Foldable displays – they’re not just for smartphones and tablets. E Ink is showing off a new 10.3 inch foldable electronic paper display that could be used for eBook readers that you can fold in half like… you know, a book. E Ink screens, which are used in Amazon Kindle devices and other eBook readers, […]
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LG shows off a 13.3 inch flexible displays for laptops (and other new screen tech)
Smartphones with foldable displays are officially an (expensive) thing, but convertible laptops with foldable displays aren’t exactly common yet. Lenovo plans to bring the ThinkPad X1 Fold to market, but that’s just about the only example I can think of. But maybe that will change now that LG has introduced a new 13.3 inch foldable […]
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G foldable phone coming Aug 7 for $1450
The third Samsung smartphone with a foldable AMOLED display is coming in a few weeks. And it’s basically a spec bump over the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip which launched earlier this year. The new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G swaps a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor for the new Snapdragon 865+ chip, which means you get more […]
Royole Mirage is a smart speaker wrapped in a flexible AMOLED touchscreen display
A year after introducing the first (and somewhat underwhelming) smartphone with a foldable display, Royole is showing off a product that makes use of flexible AMOLED display technology in a different way. The Royole Mirage is a cylinder-shaped smart speaker with 360-degree audio… and a 360-degree touchscreen that wraps around the devices. The 7.8 inch, […]
Motorola’s new Razr foldable phone looks very familiar (leaks)
Fifteen years after introducing the first Razr flip phone, Motorola is bringing the Razr brand back… and it looks like the new model will borrow heavily from the design of the original. Evan Blass has posted a leaked image that allegedly shows the upcoming 2019 Moto Razr smartphone with a foldable display. With the screen […]
Sharp’s flexible smartphone display folds in half… the other way
Samsung’s first foldable smartphone closes up like a book when you want to fold it in half. So does Huawei’s, Oppo’s and most of the other upcoming models we’ve seen so far (except for Xiaomi’s prototype, which has a tri-fold wallet-like design). But Sharp is showing off a prototype of a smartphone display that folds […]
Microsoft is preparing for Windows 10 Foldables
Foldable phones are on the way… and it looks like foldable PCs may also be coming soon. Royole showed off the world’s first smartphone with a foldable glass display at CES last week. Samsung may unveil its upcoming folding phone as soon as February 20th. Now Microsoft has started including hints in Windows 10 builds […]
WSJ: Samsung’s folding-display smartphone coming in 2019
Samsung’s been working for years on a foldable smartphone with a flexible display for years. The idea is that you’d be able to a single device as a pocket-sized smartphone, or open it up to use it as a tablet with a larger screen. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that the phone could launch […]
Bloomberg: Android P will embrace the notch, folding display, and other new trends
The next major version of Android could help pave the way for new styles of smartphones including those with multiple displays, folding screens, or iPhone X/Essential Phone-style notches in the top of the screen for the camera system. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg, which cites “people familiar with the situation.” Of course, you […]
Patent reminds us LG is working on a foldable smartphone too
Rumor has it that this year Samsung will release its first phone with a flexible OLED display that lets you fold the phone in half. The Samsung Galaxy X would essentially let you have a tablet-sized display when you want one, a smaller phone-sized display the rest of the time, and the ability to fold […]