Huawei Mate X foldable phone launch hold to September

Huawei Mate X foldable phone launch hold to September
Huawei Mate X

More problem in mobile paradise. Huawei is delaying the release of the foldable phone awaiting September. No, there aren’t any troubles reported yet but Huawei wants to make sure it tests the Mate X vigilantly after all the troubles Samsung is going through. The top South Korean company has canceled the release of the Galaxy Fold due to displays breaking. It’s been approximately two months since Samsung decided to hold off the launch. Hinge development and screen fix are coming rapidly but we may not see a June release yet.

Huawei wants to be confident that the Mate X won’t suffer the similar fast as the Samsung foldable phone. Extra tests are being done so the phone won’t smash down. There is no related problem experienced yet but Huawei doesn’t desire anything like that to happen specially now that it’s facing bigger challenges on an international scale.

The Samsung Galaxy Fold problem may be a incentive but perhaps Huawei really wants to make sure they’re prepared with the OS. It’s not clear yet if the Mate X will still run Android or its own mobile OS mainly since Google former decided to cut off business with Huawei due to the urging of the US government. Huawei says it will motionless be Android-powered but there is a opportunity license may be revoked.

The Huawei Mate X is planned for a worldwide release. It will previously contain 5G support, making it the first ever 5G foldable phone. The price may reach $2,600 or about 2,299 euros.

Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone was revealed off last February but it hasn’t reached the market yet. The mid-April launch was stimulated to June and then September. Cross your fingers it will be the last and official launch month.

The foldable phone is anticipated to help increase Huawei after reports about it canceling a latest laptop offering because of the US trade ban. The company still has plans to turn into the No. 1 Mobile Brand in the world but it may take a while because of the blacklisting.

Huawei seems to be equipped and positive about the situation. Google has announced it will stop providing access to Huawei but then eased limits up to August. Google has also lately warned the US government of better national security risks if it continues to stop Huawei from doing business with American firms and vice versa.

Samsung Galaxy Fold fix still not done, many firmware available

Samsung Galaxy Fold fix still not done, many firmware available
Samsung Galaxy Fold

What’s the newest about the Samsung Galaxy Fold? It’s previously June and we haven’t seen the latest top foldable phone from the South Korean tech giant. We’re still hoping for the most excellent especially since Huawei isn’t releasing the Mate X anytime soon–at least, not yet. Samsung didn’t do a May rollout but originally promised a June relaunch as per AT&T. And then we were told it may no longer see a June release. At this point, we just desire to know if the phone will still see the light of day.

Many people are still expectant and with this news that there are eleven firmware obtainable for the Galaxy Fold, we’re feeling positive. The Samsung foldable smartphone seems to have some issues that want fixing. The display subject is only one but some testers have reported seeing popular apps’ interfaces like Instagram and Facebook are being cut. Sometimes, images are being blown up that you require to zoom out or scroll down to see the caption or comments.

Most of those issues are slight. A simple software update could fix them. But the difficulty of the display breaking is serious. It’s a hardware issue that may require a major change in software, design, or maybe even production.

Samsung still has time to straighten things out. The mobile industry just hopes everything will be prepared because the foldable phone certainly has potential.

Removing the pre-installed screen protector could be the reason for the screen breaking but it shouldn’t be. It’s a defensive layer alright but it’s not actually part of the phone’s design.

Samsung still hasn’t made things clear but we’re looking forward to an authorized explanation and solution. We’re crossing our fingers the company will add more warning and popups so the users will be fully informed. Let’s wait and see.

Download the Samsung Galaxy Fold’s wallpapers and live video wallpapers

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The Samsung Galaxy Fold launches in Europe next month. Although we recognize most of the device’s specifications, Samsung never permitted the press to obtain their hands on the device at its launch occasion. Fortunately, one of our sources managed to obtain their hands on the gadget a bit early and has shared a trove of information with us. They also shared a dump of the Galaxy Fold’s firmware with us, which we used to clutch the wallpapers. Most of these wallpapers have been shared online previous to, but there are a little that is new-fangled. In any case, here are all the wallpapers from Samsung’s imminent foldable smartphone.

The above wallpapers are the entire in the butterfly and leaf form for the folded and unfolded screen. The middle hinge of the foldable smartphone should line up with the center of the butterflies. The leaves are for the envelop display of the phone while it’s folded. There are 14 wallpapers in overall, each at a resolution of 2152×2152.

