Foldable smartphones – several rumors are circulating in the tech market for many years. It was reported that Samsung is likely to release the world’s first foldable smartphone next year. But now, another news is coming about the foldable smartphone that world’s third largest Chinese smartphone vendor Huawei likely to beat Samsung to market with a foldable phone. In the event that 2018 was the time of the smartphones with a notch, possibly 2019 will be the time of the foldable phone.
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The premium foldable phone will utilize an OLED screen made by BOE Technology Group, as per those sources. So it seems Huawei is not bothered about profit from the foldable phones they just want to be first.
A foldable phone could take into consideration advantageous when folded up, however, you could spread out the full screen when playing a game or while watching a video. Samsung makes all the smartphone with OLED boards in the world, so you’d anticipate that its smartphone will be the first with a hearty foldable board. As indicated by the new report, Huawei will join forces with Chinese provider BOE for another adaptable OLED board as BOE is the world’s leading large-panel maker for TV screens
Some source reported the launch date of Huawei’s foldable phone will rely upon innovation advancement and the solidness of such boards, which still needs change. Still, as per Huawei, launch date for the foldable phone as soon as early 2019 and price of the foldable phone could go as high as $2,000.
Here is what NIKKEI reported about Huawei’s foldable phone, “Huawei’s planned volume could be limited to some 20,000 to 30,000 units, or even less, for a small group of first-wave adopters,” one person familiar with Huawei’s plan said. “The effort is mainly to demonstrate its technology capability and to attract the industry’s attention and media coverage.”
Samsung is also planning to launch its own foldable smartphone on its 10th anniversary of its Galaxy models in the year 2019. So who will be the first to release world’s first foldable phone, Huawei? Or Samsung? Let’s see!
Source – Nikkei