Samsung says its trifold phone should launch ‘this year’
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Samsung says its trifold phone should launch ‘this year’
The head of Samsung’s Device Experience division says the trifold phone is due this year. The device is rumored to be called the Galaxy G Fold, but Roh said its final name hasn’t been decided. An unnamed Samsung executive says the company has designed hardware and could put it into production.
Yesterday’s Galaxy Unpacked event came and went without a single onstage tease of the rumored Samsung trifold phone, but the head of the company’s phone business says that it’s on the way, and due “this year.”
“I expect we will be able to launch the trifold phone within this year,” TM Roh, acting head of Samsung’s Device Experience division, told The Korea Times. While the device is rumored to be called the Galaxy G Fold, Roh said its final name hasn’t been decided.
“We are now focusing on perfecting the product and its usability, but we have not decided its name,” Roh said. “As the product nears completion, we are planning to make a final decision soon.”
Roh wasn’t the only Samsung representative willing to discuss the trifold. Android Authority quotes an unnamed executive who claimed the company has designed hardware and could “put it into production,” but that first it has to identify a “purpose” for the new form factor.
Samsung’s first trifold smartphone is launching later this year
Samsung is gearing up to launch its highly anticipated trifold phone sometime this year. Acting head of Samsung’s Device Experience division confirmed the news in an interview with The Korea Times. The device is likely to be called the Galaxy G Fold, its final name hasn’t been decided yet.
Product development The official name is still under wraps Roh further clarified that while the device is likely to be called the Galaxy G Fold, its final name hasn’t been decided yet. “We are now focusing on perfecting the product and its usability, but we have not decided its name,” he said. “As the product nears completion, we are planning to make a final decision soon,” he added.
Production plans Samsung has designed hardware for the trifold phone An unnamed Samsung executive told Android Authority that the company has already designed the hardware for the trifold phone and could start production. However, they are still trying to figure out a “purpose” for this new form factor. “We’ve had a trifold for some time, designed and everything. So it’s not a new concept to us. What we’re debating is the viability. When I say the viability, is there really a demand for this form factor?” the executive said.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/703753/samsung-trifold-phone-release-date-tm-roh