Samsung folding mobile phone patent photograph exposure is expected to be released inside 2017

The project, code-named Project Valley's Samsung Foldable Cellular phone Project, was released last year because of the media, with the announcement which the model will be released in the MWC in 2017 at the Spanish World Congress on Mobile Communications.


Recently, a gaggle of Samsung patent applications in Columbia was exposed to the doc, so that the outside world have the opportunity to educate yourself regarding this mysterious foldable telephone may design style. Mobile phone has to be large straight plate, folding at the hinge design, plus Microsoft's Surface Book relatively similar.

In essence, this is a thin and flexible device, folded up eventually will take up less place, you can put it into your pocket or purse, when you need in working order can be expanded. According to the record description, the machine will also be pre-loaded with a button, the user presses a button the phone will routinely expand.


Some analysts stated that by the end of next year, Samsung will have a monthly production capacity of Tens of millions of 7-inch flexible OLED screen. This amount sounds very exaggerated, but to take into account the folding mobile phone may set off a wave of the future, and not only Samsung in for the introduction of this design, Apple will also be reported in the next iphone 8 plus on the benefits This flexible OLED screen style.


Collapsible smart phones currently have two design options: outward bending or inward bending, since the bending amplitude is larger, therefore the latter is more difficult to achieve more. In addition, the mobile phone monitor glass and battery will also bring several difficulty to R & D. Kolon Industries, Korea, reportedly will become mass production of flexible CPI motion picture to replace the hard phone monitor glass.

Although Samsung has not been in the position to mass produce flexible batteries, but HI Investment & Securities researcher ChungWon-Seok said, the design can still steer clear of the foldable area, place it inside plane area. If it is to be placed in a foldable area, the battery itself must also possibly be flexible. Currently the technology is nevertheless in the development stage.


In line with reports, Samsung is the first collapsable smart phone listing on the issue is particularly cautious, the company still is not sure of such high-end smart phone industry demand is how much. Plus in Note 7 after the incident, Samsung released for the new machine has become ever more cautious, but the Samsung folding cellphone is coming to market is indeed worthy of wait.