Smartphones can do just about anything today. With Siri, they can talk. With GPS, they can give you directions. They just can’t cook…yet. If Samsung can help it, smartphones will bend in 2017.
They’ll be able to bend, fold and put in your pocket or pocketbook. One of these new smartphone models will fold in half. Both models have organic light-embedding diodes. Sources in the know say these phones could be publicly accessible sometime in 2017. However, these sources insisted on remaining anonymous. One of these models will have a 5-inch screen set when folded. When unfolded, it passes as an 8-inch tablet. Samsung leads the development for new screen formats. They’re also OLED mobile panel’s biggest supporters. Samsung is also in a race with Apple, especially in the smartphone game. At Samsung headquarters, in Seoul, South Korea, they’re very excited about this new development. So are international stock markets. Samsung shares from Tokyo to New York rose, thanks to this news. One of their manufacturers,?Murata Manufacturing Co., climbed nearly 5%. Some speculate the new smartphones will be revealed in February 2017. That month, Samsung will host the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, Spain. One of the smartphones could be named ‘Note 7’. Samsung sent an e-mail addressing the rumors. They declined to comment.
This is why I hate speculation. There is so much secrecy. I respect they don’t want competitors like Apple to know what they’re doing. But it doesn’t make it any better. Let’s look at these sources who keep this secret. They’re keeping it secret because they don’t want to lose their jobs. I don’t know how much Note 7 will cost. I guess we’ll have to wait until February 2017. But we know this much. The rumors are already out there. The bloggers are already reporting. The world puts pressure on them. Samsung puts pressure on themselves. Will Samsung come through with the bend smartphone?