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‘삼성전자 폴더블 스마트폰 내년 출시 안 한다’
폴더블 스마트폰 10만여회 ‘접었다 폈다’ 가능해야… 내구성 높이는 기술이 관건
By 손지영Published : Sept. 24, 2015 - 14:54
최근 삼성전자가 빠르면 내년 1월 세계 최초 폴더블 스마트폰을 출시 할 것이라는 보도가 나왔다. 영화 속에서 볼 법한 제품들을 실제로 볼 수 있다는 기대감에 많은 화제가 되기도 했다. 하지만 시장 관계자들은 폴더블 스마트폰을 내년에도 보기 힘들 것이라는 다소 아쉬운 전망을 내어 놓았다.
시장조사기업 IHS의 강민수 수석 연구원은 삼성전자의 “내년 폴더블 스마트 폰 출시는 힘들 것으로 보인다,”고 의견을 밝혔다. 그는 “세트 업체들 중심으로 (폴더블 제품) 개발이 활발히 이루어지는 것은 확인은 했지만, 아직 넘어야 할 산이 있다,”고 말하며, OLED디스플레이와 함께 터치 패널 등과 같은 부품들이 접히는 것을 얼마나 잘 견딜 수 있느냐가 관건이라고 밝혔다.
시장조사기업 IHS의 강민수 수석 연구원은 삼성전자의 “내년 폴더블 스마트 폰 출시는 힘들 것으로 보인다,”고 의견을 밝혔다. 그는 “세트 업체들 중심으로 (폴더블 제품) 개발이 활발히 이루어지는 것은 확인은 했지만, 아직 넘어야 할 산이 있다,”고 말하며, OLED디스플레이와 함께 터치 패널 등과 같은 부품들이 접히는 것을 얼마나 잘 견딜 수 있느냐가 관건이라고 밝혔다.
또한 그는 폴더플 스마트폰을 샌드위치에 비교하며 “빵과 빵 사이에 들어 있는 내용물이 많을수록 접기가 어렵다.”고 말했다. 따라서 내부 부품을 줄이거나 각층을 얇게 만드는 방식으로 제조사들이 개발 중에 있다고 한다.
다른 한 연구원 또한 “폴더블 스마트 폰 출시가 내년에는 힘들 것” 이라고 강 연구원과 비슷한 의견을 밝혔다. 현재 “삼성전자, LG전자 모두 개발 중에는 있지만 출시까지는 시간이 걸릴 것,”이라고 말했다.
폴더블 스마트 폰은 “약 100,000여회 정도 접었다 폈다를 견딜 수 있는 내구성을 갖춰져야 출시가 가능 할 것으로 본다,”고 강 연구원은 덧붙였다.
코리아헤럴드 김영원 기자 (wone0102@heraldcorp.com)
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Murky outlook for foldable smartphone
Speculation is rising that tech giant Samsung Electronics will unveil its first foldable smartphone next year, which will likely stand out among similar looking and dull flat-screen handsets.
Market analysts, however, anticipate that customers will not be able to get their hands on the much-talked-about Samsung foldable smartphone next year.
“Samsung will not likely release the foldable smartphone next year,” said Jerry Kang, a principal analyst from research firm IHS Technology at the Korea Display Conference, an annual conference for the display market which was held in Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday.
“Even though it has been confirmed that major display and handset makers have been developing foldable products, there are still bumps on the road for mass production of those products,” he added.
He cited that difficulties in producing flexible components inside smartphones as a reason for the delay of the release.
“Like a sandwich, it is harder to fold a device if there are more layers inside gadgets,” said the analyst, adding there should either be “fewer or thinner layers within handsets.”
If a smartphone with a flexible organic light-emitting diode display can fold in half like a booklet, the display itself and other components including touch panels should withstand at least more than 100,000 instances of folding and unfolding, Kang claimed.
Other market analysts have also thrown doubt on the rumor for the release of Samsung’s smartphone in the new form factor next year.
“Display manufacturers Samsung Display and LG Display have been working on developing foldable displays for years, but customers should wait more to get the smartphones that can be folded,” an analyst based in Seoul said.
Rumor has it that Samsung has been developing a foldable smartphone codenamed Project Valley or Project V.
Some industry reports predict that the foldable display would account for around 20 percent of the flexible display market by 2020, and rollable and stretchable displays will be widely used down the road for various applications.
By Kim Young-won (wone0102@heraldcorp.com)
Murky outlook for foldable smartphone
Speculation is rising that tech giant Samsung Electronics will unveil its first foldable smartphone next year, which will likely stand out among similar looking and dull flat-screen handsets.
Market analysts, however, anticipate that customers will not be able to get their hands on the much-talked-about Samsung foldable smartphone next year.
“Samsung will not likely release the foldable smartphone next year,” said Jerry Kang, a principal analyst from research firm IHS Technology at the Korea Display Conference, an annual conference for the display market which was held in Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday.
“Even though it has been confirmed that major display and handset makers have been developing foldable products, there are still bumps on the road for mass production of those products,” he added.
He cited that difficulties in producing flexible components inside smartphones as a reason for the delay of the release.
“Like a sandwich, it is harder to fold a device if there are more layers inside gadgets,” said the analyst, adding there should either be “fewer or thinner layers within handsets.”
If a smartphone with a flexible organic light-emitting diode display can fold in half like a booklet, the display itself and other components including touch panels should withstand at least more than 100,000 instances of folding and unfolding, Kang claimed.
Other market analysts have also thrown doubt on the rumor for the release of Samsung’s smartphone in the new form factor next year.
“Display manufacturers Samsung Display and LG Display have been working on developing foldable displays for years, but customers should wait more to get the smartphones that can be folded,” an analyst based in Seoul said.
Rumor has it that Samsung has been developing a foldable smartphone codenamed Project Valley or Project V.
Some industry reports predict that the foldable display would account for around 20 percent of the flexible display market by 2020, and rollable and stretchable displays will be widely used down the road for various applications.
By Kim Young-won (wone0102@heraldcorp.com)