There is also some video wallpaper included for the lock screen. Every time you unlock your phone, the butterfly will flap its wings. These video wallpapers are designed for the Galaxy Fold but should exertion on most Samsung phones running Android 8.0 Oreo and above. There are four dissimilar colors of the butterfly for every color of the Galaxy Fold.

You can download these wallpapers from Android File Host and unzip the file to want which one you desire. The wallpapers embedded above are dense, so for the uncompressed versions, the download is a must.

Download Samsung Galaxy Fold Wallpapers and Video Wallpapers

The Samsung Galaxy Fold will out on April 26th in the United States and South Korea and on May 3rd in Europe. Pre-orders will begin on April 26th for Europe, while American pre-order dates have yet to be announced. It will price $1980 for the 4G LTE model with 12GB RAM and 512GB of UFS 3.o storage space. Samsung also announced that a 5G model of the Galaxy Fold will be imminent, but we don’t recognize when that specific model will launch.

Our earlier firmware analysis exposed that Samsung is developing firmware builds for Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, and Virgin Mobile in the United States. In Europe, the Fold will be prepared with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and not the Exynos 9820 like the European Samsung Galaxy S10. Lastly, we have found confirmation that Samsung is working on Fold models for Canada, Japan, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Serbia.

Xiaomi foldable phone showing once again in a video

Xiaomi foldable phone showing once again in a video
Xiaomi foldable phone

Xiaomi isn’t a stranger to latest and innovative technologies. In fact, it has become preferred because the Chinese OEM knows the gadget business very well. The brand launches high-specced smartphones at reasonable prices alongside many smart devices. It is now considered a lifestyle brand because it has reached numerous areas of our life. After exciting us with a Super Charge Turbo charger and the Black Shark 2, Xiaomi is teasing an innovative foldable phone. It’s been doing so since the previous year although no significant information is being shared.

We started the year with a Xiaomi foldable phone being demoed in a cryptic video. The prototype and demo video by a company administrative was real.

The foldable phone won’t be announced anytime soon but we believe it’s previously working. Some renders have surfaced showing an outward display.

Just recently, another demo video popped up showing the Xiaomi foldable phone in action

It is one fast video but we can say the foldable phone by Xiaomi has the potential to beat the Huawei Mate X and the Samsung Galaxy Fold. We have no idea about the specs but we’re assuming they will be premium.

We’re probably looking at at least 12GB of RAM, 128GB onboard storage space, or the most recent Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset. The display appears a bit square when opened. The two-fold outward design seems enhanced than the others we’ve seen but let’s wait and see for the actual device.

Samsung foldable phone patent is weird and might arrive next week

There are patents that we desire were made genuine and there are some patents we wish would never see the light of day. Samsung’s newly-granted patent might fall somewhere in between. For improved or worse, it might also be the foldable phone that Samsung will really show off at its Unpacked event next week. Taking a page from ZTE’s Axon M book, the patent shows a phone with two screens instead of one. The difference is that it can really fold both ways.

One of the main obstacle in the way of foldable phones is the screen. Although Samsung has mastered the art of bent displays, a flexible panel that gets twisted again and again at a single point is a superior challenge than one that’s permanently curved forever. The likes of the Kyocera Echo and the ZTE Axon M have “solved” this by employing two screens that like side by side to make one better display.

While that does offer a sensible solution, it creates latest ones, most especially the bezel and seam created between the two panels. According to LetsGoDigital, Samsung’s new patent skirts the subject by using its Infinity Display with curved edges. Of course, instead of a seam, you get a valley in the middle. While it may create an delusion of one single display, swiping your finger across it will simply break that illusion.

That’s not the only twist to this foldable phone idea. Samsung seems to have taken both the Kyocera Echo and the Axon M designs and made the phone able of folding in both directions. It can fold in, with the two screens opposite each other, protecting them from the exterior world. Or they can fold out, creating what is basically a dual screen phone. Or two phones stacked on top of each other, back to back.

You might argue that this is a patent anyhow and that it doesn’t mean it will become a real product. That is usually true of all patents but this case might be an exemption. Samsung’s latest Unpacked 2019 video included hints of its foldable phone, and one of them seemed to propose that same “valley” gap produced by having two curved edge screens side by side.

