Recently, sources said that the first folding Samsung smartphone will be released later this year. But a new report, said that Samsung may delay its announcement until next year.
According to PhoneArena, citing the Korean sources, the first foldable smartphone Samsung, known to us as the Galaxy X, will be released in the first half of 2018. The new smart phone instead of a glass substrate for a curved display will apply colorless flexible polyimide film production. Its mass production in early 2018 will be engaged in the Korean company Kolon Industries, . As previously reported, in Kolon Industries next year expects to produce about 100 million of the polyimide films for smart phones with folding screens.
"The prototype of Samsung Galaxy X can be represented in this year, but the commercial version of the smartphone will be released in the first half of next year in accordance with the schedule of mass production of the respective components", - said the source of the supply chain.
It was expected that the first folding Samsung smartphone will be available in the third or fourth quarter of 2017.