After several years of rumors, prototypes and demonstrations, 2019 was the year of the arrival of flexible screen mobiles on the market. Still too innovative (and expensive) for the standard audience, although considered the next evolutionary step in smartphone technology, brands like Samsung, Huawei or LG already have several models on the market.
And since these first appeared in stores, a lot of people have been asking the same question: Will Apple also enter this area?
iPhone pliable
Since the end of 2020, we have learned that the people of Cupertino are reportedly working on designs to add a flexible screen to their next mobiles. But according to information that emerged in the Taiwanese media Daily economic news, the project would be more advanced than we think.
According to a newspaper source, Apple is not working on one, but two new devices:
– A iPhone with 2 screens connected by a hinge, Style Samsung Galaxy Fold
– A Long screen iPhone that folds vertically such as flip / flip phones, similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip or Lenovo’s Moto RAZR.
In test at Foxconn
According to the newspaper, the two terminals, still considered as prototypes, are currently being tested at Foxconn’s factory in Shenzhen, China. It looks like the clamshell model, which would mount a flexible Samsung OLED display, is a bit ahead in testing, and the other kind of book / wallet will have to wait.
As for the release date of Apple’s foldable model, it’s still too early to tell, because Apple hasn’t even confirmed its development schedule for foldable screen phones. But the Taiwanese media hypothesize that it will be put on the market at the earliest “end of 2022, or even 2023”.
According to the market research company Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), Samsung’s market share for foldable phones hasIt will hit 88% this year, outperforming the rest of its competition. Another reason Samsung dominates the foldable phone market this year is that Huawei, another major foldable phone maker, has been delayed in launching new foldable models due to the US ban.
Will Apple enter the flexible terminal game next year?
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