The competition for folding screen phones is also a competition between screen suppliers.
The first folding screen phone has not yet been officially commercialized, and Samsung’s second folding screen phone has news.
According to Bloomberg News, Samsung is developing a second folding screen phone, which is expected to be available next year. However, the specific image of this phone has not been announced.
The phone folds up in a square shape and opens up to look like a regular phone. It uses a screen of 6.7 inches, which is smaller than the screen of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 released in August. The front camera of this phone uses a perforated screen, and the rear double camera. With a new folding material, it is thinner than the first folding screen phone and can be placed in the pocket.
The BOE folding screen released at the Zhibo conference at the end of August, Samsung’s second folding phone looks a bit like it. Image source: IC Photo
In addition, after the phone is turned on, various apps can be used in the normal way without adjustment. Previously the first folding screen phone needed an app to adjust to fit the square screen.
Bloomberg also said that the American fashion menswear brand Thom Browne designed the phone to make it more stylish.
The second Samsung folding screen phone may mean that Samsung’s technology and products in the folding screen field have become more mature and more practical in business. CNBC believes that this phone may be cheaper than the first Samsung folding screen phone.
Folding screen mobile phone is one of the focuses of this year’s smartphone manufacturers competition, but its technical maturity is still insufficient. The Galaxy Fold folding screen phone released by Samsung this year announced a delay in delivery at the end of April because the phone has repeatedly failed due to its inability to withstand the intensity of daily use.
In July, Samsung has announced that technical issues have been resolved, Galaxy Fold will ship in September, and has now opened an appointment. The current price is about $2,000. At present, Galaxy Fold’s stocking is said to be only tens of thousands, so it will only be a preliminary attempt to commercialize Samsung’s folding screen mobile phone.
Huawei has almost gone the same path as Samsung. It released the folding screen Mate X slightly later than Samsung, and then delayed the listing. The current time to market has not been confirmed. Mate X will be a 5G phone. Now Samsung’s folding screen phone has not confirmed whether it isWith 5G function.
Hua’s first folding screen phone, exhibited in June this year Image source: IC Photo
Xiaomi and OPPO also said that they will release a folding screen phone. According to foreign media reports, the two manufacturers are more likely to purchase their folding screen directly from Samsung. TCL also showed a folding screen phone in July this year.
This battle for folding screen phones may eventually become a competition between manufacturers of folding screens. At present, BOE, Joowoo and Samsung, which provide folding screens to Huawei, have become competitors. Possible competitors also include LG. It is the supplier of folding screen computer screens launched by Lenovo in May this year.