{"id":1889,"date":"2018-09-05T17:44:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T17:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/samsung-time-for-folding-smartphones\/"},"modified":"2018-09-05T17:44:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T17:44:18","slug":"samsung-time-for-folding-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/samsung-time-for-folding-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung: Time for folding smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
<\/p>\n

\"Samsung'sImage copyright<\/span>
\n Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Samsung’s head of mobile has said it is “time to deliver” foldable smartphones, fuelling speculation the company is about to reveal a bendable device.<\/p>\n

In an interview with CNBC, DJ Koh said Samsung’s consumer research suggested there was demand for a foldable phone.<\/p>\n

Several phone-makers are rumoured to be developing devices with flexible screens that can be folded in half, without a hinge or seam in the middle.<\/p>\n

However, Samsung told the BBC it did not currently have “anything to share”.<\/p>\n

\n
\n <\/p>\n

Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>

Media caption<\/span>WATCH: Researchers make a rollable tablet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DJ Koh told CNBC<\/a> that the development process for foldable phones was “complicated” but added that the company had “nearly concluded” it.<\/p>\n

However, he said, a foldable phone would need a clear purpose before the company released one.<\/p>\n

“Even unfolded, what kind of benefit does that give compared to the tablet?” he said.<\/p>\n

“If the unfolded experience is the same as the tablet, why would [people] buy it?<\/p>\n

“Every device, every feature, every innovation should have a meaningful message to our end-customer.”<\/p>\n

Samsung faces fierce competition from Chinese phone-maker Huawei. In July, Huawei became the second-biggest smartphone seller in the world, overtaking Apple.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


\n
Source<\/a> by [author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Image copyright Getty Images Samsung’s head of mobile has said it is “time to deliver” foldable smartphones, fuelling speculation the company is about to reveal a bendable device. In an interview with CNBC, DJ Koh said Samsung’s consumer research suggested there was demand for a foldable phone. Several phone-makers are rumoured to be developing devices … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}