Samsung wants to supply folding screens to Apple and Google

Highlights

 Are more foldable devices to come in future?
 Samsung wants to sell its Galaxy Fold tech to Apple and Google
 Google Pixel 4 would end up being a foldable phone
 Samsung is in touch with Huawei and Oppo about folding screens

The screen tech behind the Samsung Galaxy Fold is certainly innovative and likely to help influence the future of phones, along with similar devices like the Huawei Mate X. Now it is said Samsung wants to supply folding screens to Apple and Google as well.

According to reports in ETNews, Samsung has already provided samples to Apple and Google with a view to helping them get their own foldable phones into mass production.

Of course, this isn't completely extraordinary– Samsung is one of the firms that supply display panels for the iPhone, so it's already both a partner with and a competitor to Apple.

If the rumour is true then we may see a foldable handset from Apple or Google sooner than we otherwise would. It seems that Samsung is also in touch with Huawei and Oppo about folding screens.

For a while now we've been getting clues that Apple is at least thinking about a foldable iPhone. Earlier this week an Apple patent showed off what such a device might look like.

While there's a little hint that the Google Pixel 4 would end up being a foldable phone, it's something that the firm’s hardware division might want to look into exploring in the future.

As per the ETNews report, at the moment Samsung is all set to make 2.4 million folding panels in a year, and could up increase it up to 10 million if there is a demand.

We have been impressed with whatever we've seen with the foldable phone revolution, and it looks like there are several handsets on the way to look forward to.