{"id":325323,"date":"2019-10-30T03:07:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T01:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=325323"},"modified":"2019-10-30T03:09:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T01:09:03","slug":"samsung-unveils-new-clamshell-folding-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/325323-samsung-unveils-new-clamshell-folding-phone.html","title":{"rendered":"Samsung unveils new clamshell folding phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday teased its next-generation Galaxy Fold design: a mini-clamshell phone that folds in from top to bottom, rather than the sides.<\/p>\n<p>The company didn\u2019t provide details on when it would launch the square-shaped device. But the first look indicates the company is sticking with foldable phones after the troubled rollout of the first model.<\/p>\n<p>It showed the design in a video at a Samsung conference in San Jose, helping developers start thinking about new software for the device.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg News reported earlier this year that Samsung was planning such a design for a new foldable phone to be formally announced early next year.<\/p>\n<p>The handset is expected to have a 6.7-inch inner screen with a thinner frame at a cheaper price than the $1,980 Galaxy Fold. Samsung is also working with U.S. design firm Thom Browne to push its luxury appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Like the current Fold, this new version will also run Android software and apps. It will have a hole punch camera in the screen like the latest Samsung smartphones and two rear-facing cameras.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Attendees of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDC19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDC19<\/a> got a sneak peek at a brand new form factor Samsung is exploring for the foldable category of devices. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SamsungEvent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SamsungEvent<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rGtpvNj0SJ\">pic.twitter.com\/rGtpvNj0SJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samsung US Newsroom (@SamsungNewsUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamsungNewsUS\/status\/1189262510790205450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/324761-motorola-working-on-flagship-smartphone-to-take-on-samsung-and-huawei.html\">Motorola working on flagship smartphone to take on Samsung and Huawei<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung teased its next-generation Galaxy Fold design: a mini-clamshell phone that folds in from top to bottom, rather than the sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341034,"featured_media":325325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[645],"class_list":["post-325323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}