Samsung discuss folding phone design, says improvement isn’t dead

Samsung discuss folding phone design, says improvement isn’t dead

Between triple cameras and slider designs, it’s tough to argue that we’re not considering at least some innovation in the smartphone space. But Samsung (unsurprisingly) thinks the actual innovation will arrive in the display arena.

In a blog post written on the Samsung website, a company supervisory said “modest smartphone sales” have signaled that innovation has reached a holdup. This view is shared by analysts from the likes of Counterpoint Research, following a global sales decline in Q3 2o18.

But Hark-sang Kim, a senior vice president at Samsung Mobile, reckons the foldable phone represents a “new era” for the smartphone.

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Kim explained that it took the company seven years to ideal the foldable technology and user experience. The administrative said Samsung made “significant” investments in developing the material used in the foldable display, adding up that they created a “natural and durable” folding device.

“We also had to reorganize the placements of the battery, cooling system, and camera so that they can be placed within the slim body professionally,” the executive said. Finally, Kim said you can wait for an instinctive user experience featuring apps that flawlessly switch between small and large displays.

It’s all excellent having a foldable phone, but will people and developers settle towards the form factor? The latter is particularly key, as having compatible apps could help drive acceptance. But app support will likely require to be meaningful in order to make the form factor feasible. After all, who cares if all you’re getting is a blown-up UI on the bigger screen, right?

Samsung showed off a prototype of its foldable phone previous year which had a 7.3-inch foldable display (1536 x 2152 resolution), with an outward-facing display at 4.5-inches (840 x 1960 resolution). We won’t have to wait long to see extra details though, as the firm is anticipated to show off the device in some capability at the Galaxy S10 event on February 20.

Top 6 2018 Highlights of Smartphone Industry

It’s a brand-new year. I bet by now you’ve made additional long list of resolutions—or not. It’s longer now because you haven’t actually fulfilled any of the resolutions but are now adding new promises. For us in the Android community, we’re not making any New Year’s Resolutions—maybe not yet. We’re looking frontward to a brand-new year where the mobile commerce is becoming more advanced than ever in terms of new technologies, design, and growth. Before we list down what new things to imagine for 2019, allow us to summarize some of the top stories in the smartphone game.

1. Notch

Top 6 2018 Smartphone Related Highlights

The notch. Not numerous people may be contented with this addition but the new design has been applied by several OEMs. Some will say it’s not aesthetically pleasing but such acceptable mobile devices to attain almost bezel-less displays.

The notch permitted for a bigger screen real estate and we have the Essential Phone to thank for making the notch more widespread. Actually, there’ also the iPhone X and even before Apple, Sharp did with the Aquos S2 and the Aquos R Compact. We incline to overlook about these devices because they weren’t as popular.

When 2018 entered, the notch became an attention by most OEMs. Earlier in the year, the ASUS Z01RD was benchmarked with a notch. It is supposed to be the Zenfone 5 looking like the iPhone X’s. The Huawei P20 was also rumored to have a notch just similar the Oppo R15 and R15 Plus as leaked on Weibo.

Before Q1 ended, LG launched the G7 ThinQ with a notched display. And then there derived a rumor Apple may be plummeting the notch design. The next-gen Essential Phone has been rumored to ditch the notch as well. Stimulatingly, more notch teasers were heard counting those for the Xiaomi Mi 7 and the OnePlus 6.

Vivo V9 images also presented a notch while OPPO formally launched the R15 and R15 Dream Mirror Edition in China with a notch.

Huawei did familiarize the P20 series phone but said the notch is part of transition only. Soon, more brands followed and executed the notch including the OnePlus 6, ZTE Iceberg concept, Nokia X6 (Nokia 6.1 Plus), NOKIA X5, Google Pixel 3 XL, and OPPO A3s. As if a solitary notch isn’t sufficient, Sharp bowled out the AQUOS R2 Compact with double notches.

The notch may be gone soon because of the arrival of the camera-hole screen technology. Samsung hurled the Infinity-O cutout and camera-hole display and then we erudite about the Samsung Galaxy A8s. Huawei has been set on competing with Samsung in this new arena with hole-screen smartphones as it just proclaimed the Huawei Nova 4 and the Honor View20 in China.

