14 DAY TRIAL // Both Samsung and Huawei took the wraps off foldable smartphones last month, and now everyone expects the rest of the industry to follow in their footsteps and release similar devices rather sooner than later.
Apple and Google are two of the companies that are very likely to embrace this idea sometime in the next couple of years, and Samsung itself wants to be one of the suppliers making their devices happen.
Samsung Display, which already ships smartphone screens to several manufacturers, including to Apple, hopes that both tech giants would choose its panels when deciding to build foldable phones.
As a result, the company has recently sent out foldable display samples to both Apple and Google in an attempt to highlight their capabilities and secure a potential partnership should they begin the production of foldable phones.
Samsung and Apple, sitting in a tree
By the looks of things, the foldable panels measure 7.2 inches, which means they are some 0.1 inches smaller than the Galaxy Fold that Samsung unveiled in February. However, Samsung can obviously adapt its screens to match the requirements of any paying customer.
Samsung Display hopes that by signing Apple and Google, it can maintain its lead in the display manufacturing industry, especially because the foldable push is likely increasing for the majority of phone makers.
The company already ships OLED displays to Apple for the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, so it should technically be easy for the two to work together should a foldable iPhone be planned.
But on the other hand, Apple is believed to be looking into ways to reduce its reliance on Samsung, and cutting ties in the display manufacturing business might be one of the possible scenarios. Needless to say, there’s a lot happening behind the closed doors that we have no idea about, so we just have to wait for some official news in this regard.
Via etnews