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Samsung Says It Will Unveil a Foldable Smartphone this Year (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.

Samsung will unveil details of a foldable smartphone later this year, the CEO of its mobile division told CNBC, amid rumors that such a device was in the works. From the report: DJ Koh said that "it's time to deliver" on a foldable device after consumer surveys carried out by Samsung showed that there is a market for that kind of handset. Speaking to CNBC, Koh was tight-lipped on how the folding screen could work but ran through the design thinking of the upcoming smartphone, particularly how Samsung is trying to differentiate the experience from a tablet once it is unfolded. "You can use most of the uses ... on foldable status. But when you need to browse or see something, then you may need to unfold it. But even unfolded, what kind of benefit does that give compared to the tablet? If the unfolded experience is the same as the tablet, why would they (consumers) buy it?," Koh said at the IFA electronics show in Berlin last week. Further reading: Samsung Plans To Overhaul Its Smartphone Strategy at the Mid-range Price Point.

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  1. More info to come by cyberchondriac · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..as this story unfolds.

    I'll see myself out, sorry.

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    1. Re:More info to come by Nidi62 · · Score: 3, Funny

      ..as this story unfolds.

      I'll see myself out, sorry.

      A joke like that's either going to have people doubled over laughing or so angry they're bent out of shape.

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    2. Re:More info to come by cyberchondriac · · Score: 2

      At least it isn't face to face here!

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  2. Introducing... by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Nintendo DS!

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  3. Does it unfolds from "small" to "normal"? by ffkom · · Score: 2

    Or is this again one of these ridiculously oversized phones of today that do not fit comfortably in any pocket?

    If this phone is folded not considerably smaller than the unfoldable bricks they sell today, then I'm not interested.

  4. I could conceivably go for this by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Informative

    It would, of course, depend on the implementation. And there's no way I'd be buying the gen 1 version of it.

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  5. What's old is new? by bobbied · · Score: 2

    History repeats, just stick around long enough, you will see it's true.

    Now Flip-phones will be smart ones too..

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