Google will not produce a folding smartphone. About this in its Twitter reports analyst Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) Ross Young (Ross Young).
“Bad news for those who are waiting for Google Pixel Fold,” said specialist. According to Yang, earlier the IT company made a large order for components for the development and assembly of their first folding device. However, for certain reasons, the corporation decided to cancel orders and stop developing a folding device.
DSCC sources said that Google came to the belief that the folding device under their brand would lose competition in the market. It is believed that Samsung’s positions are too strong in the US and Europe, which has several folding models in the assortment. Failure to produce your device in the Chinese market, where Samsung’s impact is not as large, due to competition from local producers. Here, the market of folding devices is represented by OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, Huawei and Honor phones.
In the early leaks, the future device Google had to get the SAMSUNG Galaxy Z Fold Form factor 3. The smartphone was expected to have an LTPO screen with a frequency support of 120 hertz and support for Android 12L.
Google’s folding smartphone was revealed in September. In declassified data, the phone appears under the names of Jumbojack and Passport (“Passport”).