{"id":13386,"date":"2017-01-18T15:18:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T13:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=13386"},"modified":"2017-01-19T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T08:10:55","slug":"are-samsung-releasing-a-flexible-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/are-samsung-releasing-a-flexible-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Samsung Releasing A Flexible Phone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Apart from the release of the Galaxy S8, Samsung have a few other tricks up their sleeve for 2017. The smartphone manufacturer recently filed a patent for technology that could change the way we see and handle our smartphones forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Samsung could be releasing a physically bendable smartphone in the not-so-far away future.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a patent application obtained by Dutch website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galaxyclub.nl\/2016\/11\/samsung-patent-biedt-opnieuw-glimp-van-een-opvouwbare-galaxy-x\/\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy Club<\/a>, it appears that Samsung are\u00a0currently developing a smartphone made entirely from material that can bend or\u00a0fold in half. The device has been described as something that can be\u00a0\u201cfolded or unfolded semi automatically\u201d by the developers. The phone&#8217;s flexible capabilities will not be included on any current Samsung smartphones, but rather it will be part of an entirely new range of devices.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=samsung%20phone&amp;category=126\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view our extensive range of Samsung cellphones that we currently have on offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13388\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-18-at-1.54.55-PM-1024x609.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-01-18 at 1.54.55 PM\" width=\"604\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-18-at-1.54.55-PM-1024x609.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-18-at-1.54.55-PM-300x178.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-18-at-1.54.55-PM-768x457.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-18-at-1.54.55-PM-336x200.png 336w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-18-at-1.54.55-PM.png 1456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/circuitbreaker\/2016\/5\/26\/11787600\/moxi-chinese-graphene-startup-flexible-phone\" target=\"_blank\">other rumours<\/a>\u00a0of phones that wrap\u00a0around your wrist, so it doesn&#8217;t seem all that surprising that Samsung want to jump onto the upcoming trend first. A phone made from flexible materials would make it easier to fit into your handbag or pocket, \u00a0as well as make the phone more\u00a0durable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X_94FtJ8f-A\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from the release of the Galaxy S8, Samsung have a few other tricks up their sleeve for 2017. The smartphone manufacturer recently filed a patent for technology that could change the way we see and handle our smartphones forever. Samsung could be releasing a physically bendable smartphone in the not-so-far away future. &nbsp; According<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/are-samsung-releasing-a-flexible-phone\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1545,1546],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13386"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13386"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13406,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13386\/revisions\/13406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}