LG won't release a foldable smartphone anytime soon

as declared in IF, FOR SOME REASON, you've been eagerly awaiting a foldable smartphone from LG, we have some bad news. "Considering this situation, it is too early for LG to launch a foldable smartphone. Instead, LG is planning to launch its first 5G smartphone at Mobile World Congress (MWC). The LG V50 ThinQ, which leaked over the weekend, is reportedly heading to Sprint's 5G network later this year, following an announcement on 24 February. The G8 ThinQ, which LG has also confirmed will feature a 3D front-facing camera, is also expected to debut on 24 February.

Fresh Apple foldable smartphone patents show it is working hard on the idea too

A fresh patent granted to Apple shows that the Cupertino giant is hard at work on its own foldable smartphone. Rumors for the devices point to a launch of a 5G-capable iPhone in 2020 and a folding iPhone (iPhold?) In fact, CNET has uncovered a freshly granted patent for a folding iPhone that could take many different incarnations, depending on which solution Apple ultimately settles on. The hinges vary accordingly, while there are also images of a folding smartphone that has three folds, making it more like an iPad in size. Let's hope then, that the rise of folding Android smartphones will lead to a resurgence of interest from Android app developers in creating software that is optimized for a larger interface.

We might finally know the official name of Samsung's first foldable smartphone

referring to We've been calling Samsung's first foldable smartphone the Galaxy F most of the time, but that's not going to be the commercial name of the product, a leaker just said. The phone will be called Galaxy Fold, a moniker we've seen thrown around in previous rumors about the phone. Samsung's foldable phone was in the making for a quite a few years, as the company kept demoing foldable displays at trade shows, without following through with a product launch. Samsung Galaxy Fold — Evan Blass (@evleaks) February 19, 2019"Samsung Galaxy Fold," is all he said on Twitter, but the implication here is that's the final product name for the handset. Hopefully, however, Samsung will bring the foldable phone topic up during the Unpacked event this week.

collected by :John Smith