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feature a folding display. The idea is that you’ll be able
to use it as a smartphone, and then fold it out to full
tablet size, creating a whole new mobile segment that
mirrors the tablet-laptop 2-in-1 hybrids we’ve already
seen from the computing industry.
But the bad news is that Samsung’s quirky folding
phone might be tough to bag, with Forbes stating that
“the expectation for the Galaxy X is as a limited-run
device in a single territory – more than likely the home
territory of South Korea”. Adding that it will be one of
the rarest phones in 2018.Sony Xperia XZ1 Premium
‘Bezel-less’ smartphones are a trend kickstarted by
Xiaomi’s Mi Mix in late-2016. We’ve since seen industry
heavyweights such as Samsung and LG apply the same
full-screen thinking into their latest flagships, but Sony
has yet to take the plunge with an 18:9 display. That
could all be about to change as the company gears
up to launch new smartphones at MWC 2018.
It’s worth mentioning the fact that there are loads
of Sony phone rumours on the web right now, and
what’s confusing everyone is they’re all discussing
different upcoming Sony phones with wildly
different model numbers.
If Sony follows previous behaviour, in 2018 we
expect to see the following Xperia model numbers:- H81XX: Sony Xperia XZ1 Premium (February)
- H82XX: Sony Xperia XZ1S (February)
- H83XX: Sony Xperia XZ2 (September)
- H84XX: Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact (September)