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Samsung’s rollable phone patent supports 4 different screen sizes

There are a growing number of smartphones with foldable displays that let you quickly switch between phone and tablet modes. But Samsung may be considering a different kind of phone that supports as many as four different modes. A recent patent application shows a phone with a rollable display that can be extended from both […]

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Lenovo’s rollable laptop display concept extends upward to give you more space

A few months after unveiling a concept laptop with a rollable OLED display that could extend upward to give you extra screen  space, Lenovo is showing off the latest version of that concept at Mobile World Congress this week. The company still hasn’t committed to actually selling a laptop with a rollable display yet. But we […]

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Motorola Rizr concept phone’s rollable display wraps around the phone and extends when you need it

Motorola is showing off a concept phone at MWC that features a rollable display that allows the screen to extend from 5 inches to 6.5 inches in about 3 seconds. When the display is retracted, it wraps around the bottom of the phone so that part of the display is visible on the back. In […]

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Samsung demos foldable, rollable and slideable displays

Samsung’s Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Flip smartphones are some of the most popular devices with foldable displays. But the company has also been experimenting with rollable and slideable displays… and now Samsung Display is showing off some of its latest display technology at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show. One of the more unusual displays combines […]

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Lenovo shows off rollable smartphone and laptop prototypes

Lenovo was the first major company to launch a laptop/tablet hybrid with a foldable OLED display. But flexible OLED display technology doesn’t stop at folding – now Lenovo is showing off laptop and smartphone prototypes with rollable displays that allow you to extend your screen space with a press of a button. For now the company […]

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Samsung shows off a working 17 inch slideable display

Phones with foldable displays have been around for a few years, and laptops and tablets with foldable screens are starting to arrive. But Samsung is starting to show off something a little different: a tablet with a slideable display. During the Intel Innovate 2022 day one keynote, Samsung Display CEO JS Choi demonstrated a prototype […]

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Lilbits: Windows 11 2022 Update, NVIDIA RTX 40 series, and a review of LG’s unreleased rollable phone

Microsoft is rolling out the latest big update to Windows 11, bringing changes to the Start Menu, taskbar, and Snap Layouts, among other things. There’s also finally support for native tabs in the File Explorer, and the Amazon Appstore and Windows Subsystem for Android is rolling out in more countries (with more Android apps available […]

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Lilbits: Motorola’s rollable phone, artsy tablets from Asus, and Sharp’s phone with a 1 inch image sensor

LG may have gotten out of the phone business before the company got a chance to launch the first phone with a rollable display, and Oppo’s rollable phone may be little more than a concept, but rumor has it that at least one other major phone maker does still plan to bring a rollable phone […]

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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 […]

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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 […]