Samsung To Introduce Two Dual-Screen Foldable Smartphones In 2017

It’s a lark, but it might turn into an avalanche, if executed well.

Samsung has been hounding the headlines almost through the entire annum of 2016 — be it for excellent product design, battery explosion incidents or upcoming launches, the South Korean mobile manufacturer has consistently grabbed attention.

Samsung is now making waves with news relating to its plans to introduce foldable smartphones by early 2017.

Samsung, has joined hands with numerous manufacturers including its own display manufacturing unit, Samsung Display, to launch a foldable smartphone.

Renowned as an innovator, Samsung has launched plenty of new tech and hardware in smartphones — improved RAM, storage, battery and many other mind-blowing features, but a foldable smartphone from the company could be a drastic first-mover advantage in the crowded smartphone industry.

Background

The South Korean giant, has been developing the foldable-screen technology for the past three years and it seems to have finally taken a step into the future, by nearing the public release of a foldable smartphones, soon.

Following several rumours, leaked designs, teaser videos regarding the device with a foldable screen, the company seems to be following through with the plan. ET News has in fact now reported that Samsung’s working on a ‘two-track strategy’ which implies a possibility of two separate dual-screened variants, expected to be released early next year.

According to ET News, the company will bring the ‘dual-screen’ smartphone to the market before it announces the foldable designs.

A dual-screen device implies one that has two different flat displays on either side of the device. According to the report, Samsung will go ahead with the foldable smartphone launch only if the dual screen device is a hit among the masses and hence will be manufactured in limited quantity.

They added that the initial foldable design will be launched in 2017 and another single flexible display smartphone will come forth in 2018.

The dual-screened smartphone is expected to be unveiled at CES or MWC in 2017.

According to a recently published patent, the tech giant appeared to have been planning for a new smartphone which can fold in half near the middle. The Samsung smartphone could also be one that folds like a flip phone of yesteryear, yet one could see a secondary display which works even when the device is folded.

In 2013, the company had had a limited launch of the Galaxy Round which had a curved OLED display. Then it announced the Galaxy Note Edge which took the market by storm as it was the first to have an edge display. The recent Galaxy S7 edge followed with a dual curved display.

This progression is indicative that Samsung has the resources and technology to bring in a foldable device.

Apart from Samsung, Lenovo too, is reportedly working on foldable smartphone prototypes as it had showcased a few at the Tech World conference this year; however, the company has not yet published a plan on bringing those devices to the market anytime soon. LG too is working on foldable screens, but there’s no news of them having attained the concept for smartphones yet.

So… Samsung clearly has an advantage and should be working to launch this killer feature at the soonest possible.

Originally published at Chip-Monks.