{"id":19026,"date":"2018-11-10T10:26:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T09:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=19026"},"modified":"2018-11-08T11:38:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T10:38:37","slug":"19026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=19026","title":{"rendered":"Foldable smartphones soon released!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-Post-Thumb wp-image-19027\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Technology512-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Technology512-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Technology512-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Technology512-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Technology512-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Technology512-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Technology512.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/>Foldable phones were invented back in 2004 when the Nokia<br \/>\n2650 had it&#8217;s debute. However the &#8220;folding&#8221; was only for the<br \/>\ntechnics behind and not for the display as such. In 2018 there<br \/>\nare two companies showing concepts for release soon.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->For instance the Royole FlexPai&#8230; Royole first announced it&#8217;s foldable smartphone which will become available in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The design looks okay and the mechanism looks solid. Yet it has to be shown in physical tests if the screen will be able to perform a lot of bendings without any damage.<\/p>\n<p>The FlexiPai is said to withstand at least 200&#8217;000 bendings and it&#8217;s display offers a 1920&#215;1440 resolution on a 7.8&#8243; diameter.<\/p>\n<p>A Snapdragon 8-series CPU with 6GB or 8GB of RAM as well as 128 to 512GB of eMMC will give the phone good power to go. If you need more storage, you can insert a 256GB microSDXC card. For pictures you can use a 16 or 20MP camera.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 50.5529%; height: 80px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19033\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-4-640x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-4-640x458.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-4-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-4-500x358.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19032\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-6-640x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-6-640x458.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-6-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-6-500x358.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-6.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19029\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-3-640x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-3-640x458.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-3-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-3-500x358.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19030\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-5-640x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-5-640x458.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-5-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-5-500x358.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-5.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19031\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-2-640x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-2-640x458.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-2-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-2-500x358.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19028\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-1-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-1-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/royole-flexpai-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-19026-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Royoles-FlexPai-the-worlds-first-foldable-smartphoneHD1280x720-Mp4.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Royoles-FlexPai-the-worlds-first-foldable-smartphoneHD1280x720-Mp4.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Royoles-FlexPai-the-worlds-first-foldable-smartphoneHD1280x720-Mp4.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>And now there&#8217;s Samsung with it&#8217;s &#8220;Foldable&#8221;. Samsung follows a similar concept however there&#8217;s no physical device to hold in your hands yet where the FlexPai is already available physically. With Google supporting foldable Displays natively in Android, we might see some new Foldables in the near future!<\/p>\n<p>Samsung&#8217;s Foldable has only so much shown\u00a0 that the display will scale at 7.4&#8243; diameter which is a tad smaller than the FlexiPai. But there are no other specs available yet.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 50.5529%; height: 29px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19034\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable-640x360.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable-1920x1079.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable_Concept.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19035\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable_Concept-640x369.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable_Concept-640x369.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable_Concept-768x443.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable_Concept-1920x1108.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable_Concept-500x289.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsung_Foldable_Concept.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-19026-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsungs-foldable-Infinity-Flex-phone-unveil-in-13-minutesHD1280x720-Mp4.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsungs-foldable-Infinity-Flex-phone-unveil-in-13-minutesHD1280x720-Mp4.mp4\">https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Samsungs-foldable-Infinity-Flex-phone-unveil-in-13-minutesHD1280x720-Mp4.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Prices are only known from Royole which will range at approximately 1200 US$ up to 1800US$ for the top line model.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung did not mention any price yet but let know that production will soon start!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foldable phones were invented back in 2004 when the Nokia 2650 had it&#8217;s debute. 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