Huawei wants to beat Samsung to market with a foldable smartphone of its own

as declared in Whatever it is, the Samsung foldable is expected to launch in early 2019. But Huawei wants to beat Samsung to market, a new report from Nikkei Asian Review reveals. Huawei is going to partner with local display supplier BOE for the flexible OLED screen that would go inside this unnamed Huawei foldable handset. While Huawei wants to attract the attention of smartphone buyers, BOE is going after bigger fish. It's not like Samsung will provide foldable screens to any rival, especially Huawei before its foldable phone hits the market.

Samsung S Pen reflections: A differentiator in a saturated smartphone market

The S Pen gives me a quick and easy way to magnify exactly where I hover the S Pen. The S Pen gives me a quick and easy way to magnify exactly where I hover the S Pen. Screen off notes : The ability to pop out the S Pen and write a note on the display is a key function of the S Pen. : The ability to pop out the S Pen and write a note on the display is a key function of the S Pen. While I find the S Pen essential now, it looks like it will become more useful for more people soon.

Samsung rumored to be releasing a folding screen smartphone in early-2019 – TechCrunch

as informed in Samsung's working on phone with a folding screen. The design sounds more like a classic clamshell handset than the novel — though not particularly practical — dual-screen ZTE Axon M that arrived late last year. The category has long been a white whale for a smartphone industry intent on cramming the largest screen into the smallest footprint possible. The ability to fold it up and shove it in a pocket would certainly be a way to accomplish this. A representative for the company offered TechCrunch a fairly boilerplate statement in response to the rumors, " "It is Samsung's policy to not comment on rumors and speculation."

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