others
Galaxy Z TriFold – archive image
others
Galaxy Z TriFold – archive image
Science fiction series have long depicted futuristic computers with shape-changing screens, foldable or stretchable as needed. This technology is no longer limited to movies only, but has become a tangible reality.
Samsung is relying on this concept to try to guide the future of smart phones, as the company launched its new phone, “Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold,” which folds from two sides – more like a booklet – to allow a screen the size of an iPad to be placed in the user’s pocket.
Samsung presented the phone to the press last Sunday, at the Consumer Electronics Conference (CES) in Las Vegas, before its expected launch in the United States, and after launching it in limited quantities in its local market in South Korea, as the idea seems promising, although not without some concessions, as is usual in new devices of this type.
The phone is distinguished by its remarkable thinness as a tablet, but it is huge as a phone. It also provides a screen that grows when needed and shrinks when you want to carry it. It will almost certainly be expensive, which will make it difficult for it to attract many early adopters, not to mention regular smartphone buyers. (Samsung has not announced the price yet, but its Galaxy Z Fold 7 phone, which features a smaller screen that folds in half instead of a third, starts at $2,000).
In addition to running applications in split-screen mode, the new phone’s screen is distinguished by its ability to function as a personal computer screen, which allows applications to be run as if they were desktop windows that can be resized and moved on the screen as needed. In addition, connecting the phone to a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse may make it a practical alternative to a small laptop computer for some users.
Samsung adds that Google Assistant “Gemini” can also answer questions about multiple applications used on the screen, making it easier to navigate between applications with fewer clicks and swipes.
It may not matter how widespread the phone is, as it is an attempt by the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world to prove that the rectangular devices carried by millions have not yet reached their peak, and that they have a wide scope for development.
Liz Lee, assistant director at Counterpoint Research (a global company specializing in market research and analysis of technology industries), said in statements to CNN that the phone is likely a strategic experiment to test the extent of consumer acceptance of new technology.
