Samsung opens up to Chinese smartphone manufacturers. The South Korean company is making a seductive offer to the competition, from which Samsung should also benefit massively. GIGA has the details for you.

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Samsung offers foldable displays to Chinese manufacturers

This development could be really exciting. Samsung wants according to information from ETNews Chinese smartphone manufacturers sell foldable displays. The new customers can choose between two versions that are already used in the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Flip, and thus build their own folding cell phones. Mass production is scheduled to start in the 3rd quarter of 2021. Over a million displays are expected to be sold this year. With this, Samsung is changing its strategy and selling foldable screens for the first time, which were previously reserved for their own products.

The Chinese smartphone manufacturers will be relieved of one of the most sensitive processes in the development of foldable cell phones. Samsung has the most experience in the field to date and leads the market. Buyers get tried and tested hardware and can finally build their own folding cell phones without having to develop the displays themselves. This is exactly what has been a major problem so far. The quality of the foldable displays is very poor on Chinese models. Samsung is working on a completely different level. Of course, Samsung also benefits from this, because the development was expensive and the company can generate so much revenue. Many current Android smartphones already have normal Samsung displays. In the future also in folding cell phones.

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2021 could be the year of the folding cell phones

Now that Samsung is keen to sell foldable displays to Chinese manufacturers, a deluge of new phones could be upon us. Xiaomi has wanted to launch such a smartphone for a long time, but has not yet done so. The competition could also seize the opportunity and have a say in the market. When more folding cell phones come onto the market, prices are likely to fall too. Samsung’s decision has only positive consequences for all sides.