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The wait for the launch of Samsungs foldable phone (Galaxy X?) is almost over as the date to the launch draws near.
We have seen several renders in the pasts that suggests what the Samsung Galaxy X device might look like until recently when we got a glimpse of the device in a leaked promo video.
Well, renders masters at LetsGoDigital have created an interesting render of the Samsung foldable device from the leaked promo video.
The render shows a Samsung foldable gadget that has a block design, the device folds vertically as opposed to some renders that suggested the device will fold horizontal.
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The battery also seems to be housed at the right half of the device underneath as the left half has a screen that can operated when the device folds into two.
What we know so far is that the device will come with a 7.3-inch infinity Flex display when its not folded, and a secondary 4.6-inch display on the outside when its folded. Chinese tech giant Huawei also has a foldable phone in the works. While that of Samsungs has a 7.3-inch display, Huawei's will come with an 8-inch display when unfolded, and 5-inch when folded.
Two major things that a foldable device does that your regular smartphone or tab doesn't is the ability to run like three apps at the same time, and also the ability to easily convert it from your regular sized smartphone into a tablet.
While Samsung's foldable device will be sold for over $1600, the price for the Huawei foldable device is not yet known. The tech company plans to launch the foldable device in the first quarter of 2019 in South Korea for testing because the country will have 5G running before the end of Q1 2019.
We've seen the release of foldable phones from Samsung, Huawei and Nubia, and still hope for more releases at the Mobile World Congress 2019. LG too has also joined the list of companies that have released a foldable smartphone.
LG's latest flagship, the LG V50 ThinQ 5G (yeah, i know the name is pretty long) comes with an optional case that has a second screen on it. The two identical screens will offer users split screen functionality that a complete foldable smartphone has to offer.
The LG device main screen is a 6.4-inch OLED 3120x1440 display with QHD+ resolution. Now, the second display is in the "LG DualScreen" accessory of the LG V50 ThinQ 5G. On the inside of the case, instead of a soft screen cover, there's an OLED 6.2-inch 2160x1080 display that has a stiff hinge in the middle to keep the two screens side by side.
The second screen uses an unspecified short-range Wi-Fi to connect to the device. There's also a triple pogo pin connector that allows the second screen to draw power from the main device internal battery Design wise, there isn't much difference between the LG V50 ThinQ 5G and the V40. There are two cameras in the notches on the main display. These includes a standard 8MP one and a 5MP one wide-angle sensor.
At the back of the device, there's a triple rear camera setup though LG's engineers this time fit in the camera sensors into the device body, thereby eliminating the camera bumps that are on the V40. The triple camera setup includes: a 12MP standard F1.5 camera, 12MP telephoto one wth F2.4 and a 16MP wide-angle one with F1.9. One new feature that LG added is the ability of users to take portrait-mode videos with the front facing camera and the ones at the back!
The device is powered by a Snapdragon 855 processor, 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. There's a 400mAh battery to power the LG device and a Quick Charge 3.0 to speed up charging time.
With a Snapdragon X50 5G modem that promises downloads of multiple gigabytes per second, LG added a new Vapor Chamber heat-dissipation to combat the heat that the 5G modem produces.
The LG V50 ThinQ 5G comes with Android 9.) Pie out of the box with LG's Android skin. Other specs includes a Boombox Speaker, IP68 water resistance, Al camera, Google Lens and 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC, Buetooth 5.0 and yeah, there's a 3.5mm headphone jack on the device.
For now, the LG V50 ThinQ 5G will be available in Astro Black at launch.
