Oppo could showcase a foldable phone at Mobile World Congress next year

Smartphone trends are changing and the next big innovation leap in this space seems to be foldable phones. While Samsung had been teasing its foldable smartphone for a couple of years, the company finally gave us a glimpse of it at its Developers Conference this year. Now, Oppo seems to have snuck up close behind Samsung and has announced that it is developing its own foldable smartphone. Oppo's Product Manager, Chuck Wang, has announced that the smartphone manufacturer will dole out more information about its foldable device next year in February. This is the time when the Mobile World Congress takes place in Barcelona, so one can expect to hear from Oppo at the event.  With this development, Oppo has become one of the several smartphone makers that are vying to get a chunk of the foldable smartphone market. This is not surprising since the company has been granted some patents for a foldable phone. Unfortunately, there is no additional information about Oppo’s upcoming smartphone like its release date or specifications. Currently, alongside Samsung and Oppo, LG and Huawei have also confirmed a foldable device.  As mentioned earlier, Samsung’s foldable smartphone was showcased at the Samsung Developers Conference (SDC) in San Francisco. The company’s Senior Vice President of Mobile Product Marketing, Justin Denison, showcased the phone under dimmed lights with a black cover camouflage to obfuscate its design. Samsung did say that the phone uses an Infinity Flex Display that measures 7.3 inches with a 1536 x 2152p resolution. When unfolded, the phone has a display aspect ratio of 4.2 and it folds in half to reveal a second display called “cover display.” On the front, it functions as a 4.58-inch phone with a resolution of 840 x 1960 pixels with an aspect ratio of 21:9. Samsung says that the phone can be folded up to fit into a pocket. Although the smartphone manufacturer did not announce how much the smartphone will cost, reports suggest that it could be priced at $1770 (approx Rs 1.25 lakh). Additionally, a tipster also tweeted that the smartphone might be priced at a minimum of $1925 (approx Rs 1.36 lakh) or a maximum of $2,565 (approx Rs 1.81 lakh). If this turns out to be true, the upcoming foldable smartphones could soon shatter the 1 lakh price point set by the current flagships like the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max. In October, the CEO of LG Mobile, Hwang Jeong-hwan confirmed that the company is working on a foldable phone. LG also recently applied for three new trademarks, Flex, Foldi and Duplex, with the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office). These names are speculated to be used on the company’s upcoming foldable phones. The Flexi and Foldi trademarks could be used for phones with flexible and foldable displays respectively, while Duplex might be reserved for an LG phone with two flexible screens. Additionally, a day after applying for the three aforementioned trademarks, LG is said to have applied for five more smartphone model names; LG Bendi, Solid, Solidis, XB and XF. Source

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