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Royole Returns With A Better Folding Phone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge got hold of the FlexPai 2 that Royole released recently in China (Watch a demo of Royole’s new folding phone, on sale today for roughly $1,500) the blog had …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| OLEDs

Oppo’s X 2021 rollable concept phone expands in your hand

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oppo has shown the Engadget blog a rollable smartphone that can change from a landscape 6.7″ size to a squarer ‘tablet-like’ 7.4″ diagonal, with the software automatically compensating. It’s still ‘a …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones

TCL’s CSOT to Mass Produce Rollable Ink-Jet Printed OLEDs in 2024

by Ken Werner

Rollable OLEDs are nothing new. LG has been showing its OLED-R horizontally rollable TV display on the trade show circuit for years, and BOE has shown a rollable prototype. But in late October, TCL’s …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| InkJet Deposition| OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

LG rollable smartphone Explorer is ‘Project B’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LetsGoDigital has produced some CAD renders of an LG rollable smartphone concept that was outlined by LG Electronics in a patent application for a smartphone using a rollable display. The device …

WBS Links for the week

by Bob Raikes

There seemed to be a lot of news this week, so here are some other links that I saw that might be of interest. Honda e: Strong Visual Appeal, But Some UX Falls short …

Video leak shows off TCL’s rollable smartphone screen tech

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GizChina spotted a video showing a rollable OLED prototype from TCL that rolls out from 4.5″ to 6.7″ and is said to be able to survive 200K operations. What We Think …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones| TCL

Huawei’s next foldable phone could have a clamshell design like the Galaxy Z Flip

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Huawei has filed for patents for a phone concept that folds from top to bottom, rather than from left to right. A secondary display allows checking of messages etc. What We …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Huawei| Patents| Smartphones

My Experience with the Galaxy Z Flip

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Display market research specialist, Ross Young, has got hold of a Galaxy Z Flip (not the Flip 2) on a special deal and gives his thoughts on the product. He was …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung| Smartphones

Online review shows that the Galaxy Z Fold 2 is more durable than the original Fold, but not by much

by Bob Raikes

What They Say JerryRigEverything did a stress test on the Samsung Z Fold 2. The front display uses Corning Victus glass and has hardness on the mho scale around 6 or 7. The internal …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung| Smartphones

Excitement Growing in Flexible Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

Earlier this week, I was corresponding with Ross Young about the release of his firm’s latest forecast on the foldable smartphone market (more than $100 billion by 2025) and he commented on the excitement …

Lenovo Takes Orders for X1 Foldable PC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge reports that Lenovo is now taking orders for the ThinkPad X1 Fold. It has a 13″ foldable display. It comes with Intel’s Lakefield processors, two USB-C ports and a …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Lenovo| PCs

Z Fold 2 Teardown: 3rd Time’s The Charm?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit took the latest Z Fold 3 and tore it down. It found that the hinge is much simpler than previous foldable devices but didn’t like the repairability because of the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung| Teardowns