Samsung tries to steal Apple's iPhone X thunder by teasing foldable Galaxy Note in 2018

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In an announcement possibly timed to divert attention from Apple's expected announcement of the iPhone X and iPhone 8, Samsung on Tuesday revealed that it's hoping to ship a Galaxy Note with a foldable display in 2018.

A 2014 Samsung concept.
A 2014 Samsung concept.


"As the head of the business, I can say our current goal is next year," the president of mobile business at Samsung Electronics, D.J. Koh, told a group of reporters ahead of the Galaxy Note 8's Sept. 15 launch, according to the Associated Press. "When we can overcome some problems for sure, we will launch the product."

Samsung has shown off flexible OLED prototypes since 2013, and has been rumored as close to a commercial product since 2015. While the company has pioneered the use of curved OLED in devices like the Galaxy S8, foldable technology has proven more challenging.

Foldable OLED could allow a "Note 9" to expand from one size to another, or alternately open and close like a book, protecting the screen when it's not in use.

Koh also teased Samsung's upcoming smartspeaker, which will square off against the Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo, and Google Home. He noted only however that the company is working with Harman on the product, which will presumably use the Bixby voice assistant found on the S8 and Note 8.

This year, both Apple and Samsung have stepped into the realm of edge-to-edge OLED displays. The former is expected to put a 5.8-inch screen on the iPhone X, ditching a physical home button and Touch ID in favor of a virtual control area and Face ID. The company should reveal the product at a press event scheduled for 10 a.m. Pacific time, from which AppleInsider will provide live coverage.
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  • Reply 1 of 29
    The diversion is a wasted effort. Today is Apple's day and I think most people may laugh off anything else from anyone else. Just my two cents...
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  • Reply 2 of 29
    Samsung has been teasing this for years. It's not even a tease. Having a folding phone just gives another reason for it to break.
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  • Reply 3 of 29
    Maybe the folding display will help put out the fire from the exploding battery. 
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  • Reply 4 of 29
    FUD

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  • Reply 5 of 29
    ...Samsung on Tuesday revealed that it's hoping to ship a Galaxy Note with a foldable display in 2018.


    Breaking: Samesung hopes to announce something in the future. Maybe they can get something to work. The news will be explosive.

    Yes, AI needed to report this. But...yeesh.
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  • Reply 6 of 29
    I hope this stunt backfires...and prospective Note 8 buyers hold off, waiting for eternity because Sammy has promise this device for years now. 
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  • Reply 7 of 29
    I can see where a foldable device might come in handy, but I'm fairly sure I'll continue to prefer a solid slab to carry around most of the time. I'm not the type to knock a product before I've tried it so I'd like to see Samsung give this foldable device a shot. I'd like to see exactly how durable it is. It should be able to have decent battery life due to its size. Mostly everywhere I go I use a backpack so a standard tablet would suit me if I need a larger device. I don't have a clue how most consumers would take to a foldable device, so I'm not going to yell failure or success without it hitting the retail market. It's likely the price will be high when it's first introduced as most products are. It's hard to imagine a display being folded thousands of times without some sort of material fatigue. It would be amazing if the display didn't show any wear after a couple of years use. Truthfully, I wish Samsung would be able to develop durable foldable displays. They'd be useful for all sorts of purposes.
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  • Reply 9 of 29
    sog35 said:
    I vaguely recall they said a foldable Galaxy was coming out in 2016....

    http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-flexible-foldable-phone-vidoes-2015-9

    I was right. Jan2016 they said it COULD come.



    To be more accurate, since the whole idea of making electronic paper/folding/flexable display back in the 70's when the concept was first demonstrated the idea was to have something like a phone which you can fold up and placed in your pocket. Samsung is the last company to the idea, they stole the ideas like many others they stole.

    Okay, I'll give you one guess where the idea originated from.... Wait for it

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_display


    I bet Steve also thought about stealing the idea as well and probably saw it on that visit to PARC

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  • Reply 10 of 29
    Maybe they'll be delivered to us by Amazon shipping drones?
    watto_cobra
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  • Reply 11 of 29
    Folks will see this for what it really is, a stunt.  And besides, how can they announce their copy until they see what Apple releases today?
    watto_cobra
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  • Reply 12 of 29
    Well, maybe Samsung can defy physics and chemistry and develop the first material ever that doesn't eventually form a crease and break when you fold and unfold it repeatedly along the same line.
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  • Reply 13 of 29
    And in 5 years it will come in the size of a mini iPad.
    watto_cobra
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  • Reply 14 of 29
    Must be a thunder-stealing stunt, as they've been working on this for several years. The statement, "When we can overcome some problems for sure, we will launch the product." can be recycled far into the future and cover any manufacturer's product. For credibility's sake, they would as well not said anything rather than spout a universal truism.
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  • Reply 15 of 29
    dewmedewme Posts: 5,855member
    Behold - the Taco Phone.

    Imagine what it would be like trying to do ANYTHING one-handed on the monstrosity depicted in the picture. A more conventional slider style arrangement with two independent screens that can be docked side-by-side as needed but still used as a conventional single screen device in portrait mode would be far more useful, even with the resulting bezels. This would be no different than running a multi-monitor setup on your desktop computer. Having a screen that folds or rolls up is still a solution in search of a problem. The problem is out there somewhere - but it probably isn't a smartphone intended for handheld use.
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  • Reply 16 of 29
    sog35 said:
    I vaguely recall they said a foldable Galaxy was coming out in 2016....

    http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-flexible-foldable-phone-vidoes-2015-9

    I was right. Jan2016 they said it COULD come.


    On a side note, I do think foldable smartphones is the next step in the evolution of the smartphone. Reminds me of the MS Courier project.
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  • Reply 17 of 29
    sog35 said:
    I vaguely recall they said a foldable Galaxy was coming out in 2016....

    http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-flexible-foldable-phone-vidoes-2015-9

    I was right. Jan2016 they said it COULD come.


    On a side note, I do think foldable smartphones is the next step in the evolution of the smartphone. Reminds me of the MS Courier project.
    Yeah, foldables phones absolutely are the future...just like samsung curved TV sets.. 
    The reality is that, most people will not recognize the future, just like iPhone was not recognized at the beginning.
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  • Reply 18 of 29
    fallenjtfallenjt Posts: 4,056member
    sog35 said:
    I vaguely recall they said a foldable Galaxy was coming out in 2016....

    http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-flexible-foldable-phone-vidoes-2015-9

    I was right. Jan2016 they said it COULD come.


    Your prediction may come true soon on Apple foldable phone.
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  • Reply 19 of 29
    fallenjtfallenjt Posts: 4,056member
    razormaid said:
    Apple filed a few patents for this back in 2020 (I believe) so they have been working on it too.

    2020?
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  • Reply 20 of 29
    LOL, I remember when Microsoft used to do this. Rumors swirled about the new Magic Mouse and voila, suddenly there were "leaks" about mice that Microsoft was working on. 

    When your competitor has something new to show off and you don't, fire up the Vaporware Machine!

    (P.S. Samsung sucks.)
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