Seoul Aug 14 (IANS) Putting rumours to rest Samsung Electronics has confirmed its upcoming Galaxy S10 smartphone will not be the company s first 5G device.
According to D.J. Koh President and CEO of IT & Mobile Samsung Electronics the smartphone maker was "focussing on developing innovations that will be genuinely accepted and liked by users" for the foldable phone but also that the company "didn t want to lose the world s-first title".
"Samsung has reaffirmed its desire to be the world s first vendor to launch a foldable smartphone while adding that the Galaxy S10 won t be the firm s first 5G phone and that a separate model will " ZDNet reported late on Monday.
Koh however did not clarify whether this separate smartphone would be the long-awaited foldable smartphone or some other device altogether.
"We wouldn t have started (project) if it was a going to be a one-time thing " Koh was quoted as saying.
The smartphone maker also rubbished rumours that it was contemplating to club the Galaxy S series and Galaxy Note series.
"For the immediate future there won t be a change in launching the S series in the first half and Note series in the second half of the year " Koh added.

--IANS ksc/na/mr