It doesn't have to be something mass produce for apple to implement it. They could easily sell it as a limited edition 2,000 dollar phone. Apple fans would still buy them.
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Samsung Rumored to Launch Fully Bendable Smartphones in 2017
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Oh my gosh - you're right. I am sure they haven't even thought about that. I am sure that they've been working on the screen with no consideration to batteries and components for the rest of the phone. You should totally call them!
Wouldn't be the first time .... I mean 1.5 hours usage from a pair of bluetooth earbuds....
TBH, like what always happens, Samsung will be first to the punch with a feature without a use or problem to solve, and then Apple will implement the same feature in a near-perfect manner a bit later.
Very true. Without a battery and electronics it's just... well it... yeah, it's just a screen. Literally just a component of a device. It would probably be more useful with a frame as well. Although I agree with your point about a part being useless without the other parts, I'm not completely sure why the point is being made. Seems self evident. /s
I find it interesting how so many assume one of the largest tech companies in the world doesn't have prototypes just like this in their R&D labs.
Putting out concept videos like this is smart marketing meant take ownership over the "idea". Apple never has and probably never will produce videos like that.
Nice concept Samsung.
It remains to be seen how durable (and practical) those things will be. I have a hard time believing that it wouldn't develop dead pixels/screen distortion within a month of two of folding/unfolding the screen several times a day. If they can achieve this in 2017, kudos to them. But shame on them if they release it knowing it will have problems, just to look innovative.
As for Apple, they don't do concept videos for unannounced products, but they do fill patents...
It remains to be seen how durable (and practical) those things will be. I have a hard time believing that it wouldn't develop dead pixels/screen distortion within a month of two of folding/unfolding the screen several times a day. If they can achieve this in 2017, kudos to them. But shame on them if they release it knowing it will have problems, just to look innovative.
As for Apple, they don't do concept videos for unannounced products, but they do fill patents...
Apple have beaten them to it.
They produced a bendable smartphone a few years ago in the form of the iPhone 6.
Whether that's a good thing or not, I will leave for others to ponder.
They produced a bendable smartphone a few years ago in the form of the iPhone 6.
Whether that's a good thing or not, I will leave for others to ponder.
Bendable screens have been demoed before. Batteries won't need to be bendable for this design, and neither will the SOC. This tech will exist. Mark my words.
You guys are so easy to placate. These concepts have been around for years and Apple has many patents on them too. Apple has their own working prototypes just like these. Then only difference is that Apple doesn't release or leak photos like this to get people excited. That;s Google's job and apparently now Samsung's too. If Apple ever releases something like this it will be because they've tested it internally for months or even years. It won't be because a bunch of internet commenters got excited over some concept pics.
You are supposed to grab it!
While I applaud new ideas, everything is fine for what I do now and working.
What I would like to see is to be able to use the phone as a mini projector.
Since there is already a lens in there and double lenses have been talked about maybe it can be done?
This screen technology will not be in production in volume until 2020.
I think none of the above apply. You'll notice how thick the one side of the foldable phone is due to the requirement to bend the display without an acute angle. It is doable and it is coming (already in Samsung phones anyway).
[doublepost=1465319119][/doublepost]Here's what I learned from the video:
1) Apparently foldable phone guys make women horny
2) The roll out phone guys make women easy and forget how horny they were for the foldable phone guy
Nice sexist crap, Samsung/
Gimmick meaning a needless technology or that it can't be built in mass production?
I think none of the above apply. You'll notice how thick the one side of the foldable phone is due to the requirement to bend the display without an acute angle. It is doable and it is coming (already in Samsung phones anyway).
[doublepost=1465319119][/doublepost]Here's what I learned from the video:
1) Apparently foldable phone guys make women horny
2) The roll out phone guys make women easy and forget how horny they were for the foldable phone guy
Nice sexist crap, Samsung/
I was thinking the same thing. If this rumour is true, Sammy are going to kill Apple's 10th anniversary iPhone celebrations stone dead! This makes next year's iPhone 8 seem obsolete already! And you won't see an Apple version of this idea until years down the line of course. This is true innovation at work, not just Sammy copycatting anymore...and I have to admit I think that's history now too. I have to begrudgingly give it to Samsung and Android in that they've taken the technological and innovation lead out from under Apple's feet!
well... In the mac side, all the line have bieng clearly improved...
the OS X had improved a lot too.
IOS had improved a lot too.
Iphone 6 was a hit...
everything it's going well,
Good for Samsung, and it takes a lot for me to say that about a company I despise. I used to be a die-hard Apple fan, but Apple has been creatively bankrupt for years and now the chickens are coming home to roost. With all of those billions spent every year on R&D, they don't seem to be going anywhere. Apple, in my opinion, is the new RIM.
No kidding. Given how many people can't even take proper care of charging cables, I am imagining these bendable phones will be subjected to some pretty hellish levels of carelessness in short order.
I hope Apple is not sleeping at the wheel. The lack of substantial updates on iDevices and Macs seems to point to that.
That is what I always feared once they decided to venture on too many things. Watches, possibly cars, etc. Too much and they might have been paying the price for it.
That is what I always feared once they decided to venture on too many things. Watches, possibly cars, etc. Too much and they might have been paying the price for it.
I've not read all the replies, but isn't this just an update to Microsoft's Courier concept from a few years ago?
I do like the idea, but looking at that concept don't you have an issue where your front screen is getting scratched up on the table whilst you're using the device in tablet mode? Also for it to be balanced both halves need to be the same thickness with the 'top' half containing housing two screens and the 'bottom' half containing a screen plus all the internals. That's going to be quite a thick unit when it's folded.
Funnily enough I think the second concept thing they show at the end is probably more feasible. Rolling is much better than folding if you don't want creases when you open it up.
I do like the idea, but looking at that concept don't you have an issue where your front screen is getting scratched up on the table whilst you're using the device in tablet mode? Also for it to be balanced both halves need to be the same thickness with the 'top' half containing housing two screens and the 'bottom' half containing a screen plus all the internals. That's going to be quite a thick unit when it's folded.
Funnily enough I think the second concept thing they show at the end is probably more feasible. Rolling is much better than folding if you don't want creases when you open it up.
Why do people automatically assume that Apple, among others, aren't also working on something similar? People love to jump to conclusions.
Apple had a bendable smartphone back in 2014 when they released iPhone 6. All Samsung does is copy Apple's know-how.
Tim Cook drives innovation and creativities so well (?) lol sorry, but cant hold myself laughing.
we are still here reading each other's jokes only because forums.samsungrumors.com doesn't exist.
Apple has nothing more than larger and larger iWhatever with further and further stick out cameras anyways.
I don't want to use Apple anymore, but I am using it and watching this samsung ad on this got darn Apple forum. wtf
We all know Apple is dying, we cried. And the next morning, that got darn CEO is still doing this "innovation business".
Where is our help, gosh!
we are still here reading each other's jokes only because forums.samsungrumors.com doesn't exist.
Apple has nothing more than larger and larger iWhatever with further and further stick out cameras anyways.
I don't want to use Apple anymore, but I am using it and watching this samsung ad on this got darn Apple forum. wtf
We all know Apple is dying, we cried. And the next morning, that got darn CEO is still doing this "innovation business".
Where is our help, gosh!