2. Huawei not welcome in the US

Top 6 2018 Smartphone Related Highlights

Starting December 2017, Huawei was harassed to get its place in the US market. But no thanks to the US management for blocking all of the Chinese OEM’s effort to arrive the country. There’s the Honor brand alright but Huawei hasn’t fully penetrated the American market.

We even said Samsung and Apple would be tested by Huawei. To be honest, we never doubted that. The company was alleged to enter the market with Verizon and AT&T but to no avail.

Huawei was said not to be giving up on the US market as avowed by the CEO but the government was serious. US carriers were advised by lawmakers to cut deals. US intellect chiefs also cautioned citizens from using Huawei devices. We don’t think Huawei will ever win even if it has countless products to offer.

Huawei was being investigated in the US over illegitimate sales in Iran. Together with ZTE devices, Huawei phones were banned from being marketed in US military bases. An authorized defence policy bill that banned Huawei and ZTE was signed by President Trump back in August.

3. ZTE sanctioned

Top 6 2018 Smartphone Related Highlights

The same matter has pretentious ZTE but the government appears to be bent on targeting Huawei. ZTE has been one of the top phone makers in the US mostly because it offers inexpensive phones with almost premium specs. Earlier this in 2018, ZTE was authorized for lying to the US government. It was asked to cease processes of main business due to U.S sanctions.

But then again, Trump ordered Commerce Department to support out ZTE. It did obtain a second chance via White House but would need to clean up its act.

We shared with you the timeline of what actually happened. ZTE was saved but had to pay a high price. Trump tried to block the contract again but the US government gave ZTE provisional retrieve.

ZTE was soon permissible to do business with US suppliers again. We supposed it’s finally, truly safe.

4. Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Top 6 2018 Smartphone Related Highlights

Facebook has been hit and interrogated dozens of times this year. It ongoing to simplify and rationalize Messenger app this 2018 and said it was testing out Watch Party for Groups. Cambridge Analytica then happened. Facebook was originate to be gathering all sorts of data for several resolutions that outraged millions of people.

The scandal didn’t die fast that people were being advised to delete Facebook. The issue was emphasized more because user data were allegedly used to help the Trump campaign team manipulate voters during the 2016 presidential election.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released an official declaration and detailed how the company was taking steps to make sure the condition doesn’t happen again.

Facebook was doing its best to making things easier for people like conclusion and understanding privacy controls. We taught our booklovers how to check Facebook information was opened by Cambridge Analytica. Facebook then planned a “new” and clearer service and data policy.

The company has continuous to restrict 3rd party app’s access to users’ data, as well as, re-announced more privacy notices to comply with EU’s GDPR.

Facebook available Community Standards and internal strategies. As one of the several effects, 200 apps were postponed from Facebook for likely privacy violations.

Facebook is being more cautious and still wants to protect you from “non-consensual intimate image uploads”. There’s the Facebook two-factor verification taking security seriously.

Facebook’s latest privacy problem was made identified to us and we were repeated to be careful.

There was a leak Facebook acknowledged. If that’s not enough, Instagram also admitted passwords of some users exposed as plaintext just in November.

5. Huawei beats Apple

Top 6 2018 Smartphone Related Highlights

We distinguished it would happen: Huawei overtaking Apple. That’s even after the international mobile market saw a decline in Q2 2018. After Samsung and Apple, Huawei has always been the brand to beat. It wasn’t shocking at all because the top Chinese OEM has been rising up the charts.

The smartphone sales displayed why Huawei was a force to reckon with. Samsung was still number one but it may see further challenges particularly after its inactive growth amidst disappointing S9 sales.

In China, there’s Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Xiaomi was previously beaten by Oppo and Vivo but it still is one of the more prolific ones launching dissimilar and innovative products. Huawei wants to be No. 1 in the world. It will also roll out a foldable phone this year so we’ll be cautious in watching the mobile industry.

6. Foldable-Flexible Display

Top 6 2018 Smartphone Related Highlights

The foldable display technology started as a thought but it’s now a realism. Well, almost since we have yet to see an genuine foldable phone from the biggest OEMs.

As early as 2016, we learned about Samsung’s plans to make a bendy smartphone. A flexible display was shown off and we were told a foldable smartphone would reach very soon. The South Korean tech giant was compressed by the Moxi bendable smartphone prototype and we soon heard about other companies employed on their on foldable-flexible devices such as Lenovo, LG, Google, and ZTE.

