Published 12:55 IST, February 20th 2019

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2019: Why The Galaxy Fold Foldable Phones Could Contribute To A New Trend, Once Official And Commercial

We think that the Samsung Galaxy Fold foldable smartphones, once official, could lead to more handsets with similar foldable display prototypes hitting the market.

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We w kw that re is going to be a foldable smartphone from Samsung which could be me official and even vital technical details outed at Samsung Unpacked event on February 20 that is t too far away from w. This phone, with a purportedly interesting foldable screen proto, could be called Galaxy Fold, and interesting aspect here is that this could just about herald beginning of a new foldable smartphones trend.

We think that Samsung Galaxy Fold, once official, could le to more handsets with similar foldable display protos hitting market. For starters, rewned techlogy tipster Evan Blass going by Twitter moniker evleaks that foldable Galaxy smartphone would be called Galaxy Fold; w, this is still ufficial till Samsung unboxes handset officially.

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A new trend - commercially

Aside from menclature, Galaxy Fold, once official, could le to emergence of a new trend exclusively focussed on foldable proto of phones. primary reason for this trend could be fact that or brands have also been expected to launch foldable display smartphones and in this scenario Samsung could well be numero-u with respect to officially showcasing a live foldable phone and in case this is commercially available (soon in 2019), could indeed grab eyeballs as an actual selling product.

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Potential shot-in--arm for smartphone shipments

Up next, apart from disruption, Samsung could once again climb to pole position in smartphone shipments category. t too long ago, feature-phones from Samsung such as Samsung Champ, Samsung Guru (for India), and a host of Galaxy “music-phones” from brand caused disruption in a host of Asian (and even or markets) regions causing feature phone shipments to swell up; which are still nearly stey even to this day. Hence, we think that Galaxy Fold could experience a similar urd trajectory once official and commercial.

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Intense competition to tabs - Compact tabs

Finally, current-gen tabs could come under intense competition from foldable display smartphones; as latter generally (in common sense) comes with two displays with one display placed and folded on top of ar; and if open both displays should offer more than a tab-like experience while content is being viewed on screen. With this, premium smartphones could potentially be in-thing appealing even to ultra budget-conscious buyers.
 

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