Huawei’s new Mate Xs 2 is a foldable phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, support for up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, and single foldable AMOLED display that wraps around the device when folded or works like a tablet-sized screen when unfolded. The Huawei Mate Xs 2 is available in China with […]
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Samsung Galaxy Book Fold 17 could be a laptop with a foldable OLED display
Samsung has been selling smartphones with foldable OLED displays for a few years. Now the company may be preparing to launch a laptop that uses similar technology. According to @UniverseIce, a Samsung Galaxy Book Fold 17 is in the works. And if you want an idea of what it would could look like, Samsung has you covered […]
Royole’s RoKit is flexible display dev kit for $959
The first company to bring a smartphone with a flexible display to market has now released a development kit for folks that want to design their own hardware, test their own software, or otherwise test a flexible display. Priced at $959, the new Royole RoKit development kit isn’t exactly cheap. But it’s more affordable than buying […]
Royole develops a stretchable micro LED display
Flexible displays have been around for years at this point, making it possible for companies like Samsung, Xiaomi, and Lenovo to release foldable phones and tablets. Now Royole is stretching the limits of flexible display technology… by introducing a screen that can not only be bent, but also stretched. For now it’s just a research […]
Samsung previews upcoming multi-fold and rollable OLED displays
Samsung already offers several smartphones with foldable displays including models that fold in half like a book and others that fold closed like an old-school flip phone. Now the company is showing off new flexible OLED display panels that could pave the way for different kinds of devices. One is the S-foldable, a phone/tablet display […]
TCL Fold ‘n’ Roll concept phone unfolds AND unrolls to become a tablet (plus some new TCL phones you can actually buy)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]