As predicted, Samsung has unveiled a flexible display the company's 2018 developer conference in San Francisco. It's still very much in prototype stage, but Samsung wanted to take the opportunity to show off how UI and UX works on a flexible display, so that developers can make apps that optimize it.
This is in line with an earlier announcement today that Google has been working closely with Samsung to make sure Android plays well with flexible displays. According to Android VP Dave Burke at the Google Dev Summit in Mountain View, the phone will launch next year.
Samsung has certainly led the way in flexible displays, and the last few iterations of its Galaxy and Note series' have had curved edge frames. There, the utility is to both banish the unsightly view of the bezel and also use the spare real estate to house shortcuts. A fully-folding display, however, would eradicate the need for larger phones and smaller tablets since it could be opened up to be a bigger size when required without filling your pocket.
Ever since the days of the original Nokia Communicator and various mobile organizers like it, foldable phones have been a dream. Being able to cram in more usable real estate while remaining pocketable has been often tried. Sony's Tablet P tried and failed to do so back in 2012, although the clamshell merely had two LCDs side-by-side.
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