Smartphones with foldable displays have been around for a few years, but they aren’t the only option for delivering a phone that can become a tablet. Oppo and LG have shown that rollable displays can also work (even if the LG Rollable will never see the light of day). But TCL is asking…. why not […]
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Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold is a 6.5 inch phone and an 8 inch tablet
Xiaomi has been showing of foldable smartphone prototypes for years. Now the company is finally launching one. The Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold has an 8.01 inch WQHD+ flexible display that can fold in half like a book and a 6.52 inch cover display that allows you to use the phone when folded. Like most foldables, it […]
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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 […]
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BOE unveils flexible 360 degree display that folds both ways
Some foldable phones and tablets have screens that fold inward, allowing you to close the device like a book. Others have screens that fold outward, so the screen wraps around the front and back of the folded device. Now Chinese display maker BOE is showing off a new type of flexible display that can fold […]
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Luxury foldables: Vertu slaps leather on a Royole Flexpai 2 and sells it for $7,000
Foldable phones aren’t cheap. But the Vertu Ayxta Fold 5G is one of the priciest to date. The smartphone has a 7.8 inch AMOLED display when unfolded, or 5.5 inch and 5.4 inch front and rear screens when folded down the middle. It’s also positioned as a luxury phone with a luxury price tag: it’s […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Huawei Mate X2 has an 8 inch foldable display and a 6.45 inch cover display
Huawei’s latest foldable phone has an 8 inch, 2480 x 2200 pixel flexible display that allows you to use the device like a tablet or fold it in half and close it like a book. But when it is folded it’s also a perfectly usable smartphone thanks to a 6.45 inch, 2700 x 1160 pixel […]
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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold is now shipping (early reviews are… interesting)
The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Fold is one of the strangest computers to launch this year. It’s a PC with a 13.3 inch touchscreen OLED display… that you can fold in half. This allows you to use the ThinkPad X1 Fold like a large tablet, a tiny laptop, or as something in-between, like book that you […]
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Motorola Razr (2020) goes on sale Oct 2 for $1200
The new Motorola Razr (2020) smartphone is basically a modern flip phone with a foldable OLED display, a second screen on the cover, and better specs than the 2019 model at a slightly lower price. When Motorola first announced the new phone earlier this month the company said it would be available this fall for […]