Samsung is full
steam ahead on making a fold-able
Galaxy phone. Although it isn't clear if that means the
screen itself could fold -- there are other ways to make a phone
"foldable" -- we now know that foldable displays are a major
part of Samsung's mobile strategy
.
The company said in its earnings
report on Wednesday that it's developing foldable displays,
one of the components that could be used in a phone that folds up.
That was the
third time Samsung mentioned foldable OLED displays in its earning call. This
is clearly an area of interest for Samsung, and a way it plans to pull ahead of
Apple and other phone makers.
Samsung didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the foldable display will be used in its foldable phone.
Foldable phones are a hot topic in the phone world, with years of development and what-if concept pieces popping up from time to time. Foldable phones could increase a device's usable screen space while keeping its physical footprint small, and shake up a design that's grown stale. Samsung wouldn't be the first to make a foldable phone.
If it succeeds, you can thank ZTE, a Chinese company that released the Axon M late last year. That device has two screens that fold open on a hinge like a mini tablet or book. With this feature, it can do unique things like combine the two screens into one big display or use them separately to multitask.
Samsung has submitted a patent for a similar phone design that opens and folds. It also applied for a different patent where the screen can fold in on itself. This second design would support the foldable OLED panel that Samsung says it's working on.
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