Samsung, a South Korean conglomerate, has announced the latest entry to their repository of smartphones.
It’s a phone… It’s a tablet… It’s a phone that unfolds into a tablet! #SDC18 pic.twitter.com/FgwpJPjqTn
— SAMSUNG DEVELOPERS (@samsung_dev) November 7, 2018
Its been a while since the internet has been buzzing with the rumours of the foldable phone. At Samsung‘s annual developer’s conference in San Francisco, those rumours were answered. The company showed a prototype of the much awaited foldable smartphone-tablet. Not much was revealed at the conference besides the screen size of the device. The smart device is said to come with a 7.3-inch primary display and 4.6-inch post fold screen. Google has offered its support to Android developers in creating apps for the foldable phones.
Samsung finally unveiled its foldable smartphone pic.twitter.com/of5w1MRfL4
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 8, 2018
Dave Burke, VP of engineering for Android said, “We expect to see foldable products from several Android manufacturers”.
Samsung said that the product will be ready for mass production in a few months. A Chinese competitor, Royole, earlier unveiled a foldable phone with a larger screen size. They said that the company would be available to take orders in December, this year.
