Will Samsung Beat Apple with Foldable Phones?

Apple and Samsung, they are the two largest phone manufacturers in the world. Samsung occupies 20.3% of phone sale in the world and Apple occupies 13.2%. However, Samsung has various models from flagship to diffusion brand while Apple only has flagship models. Therefore, Apple takes 62% of the profit of selling smartphone and Samsung gets only 17%.

Many experts and media believe Samsung will release a foldable phone in February or March of 2019. This is plausible because Samsung revealed the prototype of a foldable phone on November 7^th. Foldable phones have advantages compare to flat screen smartphones. Foldable phones are easy to carry even if it has a big screen size. When the screen size gets big, it is hard to carry (imagine an iPad). As laptop’s surface area gets smaller when it is folded, a foldable phone also has the same advantage. Big screen size is a requirement for smartphones because more people want to watch videos and movies with a bigger screen.

Samsung will beat Apple someday. New technology is an advantage and attracting customers. It is a great advantage to carry iPad size phone in pockets. Huge screen size is important to watch multimedia. Although the foldable phone is expensive at the first time, the phone’s price will decrease as technology develops.