Samsung Mobile changes its Facebook profile photo to an image of the Samsung logo folded in half, a not-so-subtle hint that the Korean tech giant will indeed unveil a foldable phone at its developer conference this week.
Prepare yourself for a foldable smartphone, Samsung fans.
Samsung Mobile on Sunday changed its Facebook profile photo to an image of the Samsung logo folded in half. Many are taking that as a not-so-subtle hint that the Korean tech giant is planning to unveil the long-awaited foldable phone at its annual developer conference, which takes place Nov. 7-8 in San Francisco.
The move shouldn’t be shocking. During a September interview with CNBC, Samsung Mobile CEO DJ Koh said the South Korean tech giant plans to unveil a smartphone with a foldable display this year. « It’s time to deliver, » Koh said at the time, adding that the « complicated » development process was « nearly concluded. »
Anticipation for Samsung’s foldable phone is high, especially in light of Koh’s comments. In a recent PCMag survey, 44 percent of the 2,500 people we polled said they wanted Samsung to unveil a foldable phone at its Oct. 11 « 4X Fun » event in Malaysia. That didn’t happen, as PCMag’s Lead Mobile Analyst Sascha Segan predicted. Instead, Samsung unveiled the 4-camera, midrange Galaxy A9.
Now, those following the fabled Samsung foldable have turned their attention to Nov. 7.
« The US is… now a $1,000 phone market, homeland of the excessively maximal iPhone XS Max, and a more likely place to unveil a super-high-end, cutting edge, folding smartphone, » Segan wrote ahead of the Malaysia event last month.
As for other features, rumor has it the foldable handset will offer the functionality of a tablet with multitasking capabilities. PCMag will be there, so stay tuned for all the details.
Last week a little-known company called Royole Corporation beat Samsung to the punch, introducing the world’s first smartphone with a foldable display. The FlexPai features a flexible screen that can fold up like a wallet.
