It is not good to sell the rumor preceding manufacturer who appeared in the iPhone "folding type"

The Chinese Paper / Economic Daily (electronic version) reported on August 25, 2021, while Apple was developing foldable mobile phones.

Until now, Samsung Electronics, Korea, has released a smartphone (smartphone) that can fold the display with the main unit.If the press is true, the day may come when Apple's "iPhone" will be folded.

"I think we are doing research and development"

According to a smartphone and mobile journalist Atsushi Ishikawa, Samsung is the one who is leading the foldable smartphone market.On August 27, 2021, "Galaxy Z Fold3" and "Galaxy Z Flip3" were released in Korea and the United States.

"Mate XS" is also available from Huawei in China and "Motorola Razr" from Motorola Mobility.These three companies are the central manufacturers of foldable smartphones.

However, the spread is "still more".The main reason is that the terminal price is high."Galaxy Z Fold2", which was released in Japan with au in November 2007, costs 259,980 yen (tax included).The terminals of other manufacturers are also expensive, and only a few people have yet to get the latest smartphones to others.

However, the newly released "Galaxy Z Flip3" is 999.99 US dollars.It is not released in Japan, but it is cheaper than the previous model, about 110,000 yen in Japanese yen.Mr. Ishikawa said it was the same price as a smartphone of other companies' high -end (advanced) models.In Japan, only au carriers handling FLIP, but "FLIP3" also sells NTT DOCOMO.He analyzed that it would sell more than previous models because the number of carriers has increased.

According to Ishikawa, it is unknown how much the actual development status of Apple's folding smartphone is, but I think we are doing research and development.However, it is not always commercialized.In the future, Samsung's folding smartphones will become popular, and if the market share expands, Apple will also release folding."I think (Apple) is looking at the trends in the industry."

In the past, Samsung and Motoroler have been making foldable mobile phones (Garakae) in the past.In addition, Samsung is developing a display of a group company, and has the strength of group power in developing folding smartphones.Apple without such know -how has a high technical hurdle, and he pointed out that "catching up (catching up) may take time."