Samsung is unsure if there is enough market demand for foldable phones🤔🙄

According to a report coming out of South Korea, Samsung is hesitant on the rollout of foldable smartphones and may focus on foldable tablets instead.
We’ve seen some images of what could be the long rumored Galaxy X, a futuristic foldable smartphone. In theory, a foldable smartphone would allow for an enormous screen that is simultaneously portable. However, according to The Korea Herald, the South Korean conglomerate is not convinced that there will be enough market demand for it.

An anonymous source familiar with the matter reportedly confirmed that Samsung does in fact have the right technology and means to mass produce bendable phones. But the company is uncertain about whether people are willing to cough up a hefty sum for them:

Samsung is already capable of mass producing foldable phones – although premium models are usually made in small quantities – by late next year. But, the company is not sure whether there is market demand for the costly, foldable devices.

If Samsung determines that there is indeed a demand for foldable displays, the technology will be first used in tablets, according to the same source. Unlike foldable phones, the outward panels that foldable tablets are likely to use have a larger radius of curvature and therefore are less difficult to produce.

Unlike foldable phones, the outward panels that foldable tablets are likely to use have a larger radius of curvature and therefore are less difficult to produce.

Just last month, Kolon Industries unveiled its plans to mass produce transparent polyimide films called CPI, which would replace the hard glass found on today’s smartphones and tablets. These flexible films will go into mass production in 2018 and could be an essential component for future devices.

Now, we are not talking about fully flexible devices just yet. Like the concept we saw earlier, the first wave will consist of devices with one or two hinge points that can bend. After all, flexible internal parts like batteries are not yet ready for mass production.

After the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, Samsung is – rightfully so – extremely cautious about launching new devices, and not just in terms of their quality, but also their market potential. Whether or not Samsung will release a bendable smartphone is a complete unknown, but one thing is for sure: we won’t see them for quite some time.

Do you think foldable/bendable phones and tablets will be useful? Let me know by leaving a comment down below!

Comments

The Secret Science 02:The 30 Most Disturbing Human Experiments in History

Disturbing human experiments aren’t something the average person thinks too much about. Rather, the progress achieved in the last 150 years of human history is an accomplishment we’re reminded of almost daily. Achievements made in fields like biomedicine and psychology mean that we no longer need to worry about things like deadly diseases or masturbation as a form of insanity. For better or worse, we have developed more effective ways to gather information, treat skin abnormalities, and even kill each other. But what we are not constantly reminded of are the human lives that have been damaged or lost in the name of this progress. The following is a list of the 30 most disturbing human experiments in history. 30. The Tearoom Sex Study Sociologist Laud Humphreys often wondered about the men who commit impersonal sexual acts with one another in public restrooms. He wondered why “tearoom sex” — fellatio in public restrooms — led to the majority of homosexual arrests in ...

The Strange and Stranger Case of Wyndham Lathem

A Northwestern University plague researcher has been charged with a brutal murder. Here’s what we know about him. WIKIMEDIA, TONY WEBSTER O n July 27, The Chicago Tribune reported that there was an arrest warrant issued for Wyndham Lathem , a microbiologist at Northwestern University. The crime Lathem would later be charged with was brutal—26-year-old Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau, whose body was found in Lathem’s apartment, had been stabbed dozens of times. But Lathem was nowhere to be found. As events unfolded over the following days, it became clear he had fled from Chicago to California with a second suspect, 56-year-old Andrew Warren, a University of Oxford employee from the United Kingdom visiting the states. Along the way, the two men apparently made an anonymous $1,000 donation in Cornell-Duranleau’s name to the Lake Geneva Public Library and another donation for $5,610 to a Chicago health center. Lathem had also sent a video to fa...

Popular painkiller doesn’t have more heart risks than others, study claims

NEW ORLEANS — A long-awaited study on painkillers called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, the most widely prescribed class of drugs in the world, has concluded that the three most commonly used carry a similar risk of cardiovascular complications. Yet critics say the study was too flawed to fairly compare them. Concerns about a type of NSAID called COX-2 inhibitors peaked in 2004 when the drug Vioxx was withdrawn from the market — a decision steeped in scandal because manufacturer Merck & Co had initially hidden data that would reveal the drug’s cardiovascular risks. A second COX-2 inhibitor, Pfizer Inc.’s Celebrex, was allowed to remain on the market with the condition that Pfizer conduct a study to prove that Celebrex was no worse than two older NSAIDs, naproxen and ibuprofen. The study lasted 10 years and enrolled more than 24,000 patients, but faced challenges. Doctors in European Union countries would not participate because they were worried a...

The Research

Search This Blog