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Home / News / Technology News / Apple's "foldable iPhone" may finally arrive in 2020: Report
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Apple's "foldable iPhone" may finally arrive in 2020: Report

Apple's "foldable iPhone" may finally arrive in 2020: Report
Written by Ramya Patelkhana
Mar 25, 2018, 09:26 am 3 min read
Apple's "foldable iPhone" may finally arrive in 2020: Report

Foldable smartphones are clearly the next big thing - while Samsung's foldable Galaxy X is going to launch in "a few years", latest reports claim Apple is going to release a foldable iPhone in just two years. Apple's developing an all-new design in collaboration with Asian "partners" for the foldable iPhone and release it by 2020. Here's more.

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No big changes in OLED iPhone models: BoA Analyst

Bank of America Senior Analyst Wamsi Mohan has reportedly met with several Apple suppliers in Asia. Mohan said Apple is working with Asian suppliers on a foldable iPhone that could also be used as a tablet. The top Wall Street firm analyst also said they expect no major changes in the upcoming OLED versions of iPhones except some size changes.

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Wamsi Mohan's note to clients

"We expect the iPhones this fall to be largely unchanged for the OLED versions. Our checks also suggest that Apple is working with suppliers on a foldable phone (that potentially could double up as a tablet) for launch in 2020," said Wamsi Mohan.

Apple, LG
Apple, LG Display working together on bendable iPhone

In October last year, Korean media outlet "The Investor" claimed Apple and LG Display -LG's screen-making subsidiary- are jointly working on the foldable iPhone. The report also said LG Display set up a "task force" for developing bendable OLED display. LG's parts-manufacturing arm "LG Innotek" had also created a team for developing "flexible circuit boards" for such a foldable phone.

Rival Samsung
Why did Apple team up with LG for bendable display?

Rivalry with Samsung and concerns over specification leaks may have prompted Apple to choose LG over Samsung, which is the producer of best OLED-displays. LG Display had already completed the foldable OLED screen prototype as of Oct'17 and was upgrading its durability and yield rate at the time. Last year, there were reports that Apple would invest in LG to speed up production.

Patent Applicaton
Apple's patent application for unnamed foldable device

In 2016, Apple filed a patent for an unnamed device for which it was working with LG to develop the display panel. Apple's patent application "Electronic Devices With Flexible Displays", which was published in Nov'17, suggests a foldable iPhone could be in the works that can be "opened and closed like a book." The unnamed device could be related to a possible foldable iPhone.

Information
Device to have bendable hinge, flexible display

The patent suggests the Apple device would have a flexible OLED-screen in a brand-new design and the device itself is foldable. It would have a full-screen display with a flexible area in the middle that bends to separate the screen into halves (like a book).

Other device makers
Which other smartphone companies are building foldable phones?

Apple and Samsung aren't the only tech companies working on smartphones with foldable screens as Lenovo and Huawei also joined them. While none of them actually released their foldable devices, Samsung and Lenovo demonstrated concept phones with foldable displays. Last year, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's consumer business group, confirmed it is developing a foldable phone at the time of Mate 10 launch.

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Ramya Patelkhana is a senior editor at NewsBytes. She has nearly seven years of experience in digital journalism and has previously worked with India News and Authint Media. She has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, and an advanced diploma in Media Studies from IPW, New Delhi.
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