The LG Rollable phone may not ever see the light of day (or maybe it will). And the jury is still out on whether Oppo’s rollable phone with a similar design will make the move from concept device to real-thing-you-can-buy. But LG and Oppo aren’t the only companies looking for ways to use rollable screens […]
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Oppo has a rollable smartphone too, and here’s what it looks like in action
For months, LG has been teasing its LG Rollable smartphone with a screen that expands to give you a tablet-sized device at the touch of a button. But LG’s smartphone business has been underperforming, and it’s unclear at this point whether the phone will ever see the light of day. But rollable smartphone technology? It’s […]
Lilbits: TCL’s flexible displays, more NVIDIA RTX laptops, and new 4G for an old Chromebook
LG has been grabbing a lot of headlines for providing a sneak peek of its upcoming “LG Rollable” smartphone during the company’s CES event this week. But LG isn’t the only company working on rollable displays that could be used in phones that stretch to become tablets. TCL rollable AMOLED display (6.7 to 7.8 inches)TCL […]
LG files for patent on laptop with a rollable display
LG plans to unveil a smartphone with a rollable display early next year, allowing you to transform the device from a phone to a tablet when you need a little more screen space. But the company may not be stopping with smartphones. LG also recently applied for a patent on a rollable display system that […]
OPPO unveils rollable smartphone display concept design
Smartphones with foldable displays are now a thing… an expensive thing, but a thing nonetheless. Dual-screen phones are here as well. What’s next? Rollables, apparently. LG has already teased that its next Explorer Edition device will be a smartphone with a screen that unrolls to become tablet-sized. Now Chinese phone maker Oppo has stolen a […]
Lilbits: Smartphones that respect your privacy
Google’s Android is the world’s most popular smartphone operating system, partly because Google makes it available for free to phone makers. The company can afford to do that because Google makes most of its money from advertising — and the more people who are using apps and services including Chrome, Google Search, Google Maps, and […]
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 […]
LG smartphone with a rollable display could ship in 2021
Smartphones with foldable displays are still rare in 2020, but phones with screens that roll up are non-existent… for now. That could change next year. According to Korean news site The Elec, LG plans to launch a smartphone with a rollable display in 2021. Code-named “Rainbow,” the phone is said to have a screen developed […]
TCL unveils rollable phone concept
As expected, TCL is introducing a new smartphone concept featuring a display that doesn’t fold… it rolls. The idea is that you can hold the device in one hand and use it like any other smartphone. But when you want more screen space, you can press a button to extend the display for a more […]
TCL phone with slide-out screen leaked (maybe)
While Motorola and Samsung continue struggling to deliver a foldable phone with a screen that doesn’t scratch, crack, or separate from the phone’s body easily, it looks like TCL may have an alternatives to foldables — rollables. According to CNET, which obtained a set of images of a TCL concept phone with a roll-out display, […]