Samsung teases rollable and slidable smartphones

Date:
Thu, 25 Nov 2021 13:27:00 +0000

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Samsung has launched a site that shows all sorts of foldable, rollable and slidable screen designs.

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With the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 (along with their predecessors) Samsung already has more foldable phones on the market than other companies, but it looks like this might just be the beginning,
with new models and whole new form factors possibly in the works.

The company has launched a site highlighting various different uses for flexible OLED screens, and as well as the designs weve seen so far, the site also shows a Slidable Flex design, which appears to be a flat display that
can be extended by pulling the edges, and a Rollable Flex screen which can unfurl from a tube.

Then theres also the Flex Note, which is less interesting as its basically just the Galaxy Z Fold design turned on its side, for more of a laptop-like look. These are the best foldable phones And these are the best Samsung
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Its worth noting that Samsung hasnt confirmed its working on phones with any of these designs theyre simply possible use cases of its flexible OLED
screen tech. Still, the fact that theyve been shown here suggests the company might at least be considering them.

Then again, the word phone isnt actually used alongside any of these
displays, so they could just as well be used in TVs, laptops, or other gadgets. So dont get your hopes up about seeing a rollable Samsung phone anytime soon, but dont count it out either. Analysis: a rollable revolution

Samsung isnt the only company exploring rollable phones, as weve also seen rollable phone concepts from the likes of TCL , while we even went hands on with the rollable Oppo X 2021 .

LG reportedly even came very close to putting one (dubbed the LG Rollable )
on sale, before abruptly exiting the smartphone market.

So it seems that rollable phones could be the next step in smartphone design, and by the looks of things Samsung might have some competition in the space, though when well actually be able to buy such a phone still isnt entirely clear. We're waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4



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