Razer has a long history of using the Consumer Electronics Show to unveil concept devices that may never turn into real products. But that high-tech, reusable N95 face mask with RGB lighting the company showcased at virtual CES in January? That’s going to be a real thing you can buy. In an interview with Yahoo […]
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Compal CHEESE is a foldable phone concept designed for photography
Most modern smartphones have separate cameras on the front and back, allowing you to snap selfies or shoot pictures and videos of the world around you. But the front-facing cameras are often inferior. Taiwanese manufacturer Compal’s CHEESE concept phone has just one set of cameras. But the phone has a foldable display that allows those […]
Compal Airttach is a triple-screen laptop concept with detachable displays
This week we’ve looked at product concepts from Compal including a rollable phone, a virtually bezel-free laptop, and a couple of dual-screen notebooks with displays that stack one on top of the other. But the Taiwanese manufacturer is also envisioning a three-screen laptop with detachable displays that can be placed side-by-side with the laptop’s middle […]
Compal unveils Envision Duo and Envison Pro dual screen laptop concepts
PC makers continue to search for ways to squeeze more screen real estate into laptops. Lenovo has released a few different notebooks that do this by replacing the keyboard with either a second screen or a single flexible display. Asus has a few models with a second screen that replaces the touchpad or which spans […]
Wistron Foldbook concept: A 17 inch tablet or desktop that becomes a 10 inch laptop (foldable displays)
3 Comments on Wistron Foldbook concept: A 17 inch tablet or desktop that becomes a 10 inch laptop (foldable displays)Computers with foldable displays are a real thing you can buy now. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is a 13.3 inch tablet that you can fold in half and use like a 7 inch laptop, with the lower half of the screen functioning as a keyboard or input area. But what if you want something […]
Compal ZeroEdge laptop concept has a 99% screen-to-body ratio
The war on bezels continues. In recent years phone and laptop makers have pushed the limits of screen-to-body ratios, and now Taiwanese manufacture Compal is pushing things to the limit with a new concept design for a laptop with nearly no bezels at all. The Compal ZeroEdge has a 14 inch OLED display that wraps […]
Compal Scroll concept is a different kind of rollable phone
The LG Rollable phone may not ever see the light of day (or maybe it will). And the jury is still out on whether Oppo’s rollable phone with a similar design will make the move from concept device to real-thing-you-can-buy. But LG and Oppo aren’t the only companies looking for ways to use rollable screens […]
10.1 inch TCL tri-fold display could be coming to tablets, phones, or laptops
TCL’s product lineup includes smartphones, tablets, TVs, audio gear, and home appliances. But the company also makes displays, and as interest in foldable devices has grown in the past few years, TCL has shown off a number of foldable display prototypes. The latest is a 10.1 inch tri-fold screen that can be folded in half […]
Oppo has a rollable smartphone too, and here’s what it looks like in action
For months, LG has been teasing its LG Rollable smartphone with a screen that expands to give you a tablet-sized device at the touch of a button. But LG’s smartphone business has been underperforming, and it’s unclear at this point whether the phone will ever see the light of day. But rollable smartphone technology? It’s […]
Xiaomi concept phone’s display curves around all four sides
Smartphones with curved displays have been around for years. But for the most part those screens have curved around just sides of the phone. Xiaomi’s new concept phone has what the company calls an “88° hyper quad-curved screen” that wraps around all four edges of the phone. The result is a phone that pushes the […]
Razer’s CES 2021 concepts: a smart mask and a gaming chair with a retractable display
Gaming hardware maker Razer is showing off two concept products this week. Project Brooklyn is the most advanced gaming chair you’ve ever seen — it has a retractable 60-inch panoramic OLED display that floats in front of you when you want it and hides away when you don’t. The other concept is Project Hazel, a […]
Oppo introduces tri-fold “slide-phone” concept design
Smartphones are getting weird again. After years of seeing companies release rectangular slab after rectangular slab, these days we’re seeing the rise of foldables as well as niche devices with keyboards, repairable parts, open source software, and whatever the heck it is LG is trying to do with the LG Wing. Now Oppo is showing […]