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 […]
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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 […]
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Royole FlexPai 2 is a 5G foldable phone for under $1500 (in China)
The first company to launch a smartphone with a foldable AMOLED display… did an underwhelming job of it the first time around. But Chinese company Royole is giving foldable phones another try. The Royole FlexPai 2 is now available for purchase in China for about $1470 and up. While that’s not exactly cheap, it does […]
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Lilbits: KDE Plasma 5.20, Royole FlexPai 2, and Sony Xperia 5 II
Sony’s latest smartphone packs a 120 Hz OLED display, three rear cameras with Zeiss optics, and support for slow-motion HDR video capture, among other camera tricks. The Sony Xperia 5 II also packs a $950 price tag, because flagships are expensive these days. At least it has a headphone jack. If you’re looking for something […]
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Royole FlexPai 2 foldable phone is brighter and more bendy
Samsung, Motorola, and Huawei may have been the best-known companies to launch phones with foldable displays in 2019. But Royole was the first company to unveil a foldable phone. It’s just that the original Royole Flexpai wasn’t all that impressive in person thanks to a janky folding mechanism and highly visible crease. Now Royole is back with the Flexpai […]
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Royole Mirage is a smart speaker wrapped in a flexible AMOLED touchscreen display
A year after introducing the first (and somewhat underwhelming) smartphone with a foldable display, Royole is showing off a product that makes use of flexible AMOLED display technology in a different way. The Royole Mirage is a cylinder-shaped smart speaker with 360-degree audio… and a 360-degree touchscreen that wraps around the devices. The 7.8 inch, […]
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Royole shows off flexible displays for foldable phones (and more)
A few months after Royole introduced the first real smartphone with a foldable display, the company is showing off the Royole FlexPai at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. It’s basically a 7.8 inch Android tablet that you can fold in half to use as a phone… but it’s a funny looking one. The device […]
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Smartphones with folding screens are almost here
Samsung and LG have been working on smartphones with flexible displays for years and rumor has it that they’re about to hit the streets. But it looks like they won’t be alone. Evan Blass reports that LG will reveal its folding phone at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Ice Universe says there will be three […]