CES 2024: Samsung unveiled a concept for flexible smartphones – Flex In & Out
By ForGeeks Samsung brought an unusual flexible smartphone concept to CES 2024 — a device similar to the Galaxy Z Flip “clamshell”, but the new device’s screen can fold not only inward, but outward as well.
Samsung has brought an unusual flexible smartphone concept to CES 2024 — a device similar to the Galaxy Z Flip, but the new device’s screen can fold not only inward, but outward as well.
The company called the technology Flex In & Out. The manufacturer specifies that smartphones with such displays won’t need the additional second screen that the current Galaxy Z Flip has, for example. The company’s future flip phones will be able to be worn flip-to-flip.
The two screen pieces are of different lengths so that one of the halves doesn’t overlap the main camera unit when folded. The main disadvantage of this solution —s asymmetrical crease at the junction.
To extend the life of smartphones with Flex In & Out screens, Samsung has made the panels more resistant to shock and temperature fluctuations. The display can operate in temperature ranges from -20°C to +60°C, and can handle a direct hit from a basketball and sand.
Samsung has been actively showing off prototypes of futuristic smartphones with flexible screens, which have been the basis for successful products such as the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Z Fold. It’s possible that a smartphone with a screen that can bend both ways will be available at some point.
A smartphone with a screen that can bend both ways will be available at some point.
