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Bloomberg reports that Samsung could launch new smartphone models with significantly more bendability than its previous "Edge" models:
Samsung Electronics Co. is considering introducing two new smartphone models that will feature bendable screens, including a version that folds in half like a cosmetic compact, people familiar with the matter said. The devices using organic light-emitting diodes could be unveiled as soon as early 2017, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. That would likely give it a head start on new Apple Inc. iPhones. The second Samsung model will have a 5-inch screen when used as a handset, that unfurls into a display that's as large as 8 inches, similar to a tablet, the people said.
Samsung, the biggest supplier of OLED panels for mobile products, has pioneered the development of new screen formats with its multi-sided Edge smartphones. Using advanced display technology may help the company recapture customers from Apple and boost earnings that have slumped for the past two years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 07 2016, @06:36PM
that Samsung could launch new smartphone models
They must mean: their 'reporters' received a press release from Samsung saying that they will launch said devices...
(Score: 2) by ledow on Wednesday June 08 2016, @07:13AM
What does it matter?
Until it's in the shops, looks like something you might want to buy, and is priced at a point you consider reasonable, you wouldn't ever be able to buy one anyway.
Just wait until it's available (if ever). All the hype - true or not - is utterly pointless.
Imagine if you'd hung around the stores, cash in hand, waiting for every "next big product" to actually be released. You'd never get anything done and for some products you'd still be there 10 years after they said it was going to happen.
Hell, just battery techs alone would suck up several centuries of a life if you put all the hype together and waited to buy them one after another.