In 2022, the cost of smartphones with a flexible screen will decrease. About this in his blog on Weibo stated the authoritative insider Digital Chat Station.
A Chinese specialist noted that the prices for folding smartphones can still reach 10 thousand yuan or about 115 thousand rubles. The high price of devices is explained by their innovative status and complexity in production. Also, the cost of folding apartments is influenced by the global shortage of semiconductors.
In his report, the specialist disclosed information about the future of the market for this segment of devices. In his opinion, manufacturers will reduce the prices of gadgets to the level of ordinary smartphones. The devices will chef, but their price will still remain at the level of flagship phones.
Digital Chat Station believes that the future folding smartphone Galaxy Z FOLD4 is in charge of the flagship of Galaxy S22. The price reduction is also associated with the fact that in 2022 a large number of new producers will be released to the market – former, Vivo, Honor and Google. In this case, the proportion of folding devices in the smartphone market will increase dramatically.
Earlier it was reported that Apple works on the folding smartphone. However, analyst Mark Gurman (Mark Gurman) believes that the new type iPhone will enter the market at best in two or three years.