PRODUCT SECRETS. Why and how did Samsung bet on foldable phones? Discover the manufacturing secrets of the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip in this episode of “Product Secrets”.
New video format of Linternaute.com, “Secrets de produit” looks back on the origins and design of several products and services of our daily life. In the first issue, we interviewed Julien Douabin, product manager at Samsung. The latter presented to us the different ambitions of the brand as well as the challenges to be met in the design of their foldable smartphones. How were these new innovative products created? What were the challenges? How did Samsung go about making the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip? The answers in this episode.
Product secrets: the underside of Samsung’s foldable phones
Samsung has been developing and releasing two types of foldable smartphones for several years: the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold, which opens like a book, and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, more like a phone clamshell. These two products are based on a basic principle of foldable screen in design at the firm for many years. That’s good: screens are a specialty at Samsung and the company designs panels for several other well-known brands in the tech sector.