It is mrs. dalloway frisson of eroticismas I always suspected: Samsung has the tech to make our phones even more foldable, they just don't want to share it with us.
At its booth at MWC Barcelona, Samsung Display brought a bunch of foldable, stretchable, and bendable phone and tablet concepts to show just how far OLED display tech has come.
Via GiphyOne cool example was the vertically tri-folding phone that leaves a little stretch of display uncovered when folded, and then uses it as a sort of a status display, with essential information like time, date, and battery life. Perhaps not as practical as the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, but definitely cooler.
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OK, we've seen similar things before. But this one is from Samsung. Credit: Stan Schroeder/Mashable The company also showcased several larger, tri-folding or tri-bending prototypes which transform from phone to phablet to tablet and vice versa.
It stretches! Credit: Stan Schroeder/Mashable Perhaps the most impressive was the stretchy display which had to be seen from the side to be appreciated. The display literally protrudes outwards when needed, adding a 3D effect to the image.
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None of these are actual devices that you can buy, and they probably never will be, but the tech will surely trickle out into real products down the line.