
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Visitors discover the Samsung Electronics Gear VR at the Korea Electronics Fair in an exhibition hall in Seoul, South Korea.
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Amy Rimmer, research engineer at Jaguar Land Rover, introduces the automaker's Advanced Highway Assist into a Range Rover, which drives the vehicle, overtakes and can detect vehicles in the blind spot, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive project at HORIBA MIRA Land in Nuneaton, Warwickshire
PA wire
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Chris Burbridge, Autonomous Driving Software Engineer for the Tata Motors European Technical Center, presents the automotive manufacturer's GLOSA V2X functionality, connected to traffic lights and providing information to the driver, during the first demonstrations of the HORIBA UK autopilot project MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire
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Life-size "Kibo" scale model exhibited in the Space Dome exhibition hall of the Tsukuba Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), in Tsukuba, northeast of Tokyo, Japan
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Miniatures exhibited in the Space Dome exhibition hall of the Tsukuba Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), in Tsukuba, northeast of Tokyo, Japan.
In its facilities, JAXA develops satellites and analyzes their observation data, trains astronauts for use in the Japanese "Kibo" experimentation module of the International Space Station (ISS) and develops launchers.
EPA
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The robot developed by Seed Solutions sings and dances on music during the Japan Robot Week 2016 in Tokyo Big Sight. During this biennial event, the participating companies present their latest service in robotics technologies and components.
Getty
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Robot developed by Seed Solutions sings and dances on music at Japan Robot Week 2016 in Tokyo Big Sight
Getty
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The government and the industry are working together on a robot-like autopilot system, which could eliminate the need for a second human pilot in the cockpit.
AP
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Aurora Flight Sciences technicians are working on an ALIAS device (automatic cockpit processing system in the aircraft) in the company 's Centaur aircraft, at Manassas Airport, in Manassas, Virginia.
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Stefan Schwart and Udo Klingenberg preparing a flight simulator built by themselves and landing at Hong Kong Airport, from Rostock, Germany
EPA
While Samsung will be the first major smartphone maker to launch a foldable smartphone if it decides to unveil the Galaxy X next week, the claim that the "world's first folding phone" has already been taken over by a Californian startup.
Earlier this week, Royole Corporation unveiled the FlexPai handset with a 7.8-inch display that can be folded in half.
Huawei and LG are other reputable manufacturers working on similar design devices.
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