Foldable displays on smartphones isn’t a new rumour or trend. What is new is that Samsung has confirmed that it is working on a smartphone with a foldable display, reportedly called the 'Galaxy F', and is racing to be the first to bring it to the market.
Samsung isn’t the only company toying with a foldable display on a smartphone. In the past we have heard rumours and seen patent filings suggesting that Apple and Huawei are both working on devices with foldable displays, while we have also seen phones like the ZTE Axon M play with the concept of a foldable smartphone by combining two displays with a hinge. According to Wamsi Mohan, an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Apple may launch a foldable iPhone in 2020 that could potentially double up as a tablet. Last year, CEO of Huawei's Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu had also revealed that Huawei is working on a foldable phone which could be released in 2018. The company had filed the patent for a foldable phone at WIPO (World Intellectual property Organization). Yu mentioned that the prototype they are working on has a gap in the middle of the two screens, and they are trying to get rid of that.