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Lisa Eadicicco, Senior Mobile Editor for CNET, spoke to Bill and recently returned from South Korea where she attended the Samsung Event, visited its headquarters and toured its mobile device factory. Lisa got a glimpse into the future as she reported from the streets of South Korea where Samsung’s influence is broadly reflected in the consumer tech market. One message was clear throughout her trip; The rise of foldable phones was on full display.
Other tech companies such as Google have their own take on a foldable, and it wouldn’t be far-fetched if Apple released a foldable iPhone in the near future.
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- The Evolution of the Mobile Phone: While foldables are not the most prominent type of device worldwide, in places such as Seoul, it is clear these devices are on the rise due to Samsung’s influence. The emergence of foldables is just the latest transformation of the mobile phone. Lisa can walk through the dramatic shifts we’ve seen in smartphone design and how history may be repeating itself with the return of foldables.
- Pros and Cons of Foldables: Lisa’s extensive experience testing and comparing regular smartphones, flip phones and foldables gives her the ability to provide a detailed explanation of some of the pros, cons and differences of foldables vs traditional smartphones.
- Future of Foldables and Predictions for the Apple iPhone Event in September: Lisa can speak to market research data and trends of foldable usage and what the future might entail for these devices. She can also share what she expects to see from other tech companies, like Apple in the near future.
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