Motorola may be looking to revive its Razr brand… again. The original Motorola Razr was a flip phone launched in 2004, known for its eye-catching design and super-slim profile. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that Motorola plans to release a new model with a foldable display and a $1,500 starting price. While that’s a lot […]
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This could be a flexible-screen smartphone that bends like a tri-fold wallet (video leak)
4 Comments on This could be a flexible-screen smartphone that bends like a tri-fold wallet (video leak)This is the year when folding smartphones with flexible displays are expected to become a real thing that you can go out and buy. We’ve already seen some early demos from companies including Samsung and Royole, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few more examples on display at the Consumer Electronics Show next […]
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Lilbits 332: Slide-out cameras are officially a thing
First there was the Vivo Nex with its pop-out front camera. Then there was the Oppo Find X, with its sliding mechanism that allowed the front and rear cameras to hide inside the phone when they’re not in use. Now it looks like those two phones were just the beginning. This week Huawei gave us a […]
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Report: Microsoft’s Andromeda/Surface Phone device might never see light of day
According to a series of leaks, Microsoft’s been working on a mobile device that blurs the lines between phones and tablets for a few years. But the company has never publicly talked about a Surface Phone, a dual-screen tablet, or anything to do with its “Andromeda” platform that would allow the full Windows 10 operating […]
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Report: Microsoft is really working on pocket-sized, dual screen Surface device
Microsoft’s Surface line of devices include 12.3 inch tablets, 13.5 inch laptops, 15 inch convertibles, 28 inch all-in-one desktops, and even wall computers with screen sizes up to 84 inches. But one thing Microsoft hasn’t offered to date? A pocket-sized Surface. Rumor’s have been circulating for years that Microsoft was working on a Surface Phone and/or […]
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If folding phones are the future, the future looks expensive
Samsung, LG, Huawei, and other companies have been working for years on technology that could be used in folding smartphones with flexible displays. The idea is that you could have a pocket-sized phone that you can hold in one hand… but unfold the device and you get a larger, tablet-sized display when you want it. […]
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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 […]
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Do you actually want a folding smartphone?
Rumor has it that LG and Samsung are both working on foldable smartphones with flexible OLED displays that allow you to use a single device either as a phone or a tablet. ZTE beat them both to market by taking a big shortcut: the ZTE Axon M that ships this week doesn’t have a flexible […]
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Samsung’s foldable smartphone may close like a book
Samsung’s been working on foldable display technology for a few years, and rumor has it that the company eventually plans to release a phone that can unfold to reveal a tablet-sized screen thanks to a flexible OLED display panel. This would give Samsung’s phone a key advantage that the rumored dual-screen ZTE Axon M lacks: […]
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Samsung’s foldable smartphone coming in 2018 (maybe)
Samsung has been working on a smartphone with a flexible display that you can fold in half for years. Now Samsung’s smartphone chief DJ Koh says the company hopes to ship a phone with a foldable display in 2018. That’s a bit earlier than we’d heard from Samsung earlier this year, but Samsung’s not the […]