Samsung Foldable Smart Phone: Specs, Features and Release Date

Samsung's Foldable Smart Phone: Specs, Features and Release Date 

Samsung apparently are working to launch a foldable smartphone. The device will look like a regular 5-inch smartphone, slightly smaller than the new Samsung Galaxy S7.

Once unfolded, the device's screen will expand to seven inches, the size of a small tablet.It's not clear what the phone will look like or how the folding action will work, but it's no secret that Samsung and its competitors have been working on flexible screen technology for years.Samsung also has now filed a patent in March for a phone with a 'rollable' screen, which can expand by being pulled up by the user. A flexible phone has been slated for imminent release for the last couple of years now. The smartphone market is slowing down after a decade of explosive growth, since new devices are increasingly similar to their predecessors.

Technology innovators are now on the lookout for new things for attracting their consumer base. This only adds up to concerns about how this recent announcement impacts the smartphone market since foldable technology is still on paper a rumor. Bringing out a foldable phone would shake things up and put Samsung at the front of the pack, leading a number of technology analysts to believe it could release the device in the next year. Samsung haven't yet come out with a statement regarding the recent rumor and they never did comment on other rumors too so we may have to wait a bit longer to see if this will soon be a reality.

Samsung have been working on this project for many years now and the Korean giants might soon make this a reality this year itself. This device might not see a global launch but restricted to some regions and sold in selective stores in different countries. Since Samsung only recently released their latest flagships the S7 and S7 edge, this might take a long time to hit the shelves.