Samsung: future foldables will be thinner and lighter

Foldable phones will enable growth in the “saturated smartphone market”, according to Lee Jong-min, the Executive Director of the planning team at Samsung’s mobile division. “Foldable phones are not an expansion of existing smartphones, but a completely new field,” said Lee at Samsung’s 2020 Investor Forum. He adds that foldable phones will become thinner and lighter in the future. That’s not the case with the Galaxy Z Fold2, which went up to 282g from the 263g of the original. The redesigned hinge offers several advantages (keeps dust out, can be locked at several angles), but it did make...