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| Prototype of the next generation smartphone: Fordable Samsung to be released in 2016. |
The Galaxy S6 edge is one of this year’s most striking smartphones in Nigeria but it looks like it might be a mere warm-up for what Samsung has
planned for next year.
Our attention has been turned to a new speculation that
claims Samsung is planning to unveil its first foldable smartphone this January
after years of teasing us with foldable display prototypes. According to the
rumor, the phone will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 3GB of RAM
and an SD card slot. The last time we eavesdropped a similar speculation, Samsung S6 edge was birthed.
To be clear, we’ve heard rumors about foldable Samsung phones for years
now. However, there’s good reason to think that this time Samsung might really
be ready to unleash a foldable smartphone, as earlier this year Sam Mobile
reported that the company was working on something called Project Valley that
was described as a smartphone with two displays and “possibly foldable.”
Even if Samsung does release a smartphone with a foldable display next
year, of course, that doesn’t mean it will be any good. Let’s recall that
Samsung’s first device with a flexible display, 2013’s Galaxy Round, was
largely a pointless gimmick. It was only two years later that Samsung’s
ambitions for flexible displays really panned out with the Galaxy S6 edge, so
even if Samsung’s first foldable display phone is a dud, that doesn’t mean the
technology will never be useful.
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