Samsung reportedly to release square foldable smartphone next year

Galaxy Fold

Without even officially releasing its outset foldable telephone, Samsung is reportedly planning to unveil a second foldable device next year.

Bloomberg reports that the luxury foldable device will collapse into a "compact-sized foursquare."

The device will reportedly feature a six.seven-inch inner display that shrinks to a small square when folded inwards like a clamshell.

While the next foldable device is tipped to yet exist a luxury smartphone, it's expected to be priced much lower than this year'due south Milky way Fold, sources familiar with the matter indicated. Currently, the Fold, which still hasn't released, is priced at $one,980 USD (about $2,628 CAD).

American designer Thom Browne is partnering with Samsung to blueprint the phone. The goal is to "appeal to a broader range of consumers" that are interested in style, status and luxury instead of just telephone specs.

It has also been reported that the telephone features a hole-dial selfie photographic camera on the top of the inner brandish, like to Samsung'due south recently released Notation 10. There is likewise expected to be two cameras that "face the rear when the phone is open or the front when it'southward flipped closed," Bloomberg indicated.

Samsung did non comment on whether this phone actually exists, says Bloomberg.

More recently, SamMobile indicated a rumour that Samsung was going to release a revamped Galaxy Fold that features 256GB of storage. Information technology'due south possible that this foursquare foldable telephone is the same device SamMobile'due south report cites.

Samsung's Galaxy Fold has experienced a rough few months. The telephone was initially scheduled to drib in the first one-half of 2019 in the U.S. and and so this summer in Canada.

The foldable smartphone'south release was pushed back due to blueprint issues with early review units related to droppings getting stuck behind the device'southward foldable display.

Source: Bloomberg