Samsung’s foldable smartphone Galaxy X just received its final certification; launch expected in 2018

Samsung’s foldable smartphone, rumoured to be called Galaxy X, has been certified in the company’s home market, South Korea.

According to LetsGoDigital, the smartphone has appeared in a filing from the Korean National Radio Research Agency (NRRA), sporting a model number SM-G888N0. This proves that the device has received the necessary approval and is gearing to be launched soon in the market. In the filing, the device is listed as a “radio equipment for global LTE communication,” while it was spotted as a “smartphone” at the Wi-Fi Alliance. However, the filing does not reveal any other information about the smartphone.

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For months, specialist Samsung news websites have been talking about patents reportedly filed by the manufacturer with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), hinting at a possible design for the firm’s future folding smartphone. Such a device has supposedly been in the pipeline at Samsung for years, ever since the firm showed off its first flexible plastic screen prototypes at CES, Las Vegas in 2011. One of the leaked patents features an original hinge system for folding the smartphone in half, echoing old-school flip phones but with a large display spanning the phone’s front face when open.

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