The idea of a foldable smartphone is not a new one as back in 2011 Samsung showed an interest in the foldable technology by touting a prototype depicting what a foldable smartphone entails. At that time, the prototype seemed a bit chunky; however, it survived even after 100,000 folds and only a 6 percent drop was observed along the bending region. This was merely a prototype but the following year Samsung showed the world the ambitious technology it had been working on with a transparent and bendable smartphone.
The Galaxy X is expected to be launched by early 2019; however, Samsung has previously stated that it would release a foldable phone in 2017 and such a claim remained unfulfilled. Due to its new technology, Galaxy X will not come at a cheap price and it is expected to go well past $1800, which makes it even more expensive than the iPhone X. As far as specifications are concerned, it is expected that Galaxy X will be a 5 inch phone that will fold into a 7 or 8 inch tablet.
It has also been speculated that two foldable phones will be released by Samsung. Screen resolution is expected to be 4K, 3840 x 2160 pixels which will ensure that the display retains its high resolution even when folded. It will either house a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor or an Exynos 9810 processor with at least 6 GB RAM. Galaxy X will either fold inwards like a clamshell phone or outward similar to a tablet-like computer. This will achieved using a bendable OLED panel rather than a flexible panel. Other brands like LG and Lenovo have also showed their bendable takes on phones at various industry events across the world. Samsung Galaxy X has previously been called Project Valley and it is expected that Galaxy X will not stick around till its official launch.
If you are looking into buying a smartphone or any other electronic product, please visit the OLX Pakistan’s website and browse the smartphone that you want.
Leave a Reply