Samsung is already working on its next flexible display smartphone, according to speculation from ETNews (machine translated). In an article published yesterday, the website suggested Samsung’s next foldable display device would be a clamshell-style product with an outward-facing, 1-inch display.
This device would seemingly be more portable than the Galaxy Fold, which functions as a hybrid between phone and tablet. The future folding phone is tipped to be about the size of a regular flagship, with its display coming in at around 6.7 inches when unfolded.
Apparently, it would also include a one-inch screen on the outside with limited functionality. This could offer something like the always-on display functionality of other Samsung phones. ETNews didn’t say whether the screen would be touch-enabled.
We imagined potential Samsung phones with clamshell designs and flexible screens last year — imagine the device on the right but with a screen above/instead of the camera housing.
ETNews also said necessary device components would enter mass production in November ahead of a launch in H1 2020. This may occur around April, a year after its first flexible display phone was intended to be released.
Fact or fiction?
Samsung is almost certainly working on another folding smartphone, despite the Galaxy Fold problems it has encountered. Numerous manufacturers have already declared their interest in foldable devices — Samsung is unlikely to duck out of the game after the first generation. In fact, I suspect one of the reasons it aimed to be first to market with the Galaxy Fold was just to try and secure a fanbase for its future folding products.
It may also have decided to make a smaller device rather than a tablet-like device to try and cover more of the market before its competitors do — Xiaomi has already showed off a concept for a more pocket-friendly foldable
A Xiaomi foldable phone concept.
With that being said, I’m not convinced Samsung would go the clamshell route for its second generation foldable. Developing this first unit has been a challenge, and if Samsung does finally release the Galaxy Fold, I suspect it will want to refine this formula first before trying something completely new (and potentially more difficult).
I expect Samsung to develop a Galaxy Fold 2 that’s a bit thinner, tougher, and better optimized than the original. That’s my prediction, what do you think about it all? Let me know in the comments.
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