Samsung's folding 'Galaxy X' is one of the industry's worst-kept secrets. The company showed off a prototype at IFA 2018 and explicitly named "foldable OLED smartphones" as one of its key products for the next financial year.

Previously, it had been assumed that the Galay X would be offered in extremely limited quantities to gauge consumers' interest in this new, experimental form factor. However, a new report from Samsung suggests that there are much grander plans in store for this technology.

Rumours of a foldable smartphone or tablet have abounded over the last year or so with both Samsung and Microsoft rumoured to be creating new devices that can be doubled over making them small to carry but offering much larger displays.

Reports are coming in that Samsung's new foldable device - codenamed Galaxy X - will be coming in early 2019. It will be larger than any smartphone before it - with an eye-watering price tag to match.

In the unlikely event that you aren't sick of Samsung smartphone leaks, we've got one last corker to end the week on: the high-concept Galaxy X is closer to completion than we thought - and we could be getting an official announcement as early as January. But getting your hands on one could prove very difficult.

The concept of an Android smartphone that you can fold up and put in your pocket is inching closer to reality. According to the latest leaked reports, Samsung's long-rumoured folding Galaxy X is set to make its debut in under a year. Here's what you need to know.