Tech: Samsung to announce foldable smartphones in third quarter this year

South Korean tech giant Samsung, might announce its foldable smartphones in the third quarter of this year. Samsung has been working on foldable displays for years is now ready to officially unveil its first offering in 2017

South Korean tech giant Samsung, might announce its foldable smartphones in the third quarter of this year. Samsung has been working on foldable displays for years is now ready to officially unveil its first offering in 2017.

The company had reportedly filed a patent with the Korean Intellectual Property Office for a smartphone with a foldable feature last year. Samsung isn't the first firm to attempt to incorporate this property in smartphones.

Chinese technology major Lenovo became the first company to display two futuristic concepts: a foldable smartphone that can be turned into a wearable device and a bendable tablet that becomes a phablet.

Tech experts feel flexible displays or foldable, bendable smartphones are the future. The Lenovo CPlus smartphone and Folio tablet concepts, which were shown at the Tech World 2016 in San Francisco, highlighted how flexible screens and components can enable dual-devices and multiple usage scenarios like never before.

The foldable smartphones are being talked about at a time when wearable smart watches are beginning to gain some grounds globally. Foldable smartphones do not mean flip phones of the past or phones with two separate displays. These smartphones with flexible OLED screens can be folded without harming the device.

Samsung is reportedly planning to a 5-inch smartphone when folded and turn into a 7-inch tablet when opened. A prototype of foldable display is finished with development and the company is hoping to mass-produce the device. The firm has apparently invested into several technologies that are needed to build foldable smartphone. The device can bend a screen in half by using OLED Display. One can carry it like a wallet and use it by opening it.
- With inputs from Agencies

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