You may want to just slow your roll for minute with this whole foldable phone thing.
While electronics giants such as Samsung are reportedly charging ahead to release smartphones that bend as early as this year, at least one major player in the…
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Energizer to launch 26 new phones this month and no, your eyes aren’t deceiving you
You may be forgiven for not knowing that Energizer makes smartphones.
The company, known primarily for its batteries (and that bunny ad), actually has quite a few in its lineup, though the devices it sells are mostly niche products: rugged phones, ph…
Foldable phones will be a short-lived fad
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This week, Samsung previewed an early version of its highly anticipated foldable smartphone. And Royole, a Chinese company, launched its own take on the concept just days before. Other manufacturers, including Huawei, are rumored to be joining the fray next year too.
But let me tell you before you get too attached to these products: You probably won’t be buying one. Foldable phones are a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist, and — from what I’ve seen so far — a clunky one. They will dominate the headlines next year and perhaps the year after that, and then they’ll go the way of 3D televisions and portable VR. Read more…
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Samsung finally showed us its first foldable phone — Future Blink
2019 is going to be a pretty interesting year for tech, if Samsung has anything to say about it. The tech giant finally showed the public a glimpse of its first foldable phone. It was hidden in a big chunky box so that the final design is kept secret…
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View More Are You Ready for Samsung’s Foldable Phone?Huawei wants to release the world’s first foldable phone in 2019 before Samsung does
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Next year is shaping up to be the year of the foldable phone.
Huawei, the world’s third-largest smartphone maker, is reportedly planning to beat Samsung to market with the world’s first foldable smartphone, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.
The foldable phone, which could launch in early 2019, will reportedly use a flexible OLED display made by China’s BOE Technology Group.
Even though BOE’s screen technology is said to be inferior to Samsung’s own, that’s apparently not stopping Huawei — it’s intent is to be first, which would showcase itself as an innovator capable of leapfrogging Samsung. Read more…
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View More Huawei wants to release the world’s first foldable phone in 2019 before Samsung doesSamsung’s foldable phone-tablet might finally arrive in 2019
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Samsung’s working on a foldable phone, and it’ll launch in the near future.
Well, the mythical phone-that-transforms-into-a-tablet, is reportedly really coming next year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Here’s what LG’s foldable phone could look like
Samsung’s not the only one reportedly working on a foldable phone. LG might be developing one, too.
GSMInfo (via The Verge) has discovered an patent with illustrations that hint at what the Korean electronics giant’s foldable phone might look like.
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