Samsung seeks to roll out ‘tri-fold’ phone by year-end, smartphone head says

NEW YORK — Samsung Electronics seeks to roll out a trifold smartphone by the end of this year, the company’s smartphone business head said Wednesday (local time), noting the tech giant plans to introduce various device form factors down the road to better support users’ artificial intelligence (AI) experience. Roh Tae-moon, acting head of Samsung Electronics' Device Experience Division, also addressed consumers’ lingering questions on the company’s decision to use in-house Exynos 2500 application processor (AP) for the Galaxy Z Flip 7 unveiled on Wednesday, saying that the division used the AP “because it has secured sufficient and adequate quality and performance.” “As we dive deeper into AI, the role of smartphones is becoming more important,” Roh said. “Through hardware innovation optimized for AI services, we will fundamentally change the user experience. The smartphone is no longer just a tool. It is becoming an AI partner that sees, understands and responds to what users are seeing in real time. Samsung is working on more innovative form factors to lead the AIWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times