Samsung has shown the first working prototype of a mobile device that can be stretched to be bigger or folded, thanks to a flexible screen. Indeed, there is no concrete information when the technology will be available on store shelves, but Samsung has claimed that it is advanced enough to allow flexible screen mass production to begin in the coming months.
Biggest manufacturer smart phone The world is for flexible screens that tell them Infinity Flex Display, has developed a new form of polymer, which can be flexible and dense at the same time, and specifically flexible for glue, which ensures that the screen is folded or pulled when the user wants it.
Justin Denison, one of Samsun's principals in the US, explained that flexible screens are very thin and resistant to collisions and possible damage due to bending.
The prototype device where it is Samsung showing how a folding screen looks in practice, it has two screens. When closed, it looks like a classic Samsungov smartphone.
The device can then be opened, showing a 7.3 inch (18.5 inch) screen. In this mode, it can be used as a tablet, and as many as three applications can be opened simultaneously on the screen.
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Specific periods or even dates when smartphones with folding screens will be available, Samsung has not been disclosed, but a branch vice president of US companies Justin Denison said that this technology was advanced enough to start mass production. This will happen once in the coming months, Denison promised.
The Infinity Flex Display can be folded, rotated, and even stretched.
Team Google owned Android developers, with whom Samsung is involved in designing a user interface that will suit your mobile device "new format", As they say, revealed on Twitter's social network between lines that the device will be available for next year's users:
We just announced support to be folded in #AndroidDevSummit, and new form factors that will come next year from Android partners.
The Android application runs smoothly when the device folds, reaching the main features of this form factor: screen continuity. pic.twitter.com/NAfOmCOY26
– Android developers (@AndroidDev) November 7, 2018
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