Referring to previous years, Samsung should launch the highly anticipated new folding screen machines of Galaxy Z fold4 and Galaxy Z flip4 in the second half of the year Recently, however, the elec quoted industry sources as saying that Samsung Electronics may have started mass production of core components of two new machines In addition, it is reported that Samsung will start mass production of Galaxy Z fold4 and Galaxy Z flip4 as early as mid June.
It is estimated that Samsung is expected to produce more than 10 million Galaxy Z fold / Flip folding screen models by the end of the year - 70% of which are flip series and the remaining 30% are upcoming fold models.
Of course, this is just a guess. It is estimated that the more accurate data will not be released until July. As a reference, Galaxy Z flip3 accounted for 65% in 2021, while Galaxy Z flip3 accounted for the remaining 35%.
At the same time, Samsung display will also improve its manufacturing capacity of collapsible display modules - it plans to increase the production line of Vietnamese factories from 7 to 10, with a monthly production capacity of 2 million (previously 1.4-1.5 million).
Based on this, Samsung is expected to achieve the goal of producing one million Galaxy Z fold4 / Galaxy Z flip4 folding screen new machines per month by the third quarter of 2022.
GSM arena pointed out that if Samsung can achieve 10 million shipments by the end of the year, its global share (penetration) of folding screen smartphones may reach 1% for the first time.
Finally, it is estimated that the profit margin of the new Galaxy folding screen intelligent machine will be reduced from nearly 20% of the previous generation to about 15%, so as to keep the pricing within the range acceptable to more consumers.