See Samsung’s Futuristic Screen Fold, Slide and Shapeshift

samsung Future gadgets need more than just folding in half. That message was clear at his CES, where the smartphone maker showcased its flexible display concept. Most notable is the Flex Hybrid, which features a screen that can be resized by folding and sliding.

Flex Hybrid folds like a notebook, but opens to reveal a tablet-sized display with an adjustable screen. The display can switch between 10.5-inch and 12.4-inch screen sizes thanks to its sliding and foldable design. In addition to resizing the screen, the prototype can also jump between 4:3 and 16:10 aspect ratios. The Flex Hybrid is just a concept, but it shows Samsung exploring what the next evolution of foldable phones and tablets might look like.

The Flex Hybrid is just one of several mockups Samsung detailed in its Jan. 3 press release. It also has a 17-inch slideable display previewed in September and a digital cockpit concept for self-driving cars. My colleague his Eli Blumenthal A first-hand look at Samsung’s concept At CES, he said these designs renewed his excitement about the future of folding.

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While concepts like this don’t necessarily translate into actual products, we feel that Flex Hybrid is the best fit for Samsung’s current product strategy. Flip phones are only a small part of the wider mobile phone market, Galaxy Z fold When Galaxy Z Flip Established in Samsung’s lineup of mobile devices. According to Omdia, Samsung has more than 88% of the foldable smartphone market, so the company’s early entry into the foldable smartphone space has given it an advantage in terms of market share.

TM Roh, head of Samsung’s mobile experience business, suggested in an interview last August that the company was already thinking about what would come next for the Z Fold and Z Flip. The introduction of new concepts like the Flex Hybrid underlines that point.

“That’s all you saw [at CES] In addition,” he noted, display concept Samsung was showcased at CES last year.

But as foldable phones continue to evolve, Samsung could face more competition as well. motorola When TCL Both show a unique rotatable phone concept. Oppo’s Find N2, which the company will introduce in late 2022, also shows a lot of potential thanks to its lightweight design. As my colleague Sareena Dayaram wrote.

Samsung is trying to make foldable devices a fixture in our daily lives, but its goal isn’t to replace regular phones.

In a previous interview, Roh said, “I don’t think bar types alone, foldables alone, or another potentially new form factor will dominate the market.” “But rather, different categories seem to coexist.”

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