To achieve the feat of taking out a folding smartphone “without folds”, Apple and Samsung tear a component from the small South Korean business M-TEC.
The ultimate room of future iPhone and Samsung is in “Fine M-TEC”. If the screen of the future folding iPhone will be well delivered by Samsung, the centerpiece allowing to erase any trace of fold once the completely unfolded screen will be from Fine M-TEC, which is preparing for production. The company has just announced the investment of $ 10 million (17.5 billion wons) in new facilities.
If the South Korean nugget is so coveted, it is thanks to its metal display technology pierced with the laser. It will allow an invisible fold which, for Apple, is a condition sine qua non The American brand would not even sell a folding smartphone. To remain competitive, Samsung must align with this requirement. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the future Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 should therefore use the same plate.
What we know about Apple folding iPhone
Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple was planning to start the start of production of the foldable iPhone in the second half of 2026, enough to announce it and launch its marketing in 2026 as well. In detail, the folding iPhone would have a 7.8 -inch screen in addition to a 5.5 -inch external screen. In space constraint, the future iPhone would barter in front of ID for a Touch ID button. It would have a front camera and two cameras on the back.
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For its part, Samsung and its Samsung Display division are responsible for carrying annual production between 7 and 8 million units, from next year. The price of the folding iPhone should certainly happily exceed $ 2,000.
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