Samsung Reportedly Working on Bigger Displays That Could Be Used in Dual-Fold, Rollable Smartphones

Samsung Display has previously showcased such display concepts.

Written by Sheldon Pinto, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 23 August 2024 17:19 IST

Samsung Reportedly Working on Bigger Displays That Could Be Used in Dual-Fold, Rollable Smartphones

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6 (pictured) is its most high-end technologically advanced smartphone

Highlights

Samsung executive claims that company is working on dual folding products
This also includes multi-fold and rollable designs
Samsung has yet to showcase a fully functional working concept

A Samsung executive reportedly spilled the beans that the company is thinking beyond “regular” foldable smartphones. For the uninitiated, Huawei CEO, Richard Yu earlier this week announced that the company would be unveiling a double foldable or a dual-fold smartphone as early as September this year. Hence, news that Samsung is working on something similar does not exactly come as a surprise. The company has showcased a lot of foldable designs in the past, but these were from Samsung Display, its display business. Therefore, the news about Samsung working on workable prototypes definitely is news, especially given that an earlier report did point out that it's struggling to make its production foldable designs thinner than its existing competitors, despite being the market leader in the space.

The news comes via PhoneArena, that pointed out quotes by Chung Yi, Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Business Mobile/IT at Samsung Display. The executive from Samsung was a speaker at the recent IMID 2024 expo held in South Korea. The Samsung Display head broadly spoke about how Samsung is developing multiple form factors for its smartphones.

The EVP also reportedly said that the company is working on foldable technologies which would make the new AI generation of smartphones easier to carry. He also stated that with 6G technology on the horizon the demand for even bigger smartphone displays will go up and so Samsung is working on various product form factors like double-folding, multi-folding and even rollable displays. These should hopefully make it into functional production-ready devices by Samsung Mobile.

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As far as foldable smartphone technologies go, Huawei seems to be at the top. Its recent Honor Magic V3 launched in China, is about to hit shelves globally in September. As Samsung struggles to make its foldables thinner than 12.1mm when folded, competitor Vivo's X Fold 3 Pro has managed a thickness of 11.3mm while Huawei's Honor Magic V3 measures just 9.3mm weighing in at just 226 grams, a lot less than the existing competition.

A thinner and lighter foldable also makes it easier to handle when closed. This makes a foldable smartphone feel like a regular flagship smartphone, with the added functionality of a large internal display when unfolded. While most (single-fold) foldables have managed to accommodate a large enough 8-inch main folding display so far, Huawei's upcoming dual-folding (or tri-folding) phone is said to have a massive 10-inch display that could mimic a regular tablet when unfolded.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Overall refinements
Offers a bunch of useful AI features
Excellent displays (main and cover)
IP48 protection
7 years of Android software updates

Bad
Very expensive
Cameras could have been better
Still stuck at 25W charging

Read detailed Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 review

Display (Primary) 7.60-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Front Camera 10-megapixel + 4-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 12GB

Storage 256GB

Battery Capacity 4400mAh

OS Android 14

Resolution 1856x2160 pixels

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Vivo X Fold 3 Pro

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Slim IPX8 rated design
Plenty of raw performance
Great for gaming
Good battery life
Quality telephoto camera
Speedy wired and wireless charging

Bad
Minor software bugs
Spammy notifications
Ultrawide camera is average

Read detailed Vivo X Fold 3 Pro review

Display (Primary) 8.03-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Front Camera 32-megapixel + 32-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 64-megapixel + 50-megapixel

RAM 16GB

Storage 512GB

Battery Capacity 5700mAh

OS Android 14

Resolution 2200x2480 pixels

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Honor Magic V3

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display (Primary) 7.92-inch

Processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Front Camera 20-megapixel + 20-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 40-megapixel + 50-megapixel

RAM 12GB

Storage 256GB

Battery Capacity 5150mAh

OS Android 14

Resolution 2344x2156 pixels

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