Samsung’s foldable smartphone leaks online, hints at January unveiling

PanARMENIAN.Net - Samsung’s elusive and top-secret foldable smartphone project, code-named “Project Valley,” has been talked about much, and a new leak surfaced Tuesday, September 15, purporting to show the device, the Verge reports.

Fans and bloggers first caught wind that Samsung may be working on the odd smartphone in late March, when Business Korea reported a Samsung official as hinting, “The industry believes that the commercialization of foldable smartphones will be possible in 2016.”

Since then, SamMobile reported at the end of May that the “dual screen, possibly foldable” early-stage device is known internally as Project Valley or Project V.

But that report didn’t include leaked images, nor make any reference to possible specs or release date — which is what makes Tuesday’s development so interesting.

According to a Weibo user, the device will have 3GB of RAM, an SD card slot for expandable storage, a non-removable battery, and either a Snapdragon 620 or Snapdragon 820 chip. It also hints at a January unveiling, though this may not mean that it actually goes on sale then.