The foldable smartphone market goes to get a lot larger subsequent 12 months if the newest report is true. To this point, the important thing gamers in the foldable smartphone house have been Samsung, Motorola, Royole, and Huawei however a brand new leak says that extra producers together with Google shall be becoming a member of the checklist.
The information comes from Ross Younger, the founder and lead analyst at Show Search and DSCC. In a tweet posted earlier immediately, he revealed that the second half of the approaching 12 months goes to be an thrilling one for the foldable smartphone market. He stated Samsung will announce not less than three fashions, OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi will announce 4 fashions between them, and Google may even announce one mannequin.
Second half of 2021 goes to be actually thrilling for foldable smartphones. At the least Three fashions from Samsung, four fashions from Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi and 1 mannequin from Google…BTW, no Z Fold Lite – Z Flip Lite. Specs for all are in our newest Foldable Report.
— Ross Younger (@DSCCRoss) December 10, 2020
Simply to be clear, I’m saying there shall be no Z Fold Lite, however there shall be a Z Flip Lite.
— Ross Younger (@DSCCRoss) December 10, 2020
four fashions mixed from Oppo/Vivo/Xiaomi
— Ross Younger (@DSCCRoss) December 10, 2020
We already know Samsung will announce the Galaxy Z Fold Three and the Galaxy Z Flip 3 in the third quarter of the 12 months from leaks from the previous couple of weeks however Ross’s tweet says there shall be not less than three fashions. In the identical tweet, he says there shall be no Galaxy Z Fold Lite however there shall be a Galaxy Z Flip Lite.
The Galaxy Z Fold Lite was reported to be scheduled for a Q1 2021 launch however not solely is it not launching in the primary quarter but it surely gained’t even launch in any respect in line with Ross Younger. We already heard of the lite model of the Galaxy Z Flip final month, so it isn’t a shock.
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Transferring on from Samsung, the three massive Chinese language gamers, OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi may even launch their first foldable smartphones subsequent 12 months. What makes it much more thrilling is that one in every of them will launch two fashions. Of all three, solely Xiaomi has demonstrated a working prototype however all three of them have filed patents for varied foldable smartphone designs. Just lately, an OPPO patent revealed a telephone with a design much like that of the Galaxy Z Flip.
Google can be on the checklist of producers saying a foldable smartphone in 2021. Greater than a 12 months in the past, Google confirmed it was engaged on foldable smartphone prototypes and in August of this 12 months, an inner doc revealed {that a} foldable telephone codenamed “passport” could also be among the many Pixel units launching subsequent 12 months.
With all these units lined up for launch, 2021 goes to be an thrilling 12 months for the foldable smartphone class and cell tech in common
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