Economic / IT Apple, iPhone folding model preparing

　U.S. Apple is developing a foldable model of the smartphone "iPhone", but the market launch is expected to be two years later from the time it was reported.。

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　The U.S. research company display supply chain consultant's Ross Young CEO (Chief Executive Officer) pointed out in a report published on the same day.

　Until now, the release timing of foldable iPhone has been conveyed in various ways.Before it was said to appear in 2023 as early as 2023, it was observed that the market would be launched in 2001.

　According to Young, the display supply chain consultant has analyzed the story from the supply chain (supply network), and the time will be 25 years later."Apple does not seem to be in a hurry to enter the foldable smartphone market, and may be even more delayed from 25 years."

　According to 9TO5MAC, Young is also an analyst for the display supply chain consultant.He is equipped with a display that uses a mini LED backlight on the laptop "MacBook Pro" released by Apple in 2009, and a "Promote" function to change the screen rewriting speed according to the situation.He is the only analyst he has predicted.

　As an analyst who is familiar with the market trends and supply chain information of Apple products, Minchy Kuo, an analyst of Chinese TF International Securities, is famous, but Young also investigates Apple's trends based on his own information sources. ing.

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　On the other hand, according to the US research company's IDC, the number of foldable smartphones in 2010 was about 3 years from the previous year..It was 7.1 million units, six times.The total shipment of smartphones in the same year was 1,3489 million units, and the ratio of folding ceremony is only 0..Only 5 %.

　But its growth is remarkable.In 2013, the number of shipments has been 27.6 million units, and the market is $ 29 billion (approximately 3,333 billion yen).

　The annual average growth rate (CAGR) of foldable smartphones from 20 to 25 years is 69.While 9 %, CAGR of the conventional smartphone is 3.It is said that only 1 %.

　The fold -type smartphone market is still small."However, from the viewpoint of consumers, it is the most innovative visual change that occurred on a smartphone and cannot be ignored for the manufacturer. In the corporate field, each company is a new product replacing conventional smartphones and tablet terminals.It is positioned "(IDC).

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　According to IDC, Samsung Electronics, Korea, is driving this market.The Galaxy Z Fold, which opens in the horizontal direction, and the Galaxy Z Flip, which opened in the vertical direction, compensate for the drawbacks of the conventional model, and new customers are also acquiring.

　In addition, other companies have also released new models.IDC predicts that as the popularity of this form increases, more manufacturers will enter the market to take a share from Samsung.

　According to another 9TO5MAC article, the famous analyst Kuo, mentioned above, anticipated that Apple would launch an iPhone folding model in March 2001.He also reported that it was planned to be folded in the first year and ship 20 million units in the first year of an investor material announced in May of the same year.