Mar 20, 2023
in the past 2 years foldable screen smartphone is becoming a trend to watch And growing significantly with sales of 12.9 million units in the past 2022
However, foldable screen smartphones There are still questions from users. especially in terms of screen durability That still needs time to develop further..
Apple recently filed a patent for a foldable iPhone model. But it’s a foldable screen that’s different from other smartphone manufacturers.
That is, there is a special mechanism that can “fold the screen by itself” when an impact is detected. or when detecting that the device is falling from a height
However, if this Apple foldable screen iPhone falls from a small height will make the mechanism unable to fold the screen until it is completely closed in time before the machine hits the ground
But Apple stated that although the mechanism cannot fold the screen until it is completely closed in time. But it will help the screen not be hit directly. because the edge of the machine will act to absorb the impact instead
Although Apple has already patented a folding screen iPhone. But still there is no clear report that the foldable screen iPhone will be officially launched. And when will it start selling?
Because if you go back to before It has been reported all along that Apple has been working on a foldable iPhone for a while now.
But if the foldable screen iPhone is actually officially launched It can be predicted that the price of this iPhone model is definitely not “cheap”.
Because technology analysts It has been predicted that the foldable iPhone will cost as much as $2,500 (regarding 85,200 baht).
Which is called more expensive than the normal iPhone model that we use today by several tens of thousands of baht
As for the foldable screen smartphone market, last year there were sales around the world. total of 12.9 million units
with Samsung as the leader in the market with a market share of as high as 83%.
however sales in ten million units of this foldable screen smartphone It’s still only a small portion of all smartphone sales.
Because in the past 2022, smartphones around the world with total sales of 1,193 million units
which even the smartphone market with foldable screen is small compared to the overall market But it is a market with great potential. Causing various brands to bring their own foldable screen smartphones into the market
Including Apple itself, which has been reported from time to time that it is interested in this market as well.
