Much respected long time Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed today that he has some surprising insights. Apple is actually testing E Ink displays for what he says are foldables and tablet-like apps. Though these are not monochrome E Ink displays, but rather the latest color Electronic Paper Display screens by E-Ink. He emphasizes that such EPD’s can theoretically become mainstream on the secondary screen on foldable devices due to their … more…
While the foldable smartphone market keeps growing and major brands like Samsung have had time to launch several models already, Apple is still absent from the foldable market. But plans for foldable Apple devices, whether in the form of an iPad or an iPhone had been rumored for 2024 at the earliest. Today the respected Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo updated his expectations and said that any potential launch date for … more…
Samsung is showcasing three folding OLED based mobile concept devices this week, during a display conference where they are discussing their own technologies. The first one is called the S-Foldable, a two-fold concept with a 7.2-inch screen. Second up is the first 17-inch foldable tablet with at 4:3 aspect ratio, though because of it’s thickness Samsung calls it Foldable Laptop. And then we got a glimpse of the a Samsung … more…
Leaker on foldables, FoldUniverse suggests that there is a possibility that Samsung will produce two-fold foldables in the future. These two-fold Samsung foldables could theoretically maintain the same aspect ratio in tablet and phone mode then too. A hypothetical first generation two-fold from Samsung could feature a 4.7″ phone screen and 8.5″ tablet screen, while a second generation two-fold might feature a 5″ phone screen, and 8.8″ tablet screen. – … more…
Xiaomi finally announced its first foldable today during the second day of its large product launch event in China. It’s called the Mi Mix Fold and will launch on April 16. It has great specs, and even better, the price is not as outrageous as that of Samsung and Huawei’s foldables are. A Mi Mix Fold with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage is 9.999 Yuan, while the 16GB RAM and … more…
If the video of TCL’s tri-fold foldable yesterday wasn’t enough, the company actually stated publicly today that it plans to launch their first foldable later in 2021. The announcement was made at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai (MWCS), where Oppo also showcased the rollable Oppo X. TCL has developed several foldable concepts over the years, where we’ve seen as much as 4 different concepts by now. The tri-fold and … more…
Twitter user Fold Universe leaked a new video of the 10.1-inch foldable concept from TCL today along with a more detailed picture of it. TCL has showcased foldables and rollable concept devices for years, but have yet to actually produce one so far. The 10.1-inch foldable we see here is the second concept of a tri-fold foldable tablet phone we’ve seen from TCL. And what makes this foldable special is … more…
Huawei announced their new foldable Huawei Mate X2 today, and it’s now taking orders from 17,999 Yuan, or about $2,800. For that kind of money is it not only a flagship device obviously, but one that upon first impression may have rooted out the main flaw of the predecessor, which was the crease in the foldable display, that by time could ruin parts of the display. The new display from … more…
Korean ETNews now believes that Apple has assigned LG Display to supply them with the foldable displays for the first foldable iPhone. Apparently LG was entrusted with this task last year, and had already begun development during the fall. The progress is supposedly going well too, according to the industry sources that’s quoted. The report also states that Apple is aiming for a thinner display than the foldables of its … more…
Huawei made the official announcement today that they’ll unveil their new foldable Huawei Mate X2 on February 22nd. A partial teaser image of the Mate X2 was released together with the announcement. As a foldable, the Huawei Mate X2 has the potential to get a larger tablet screen than other foldables so far, as it’s rumored to feature a 8.01-inch display in unfolded mode, according to IThome. The resolution is … more…
The latest rumor about some of Xiaomi’s important plans for 2021, now says that both a high-end Xiaomi foldable as well as a new Xiaomi tablet PC will launch in 2021. According to leaker Digital Chat Station this weekend, the first Xiaomi foldable will launch before the new Xiaomi tablet. Xiaomi rumors have always been the most sketchy ones, but this latest source does lend some credibility to the rumor, … more…
LG has teased their upcoming rollable smartphone-to-tablet this year, this much is fact. Industry insiders have then added that LG’s rollable is codenamed the “B Project.” The rollable LG B Project is currently expected by the industry to launch in March 2021. And now mobile tech leaker cozyplanes has described what he believes are possible specs for the LG B Project. These are a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor (the most … more…
LG is one of the main manufacturers of flexible OLED displays, and LG have already launched a rollable TV in South Korea using such technologies. But it’s been known that LG have worked on rollable tablets and phones for years too, and now one of the industry sources has even put a finalization date one it. According to sources talking to The Elec, LG will launch theirs and perhaps the … more…
It’s no secret that Xiaomi has been testing the concept of foldables. Xiaomi president Lin Bin even demonstrated the first prototype of a Xiaomi foldable back in January 2019, when he said that Xiaomi was only interested in developing a foldable if it could be done without material issues. He then asked the public for feedback so that Xiaomi would learn more about what users would want from a Xiaomi … more…
The world’s first foldable tablet or laptop is finally about to be launched, as the 13.3-inch foldable Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold has begun taking pre-orders today ahead of its October release: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/thinkpad-x1-fold The price starts at $2499 without the keyboard, and goes up to $3099 with Windows 10 Pro, 1TB of storage, and both the Lenovo Mod Pen and Lenovo Fold Mini keyboard included. The keyboard is an alternative to … more…