In the latter part of 2017, ZTE presented off the Axon Multy dual screen phone which turned up officially as the ZTE Axon M foldable phone. It claimed to be the first truly foldable phone.

More companies shared their foldable phone strategies like OPPO, Huawei, and Motorola.

So far, we distinguish the LG foldable-flexible phone may not be proclaimed at CES 2019 but the OPPO foldable smartphone may be publicized in Barcelona. LG already filed for five brand names related to upcoming foldable phones. Huawei also listed foldable-flexible names for a trademark. OnePlus may also follow.

Google is also employed on Multi-Resume, Multi-Display for Foldables and other devices, as well as, Android support for foldables.

A real foldable-flexible phone went ahead of the competition in the form of FlexPai. That’s right, an unidentified company already beat Samsung, Huawei, and other more widespread brands out there.

OPPO foldable phone patent surface, may be followed by OnePlus

OPPO may be venturing into the foldable phone category. That’s the newest we have about the Chinese OEM and it someway gives us a sight of the future of OnePlus. In case you haven’t realized it yet, OnePlus is a subsidiary of OPPO. Whatever OPPO resolves, the OnePlus team may follow together with Vivo. That’s the motive why some Vivo, Oppo, and OnePlus phones are alike in many ways. If Oppo announcements a foldable phone, OnePlus may also follow with its own since basically, they will be sharing the same technology and design.

A new set of patents expressions what could be a foldable phone. Phone makers have ongoing to consider this design and by the first half of 2019, we imagine to see Samsung and Huawei compete. Other brands will also follow counting LG, Lenovo, and Motorola.

The OPPO patent shows a smartphone with a folding display. It’s pretty much like the ones we’ve seen in the past. This one folds external so the flexible display wraps around the body.

If and when OPPO proclamations a foldable phone, we know this will be reasonable compared to the premium models we’re expectant Huawei and Samsung will derive up with. You know how these Chinese companies make a big alteration by launching gadgets with almost premium specs and features and low prices. They may not be precisely cheap but absolutely lower than from the premium brands and builders.

The patented foldable phone shows a big flexible display. We can see several cameras. One in the usual top, selfie position when the phone is folded. When opened, there seem to be two selfie cameras.

Another patent image shows a dissimilar placement of the cameras–another two at the rear.

We don’t doubt OPPO will be able to the announcement a foldable phone. Remember, it was able to familiarize an almost bezel-less phone in the form of the OPPO Find X. With the Find X’s slider design, the company arrived a not so popular category and yet finished heads turn in the mobile industry.

Samsung Galaxy F series could be first foldable phone

FlexPaiThere’s no ending the coming of foldable phones, whether you like it or not and whether they make logic or not. Even previously Samsung has its turn next week, a Chinese company previously called dibs on the first foldable phone. That said, that’s not going to be a problem for the Korean manufacturer if details of this supposed Galaxy F series of foldable phones are certainly what they claim to be.

The name and trademark for Galaxy F came up fairly a while ago and considering the “F” letter, it was immediately associated with a foldable phone. Of course, it could also be for approximately else, given how Samsung’s naming schemes don’t continuously make sense. Samsung supposedly still has a gaming phone in the works, so that’s also a possibility.

SamMobile’s data seems to go additional in the way of a foldable phone series though. It was able to get model numbers SM-F900U, SM-F900N, and SM-F900F which could hint at a lot of things. For one, the suffixes could mean that it’s going to be obtainable internationally as well.

The “900” part of the model number also proposes that this will be part of Samsung’s high-end 2018 line-up. The Galaxy S9 is the SM-G960 while the Galaxy Note 9 is the SM-N960. This first Galaxy F smartphone is predictable to have 512 GB of storage and, possibly only in some markets, have dual SIM support. That also advises the phone will cost quite a lot, which shouldn’t be surprising.

A precise firmware, with version number F900USQU0ARJ5, is reportedly being tested in the US and is suggested to have been established mostly in the country as well. This would give credence to earlier reports of Samsung working closely with Google to develop a custom version of Android precisely for this unconventional Android device.

The appearance of the Royale FlexiPai has absolutely drummed up the hype even higher for foldable phones. And it’s not just Samsung either. Aside from Huawei and Lenovo, LG is also said to be playing that game as well with a foldable phone to reveal at CES 2019 in two months.