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This rumour is the best thing that could happen to Samsungs foldable phones The Galaxy Z line just went from "expensive gimmick" to "the future of phones"

by zibzab 5y ago

bellyfullofbac 5y ago
The "SDC" in the article is presumably "Samsung Display Corporation", so I guess they R&D'ed the foldable display. I wonder why they wouldn't want to keep a monopoly of this tech for their own phones, and why they'd be willing to sell it to Apple... But I guess it's clear, the iFoldPhones will sell a lot more units than the Samsung ones and Samsung will still earn that supplier money, and when Apple announces it, it'll be advertisement for Samsung's own fold phones for people who prefer Android.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  Maybe if they don't sell it Apple will eventually just re-implement the technology, so by selling it now they come out ahead?
  - Dah00n 5y ago
    Apple don't make screens at all so the best they can do is buy it from Samsung like they do with all the other iDevices.
- rodiger 5y ago
  Yeah they've had a strong display partnership for a long time.
- 00jimbo 5y ago
  samsung is a multi-armed beast, and a lot of their profits come from being a component maker for other companies.
- mcphage 5y ago
  > I wonder why they wouldn't want to keep a monopoly of this tech for their own phones, and why they'd be willing to sell it to Apple. The division that manufactures the displays wants them to be as ubiquitous as possible, since they're looking to sell as many screens as they can.
willio58 5y ago
This is like saying the iPad was the best thing that could happen to X Company’s tablet (I can’t even think of another one). iPads have continued to advance and take market share while other options seem to die off due to lack of public interest.
- zibzab 5y ago
  You might be living in a bubble :) ipad market share is around 30%, and that with Google and Samsung doing their best to ignore this market: https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS47648021 https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS47648021 (Funny thing, "iPad" is autocorrected to "I pad" on my tablet, I think Samsung is playing dirty tricks)
  - willio58 5y ago
    Hmm seems like I just have conflicting numbers: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120402/market-share-tablet-device-vendors-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120402/market-share-tab...
    - zibzab 5y ago
      Why conflicting? These two reports measure different things (I assume it's something like actual sales vs web traffic) but they are not that far apart: 31.6% vs 36.5% market share for ipad.

This rumour is the best thing that could happen to Samsungs foldable phones The Galaxy Z line just went from "expensive gimmick" to "the future of phones"

by zibzab 5y ago

This rumour is the best thing that could happen to Samsungs foldable phones The Galaxy Z line just went from "expensive gimmick" to "the future of phones"

bellyfullofbac 5y ago

The "SDC" in the article is presumably "Samsung Display Corporation", so I guess they R&D'ed the foldable display. I wonder why they wouldn't want to keep a monopoly of this tech for their own phones, and why they'd be willing to sell it to Apple... But I guess it's clear, the iFoldPhones will sell a lot more units than the Samsung ones and Samsung will still earn that supplier money, and when Apple announces it, it'll be advertisement for Samsung's own fold phones for people who prefer Android.

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
Maybe if they don't sell it Apple will eventually just re-implement the technology, so by selling it now they come out ahead?
- Dah00n 5y ago
  Apple don't make screens at all so the best they can do is buy it from Samsung like they do with all the other iDevices.
rodiger 5y ago
Yeah they've had a strong display partnership for a long time.
00jimbo 5y ago
samsung is a multi-armed beast, and a lot of their profits come from being a component maker for other companies.
mcphage 5y ago
> I wonder why they wouldn't want to keep a monopoly of this tech for their own phones, and why they'd be willing to sell it to Apple. The division that manufactures the displays wants them to be as ubiquitous as possible, since they're looking to sell as many screens as they can.

willio58 5y ago

This is like saying the iPad was the best thing that could happen to X Company’s tablet (I can’t even think of another one). iPads have continued to advance and take market share while other options seem to die off due to lack of public interest.

zibzab 5y ago
You might be living in a bubble :) ipad market share is around 30%, and that with Google and Samsung doing their best to ignore this market: https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS47648021 https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS47648021 (Funny thing, "iPad" is autocorrected to "I pad" on my tablet, I think Samsung is playing dirty tricks)
- willio58 5y ago
  Hmm seems like I just have conflicting numbers: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120402/market-share-tablet-device-vendors-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120402/market-share-tab...
  - zibzab 5y ago
    Why conflicting? These two reports measure different things (I assume it's something like actual sales vs web traffic) but they are not that far apart: 31.6% vs 36.5% market share for ipad.