Expected to be phenomenally expensive but also incredibly cool, Samsung’s foldable phone could launch next week. We round up rumours on the Galaxy X.
Samsung’s highly anticipated foldable phone, known as the Galaxy X or maybe Galaxy F, has finally been teased at a developer conference. It might arrive as the Samsung Flex.
Although Samsung’s foldable phone is a little way off yet, the firm has teased it for the first time at a developer conference, although it was shown off with the lights dimmed to hide the design. Unveiling the Infinity Flex Display, Samsung said it has « paved the way for a breakthrough foldable smartphone form factor. »
Now it’s been shown in the flesh, we know that the foldable phone will have a tablet sized screen that can be folded in half to fit in a pocket. The 7.3in main display with use Samsung’s new One UI and be able to run three apps at the same time.
» The app experience seamlessly transitions from the smaller display to the larger display as the device unfolds. In addition, users can browse, watch, connect and multitask without losing a beat, simultaneously using three active apps on the larger display, » said Samsung.
Samsung’s folding phone was shown off in November 2018 but the firm went to great lengths to hide the design, only showing a glimpse of the device.
After months of waiting and a no-show at CES, it seems like we may have a date for the phone’s proper unveiling.
The next obvious time for a launch is MWC in Barcelona which is focused on mobile products. However, Samsung has sent our invitations for an Unpacked event on 20 February. The ’10’ suggests it’s for the Galaxy S10 but our invite says ‘new devices’ and the crease in the image hints at a folding design.
The Wall Street Journal says it will be shown at the launch and there’s a strong hint, some would say confirmation, from Samsung thanks to some new billboards in the Place de la Concorde, Paris. When the Korean is translated they say « The future unfolds » and « February twentieth » so that sounds pretty definitive to us.
The Investor reports that it was shown off at CES to a select few people from ‘ client companies’. The site says Samsung plans to release it in the first half of the year and limited to 1 million units.
An exec said » Samsung’s foldable phone does not show any crease indicating it had been bent, »
The Galaxy X has already passed certification and there was an oops moment when it recently popped up on Samsung’s support site, suggesting it is nearing completion.
