Apple is still out of the promising foldable smartphone market, and has even been ridiculed by Samsung for it. However, Samsung itself is actively preparing for this significant event. According to Korean media, Samsung held a meeting with partners to discuss the present and future of foldable smartphones. There, in particular, it sounded that Apple will go on this journey in 2024, but the first device will not be an iPhone, but a Mac laptop or iPad tablet. It is curious that earlier other informants spoke about the possibility of just such a development of events, but now it looks more concrete.

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Also at the briefing, some information was given on the state of the market at that moment. So, folding devices occupy about 1% of the total number of smartphones, but the growth prospect is indicated at the level of 80% annually until 2025. In addition, young people from 20 to 30 years old are 3-4 times more likely than before to prefer this category of smartphones (data for South Korea), and 90% of current owners will choose Fold or Flip next purchase. In general, a good level of satisfaction and provides optimism for the coming years. Following these figures and Apple, which can not afford to fail in a new category for itself.

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