Google decides to stop developing folding smartphone "Google Pixel"? "Samsung white flag?"

In recent years, smartphones have grown in size and capacity. Readers are probably aware that one of the directions for the evolution of smartphones, which continue to grow year by year, is the “folding smartphone”. For some time, there have been reports that ``Google is also developing a folding smartphone,'' but this time, the news that ``Google has abandoned the development of a folding smartphone'' has jumped in.

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Speaking of Google, it is also the developer of the Android OS for smartphones, and compared to other smartphone manufacturers, it seems that the degree of freedom in developing foldable smartphones is high. So why was it discontinued?

Google abandons production of foldable smartphone developed in-house?

Although it is nice to have a larger screen, users tend to want to avoid a larger body when considering how to handle it when they are mobile. Folding smartphones can be good news for such users. In recent years, several smartphone manufacturers, including South Korea's Samsung, have announced foldable smartphones, and there have been frequent reports of leaks that Apple is also developing a foldable iPhone.

In the midst of this, the story that Google is also developing a folding smartphone has existed as leak information for some time. But now, according to display industry savvy Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), in a Twitter post, "Google has canceled an order for parts related to the foldable Pixel. We have decided not to release this product." It is said that the production plan for folding smartphones has returned to a blank slate.

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