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Samsung Delivers Sample of Its Foldable Display to Apple [Report]

Posted March 2, 2019 at 9:27pm by iClarified · 13540 views
Samsung has purportedly delivered samples of its foldable display to Apple and Google, reports ETNews. The company is hoping to land contracts to supply the screen to other smartphone makers.

According to the industry on the 27th, Samsung Display made a set of foldable display and delivered it to Apple. This set, which is actually powered like a smartphone, has a 7.2-inch size foldable panel. 7.2 inches is 0.1 inches smaller than the Samsung Folder 'Galaxy Fold'.

"We know that Samsung Display has supplied a set of foldable drives to Apple and Google in order to fully expand its folder-based display business and uncover customers," said a source.

Samsung has allegedly contacted Chinese smartphones makers such as Huawei and Oppo as well. Currently, the company can make about 2.4 million foldable displays per year but is said to be considering an expansion of production capacity to 10 million units per year.

More details in the full report linked below. You can get a close-up look at the new display here.

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